I've been collecting antique bottles since I finished my archaeology degree. I have more than a hundred of them now and I wanted to put them on display in a place they would be visible to guests in our home. I was visiting the flea market when I found this lovely quartersawn oak medicine cabinet... Continue Reading →
Mark's been working on a hydroponic vegetable garden in our basement. He's using a tent to control the humidity, nutrient enriched water running through a self made plumbing system, and LED lights on timers. So far the results have been delicious.
Things are finally starting to warm up around here and we can get the windows open. This has attracted some interest from the residents.
Sprouting the seedlings for our summer garden.
We had to cut down a maple tree in our yard because it was sick and hollow inside, but quite lovely all the same.
For Christmas eve this year I made gingerbread cupcakes with vanilla frosting and Nutella drizzle. The recipe for the gingerbread can be found here. The drizzle can be found here.
We have leveled up from townhomers to home owners! Our townhouse has been replaced by a piece of real American suburbia, an actual, stand alone, real back yard sort of house! We’ll keep the Townhomestead name but you should know it’s a bit of a misnomer these days.
I made a dinosaur themed baby quilt for my friends’ new baby boy. The backing material is blue minky so it’s very soft. The binding is blue satin ribbon.
Added some color to my work cube by adding maple wood contact paper to the cabinets and teal wrapping paper to the walls. Mark custom cut me some maple wood for the work surface.
With our little one being mobile now we needed a way to keep him off the stairs. Most baby gates didn't fit well on our stairs because the railing wasn't squared off. And we didn't have a good way to store a standard gate when we needed stair access. Mark solved this problem with his... Continue Reading →
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