by lesley on June 29, 2009
My brother, Kirby, and my Dad came out from Louisiana for the week to help with the demolition. They gutted the kitchen and removed the kitchen cabinets with the most loving care possible, since we want to re-use every last drop of our mahogany. We knew the frames (outer parts) were made from solid mahogany [...]
by lesley on June 28, 2009
We started out with about 150 random rocks in our backyard. Some were over a foot in diameter, but most were about a foot. My parents took about 20 to Louisiana. I sold a few barrel loads on Craigslist. My neighbors took a few of them. I started to get a bit more desperate, so [...]
by lesley on June 27, 2009
I really love Craigslist. I used to see Craig Newmark at the Reverie Cafe in Cole Valley in San Francisco when we lived near him. I’ve had great luck buying and selling lots of things on CL.
Just this past week, we listed our Furnace, A/C, Hot Water Heater, Microwave, Oven/range, dishwasher and sold it [...]
by lesley on June 27, 2009
Yea, we got our remodel financing earlier this month. We have already “closed” and we officially have a construction loan now. I officially LOVE the City of Englewood!
We moved into our house on Halloween. On November 1st, I got a newsletter from the City of Englewood. On the back page was a very short blurb [...]
by lesley on June 26, 2009
I’m a little late posting this, but better late than never. There was a quasi house tour in Krisana Park a few weeks ago. Several houses are for sale, so a big open house tour was held. Most of the houses are listed by MileHiModern, but a few were listed by owner or other realtors.
MileHiModern [...]
by lesley on June 26, 2009
Tim and I have been talking about visiting the Kirkland Museum since we moved to Denver last fall. You know how things go…all talk and no action. Fortunately, the Kirkland Museum & Historic Denver teamed up for a series of summer events. We both got “passports” for the Summer of Modernism which got us off [...]