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When we left off last time, our living room and dining room looked like this:

On Saturday, it looked like this!

Actually, that picture is from after I’d cleaned up after the party a bit. But you get the idea.
Friday night Brandon put up the last of the wallpaper border in the dining room.

I’m very pleased […]

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Today Our New Old House smells like the following:

CitriStrip
Mineral Spirits
Fabric Softener
Laundry Detergent
Bleach
Rustoleum spray paint
Tea tree oil & lavender
Nachos

It’s been a busy weekend in Our New Old House. We set ourselves a deadline of Dec. 19 to have the living room and dining room done - or at least done enough to host a big holiday […]

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It’s Christmastime! I decorated Our New Old House with lots of lights so Santa will be sure and find our house. I do worry how he’ll get through the glass door on the front of our wood burning stove fireplace though. Must remember to leave the latch undone when I go to […]

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Among other little tasks I did around the house today, I decorated for Halloween and got candy for beggar’s night!

We went to a couple of GREAT Halloween parties in Chicago this weekend. Here we are all dressed up!

Spoooooooky!!

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