Meet my French cabinet. There are actually two of them in my living room. I had an inspiration photo that I gave my builder and then the work began. It’s hard to remember that my house looked like this for a long time. Slowly the cabinets began to take form. Then the building phase was […]
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My Newel Post That Almost Wasn’t
This is the newel post for my stairs, but it almost didn’t make it into my house. It’s old… really old, and originally was part of a fence. I wanted a very unique newel post, and I thought about many options, including an antique newel post from an old plantation, but in the end, […]
My Interior Paint Selections – New House Update
Oh yes the house is painted. It’s painted!! Finally it’s beginning to look like the pictures I have had in my head for months. I am so excited I’m going to show you what the house looks like, but keep in mind, it’s a mess still. The construction is still going on, so all of […]
Balastrades, spindles and newel posts
Here’s what I’ve learned. The top horizontal part is called the handrail, the up and down pieces that I would call ‘spindles’ are called balustrades, and the big post at the beginning of the stairs is called a newel post. This process began when I chose an antique cast iron fence post to be my newel […]
Priming for Paint – New House Update
It’s getting closer to completion, and the closer it gets.. the messier the house looks. This is why home owners move out when their homes are being renovated. It’s just a mess. This is the primer coat. You can see it’s all over the hardwood floors, but it will all get cleaned up when we […]
My Trip to the Salvage Yard
I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed going to the salvage yard to check out the junk. My builder thought I was too dainty to go by myself. (All Mr. CH said was ‘Lock the car!’) I keep trying to explain to him, that I really am okay going somewhere that’s not a […]
Granite for the New Kitchen
Caroline and I have been working hard selecting granite for my new house. At least that’s what I tell Mr. CH. What we really did was go to one of my builder’s houses, click here, to see his granite, lunched in a fabulous restaurant, and then stopped by the granite place. These kitchen photos […]
Antique Corbels – New House Update
Building this new house is such an exciting ride for me. I go to the antique shop or salvage yard, grab a few things, hand them over to an artist, and *BOOM* I’ve got an awesome architectural wow piece in my home. These corbels are from a hundred year old house. The top board is who knows […]
