It has been a difficult two weeks for me. I think I was hoping for joy and laughter with Easter, then Sara’s Birthday, followed by the anniversary of the day we met. Instead I got confinement and frankly a bit of loneliness. I think isolation has gotten to me because I admit to feeling a […]
So I’m doing an architectural history lesson with a bit of social economics thrown in. If your bored by this then maybe skip this post but I think it’s important to understand the house. The Crow’s Nest was built in 1893, rather late in the Victorian age. The Victorian age being the reign of Queen […]
Hello Everyone, This week I am looking at rugs. I am needing at least 3 possibly 5 rugs for the Crow’s Nest. What I knew when I began is that rugs are expensive and antique rugs are even more expensive. So of course like any good historian, I researched. In the 19th century carpet was […]
This is the end of second week of the stay in place order and Sara has not killed me yet. You are probably as surprised as I am (what a test for the first year of marriage). I am working from home and thus some projects are getting done but at the same time other […]
Some of you maybe wondering in a house this old why there is no fireplace. This to has eluded me for a long time. Because as I have looked around the house I have found almost no sign of radiators (except possibly in the library), no sign of a fireplace that may have been removed, […]
A month ago I visited my friends in San Francisco. While I was there, I enjoyed admiring and analyzing the splendid Painted Ladies and marveled at the Victorian Era architecture. These homes were the epitome of style when they were built and are still breath takingly beautiful today. They are detailed to perfection and I […]
So the Corona Virus is in full swing and we are stuck on the property. Sara is busy knitting a new blanket and I have about 10 million projects in need of work. It’s only day 2 of 18 and I’ve already checked some stuff off my list. I have written and photographed my weekly […]
If any of you know Sara and I, you will know we love to read. When we first started dating, when I was a mere pup of 14, we would have book dates. We would sit toe to toe on the couch and read for hours. Many parents would never leave their young teenagers alone […]
So Sara has a thing for ceiling fans in all the common spaces. Thus I’m unlikely to ever have historical lights in the living room. On top of this no crystal chandeliers are allowed in the house however I saw this and I thought does this break that rule or does it equal out In […]
It has been a rough week. We had some issues with the plumbing this week and it got me thinking that I haven’t done a post on the unglamorous and more expensive side of fixing the Crow’s Nest. I have made it official that since moving into the house every two months something breaks. It’s […]
