Hi! Lately we’ve had quite a bit going on around here. Let me share a few highlights, plus some inspiration as we’re going into 2020.
Pre-Christmas party fun with friends. Blaine (far right) has since shaved off his mustache! 🙂
I filled out front porch urns this year with fresh greens and dried grass from our neighbor’s pasture. Faux red berries are from Hobby Lobby.
We’ve been living in our house for about two years now without gutters!
Half round, zinc gutters
When it rains for long periods of time, water often leaks into our basement. We think the lack of gutters directing the water away from the house is contributing to that. Continue reading
Hi, anybody still reading (besides my mom)!? It’s been a while! Jack (14 months old) sure is keeping us busy. 🙂
Jack – Spring 2019
Now that the interior is (mostly) finished, we’re turning our attention to the exterior finishing touches and landscaping. One little project that we just completed was creating new steps up to the front porch. Continue reading
Blaine and I were honored to have our home featured in part of the town-wide Holiday Home Tour, put on by the local library. We had lots of fun meeting all of the guests who paid us a visit yesterday.
In case you missed the open-house tour, please enjoy the digital tour below! Continue reading
One of the most ancient piping materials is clay, with its use dating back to 4000 BC. From the late 1800s thru early part of 1900s, vitrified clay pipe (with a salt glazing applied to both the pipe’s interior and exterior surfaces, a “carry-over” process from Europe), was the most common pipe used for sewers in the United States.
Vitrified clay pipe excavated at Hannah’s Hill.
With the installation of a new septic system here at Hannah’s Hill last week, first step was to dig and find the century-old clay sewage pipe near the house. Continue reading
I thought we’d never be able to get the white paint off our front porch. We think it was initially fully painted white sometime in the 1960s.
A1960s photo of the house – painted white brick front