Ages ago, I received a very thoughtful and earnest email from a home staging professional. It was right after my turquoise paint colour post – and she was begging me to change my mind. The email read: I’m a home stager – don’t cringe, I’m not going to pitch you on my company – and [...]
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So far in our ugly guest post series we’ve been to Racist Granny’s House to see Canada’s most astonishing boob light (thanks to Jan), and we’ve fought cockroaches and fallen through the floor with Jessica. We even went to Minnesota in December – to check out Sally’s ugly great room. Today’s incredible tale of ugly [...]
I can’t believe it. I can’t believe that this post was only a year ago tomorrow. It looks and feels like someone else’s life. Nothing’s changed and yet everything’s so much better. 2011 has been one of those magic years – “it’s only April? It feels like it should be August!” The perfect mix of [...]
Last year, we gingerly exhumed the world’s most disgusting drawers and scrubbed them back to life. It was grotty. Easily amongst the top 3 least attractive tasks of this entire project. Ever been frightened by a drawer? Meet My Ugly, filthy, foul & rancid kitchen drawer – does the literature suggest the last time it [...]
Found a notebook just now of my very first “Ok. OMG. Ok. No wait, ok” get it together, how-to-flip-an-apartment plan. It’s kind of adorably simplistic. Formatting preserved: House reno plan of attack List everything that needs attention What adds most value Green additions? Special treats? List of things we need (e.g. appliances) List of supplies [...]
367 days ago: neck-deep in misery, living at The Cave. Wanting better specifics on what I was doing this time last year, I checked my email history. Jumping from the list – an email sent to Paolo at work. Not quite a “Hi honey, how’s your day?” As much as I hated that apartment, I love [...]
Someone put me in charge of the budget. The same someone has been handing me receipts for 5 months, expecting something to happen to them. Something did – I shoved them in a drawer and locked shut their mathy menace. Apparently, someone wanted statistics. Let’s just say that at the start of a Monopoly game, [...]
Meet my ugly bathroom? Everyone knows you save the best for last. So, all this while, I’ve been holding out – waiting to get caught. I planned to confess instantly – but 4 months later I’m still holding tight my ugliest secret of all. You guys are observant as anything, so I can’t quite figure [...]
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2010 – our first year as DIY destructors, home owners, totally pretentious property investors and a wine-fueled foray into blogging. Design*Sponge is toasting the new year in fantastic style, but with an incorrect ratio of champagne:people (theirs is 1:4, and I far prefer 4:1). With ample bubbly on hand – we’ll take a cup o’ [...]
Before we even took possession, Paolo & I were researching green materials to slather across the apartment – wondering how and where we could crossbreed ‘don’t spend money’ with ‘don’t kill the planet’. Was it possible? By way of inter-sleuthing, Paolo discovered a countertop material called PaperStone. Greenwashing – or novelty delight? PaperStone is made [...]
