My parents came to visit a few weekends ago, and my dad immediately got to work with M on the start of the rear balcony demolition. All four of our parents have stepped up many times on various projects on this house – and even though they were in their fifties when we started and…
Author: thirdstoryies
project files: phase one renovation begins
A Brief Overview: If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know we’ve talked about this big project for almost a decade. It started percolating around the time F started school, and it’s gone through several iterations. We got really serious about it about 6-7 years ago, working through building models and drawings to arrive…
august priorities
I’m really feeling the simmering below the surface. I’ve missed it (or ignored it) in the past, but now I look carefully for it. I know it surfaces during big transitions – it was omnipresent last year, more manageable this year. Last week was pretty intense. It’s been ridiculously hot for weeks and weeks on…