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Alabama Stone Cottage II

Our room-by-room walk through of Allison’s house continues Our tour of Allison’s lovely stone house on a lake in Alabama continues with a walk through some of the private spaces in the 5-bedroom home that our very own blogging partner and her husband built on 4-1/2 acres. If you missed part one of the tour, [...]

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laundry room with stone flooring Tulsa architect Jack Arnold

Alabama Stone Cottage

Tour our Allison’s idyllic lakeside home Calling a 5 bedroom 4-1/2 bathroom home sitting on 4-1/2 acres a European cottage is by way of describing the style of the house our very own Allison and her husband lovingly built on an Alabama lakefront lot. Designed by Tulsa architect Jack Arnold – who the couple has [...]

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repainted island with marble top in renovated NY apartment kitchen

My Old New Kitchen

Our twelve-week apartment face lift is finished. The contractors have left and 110 packing boxes plus assorted furniture came back to freshly plastered and painted walls, well-lit rooms, and a budget-remodel of our kitchen. After twenty three years of Pepto-pink peeling paint, groaning appliances and cracking tiles on the kitchen counters and back splash, everything [...]

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Castle White marble slab taped off for counter fabrication

My New Kitchen

By the end of next month, the new kitchen in our apartment should be finished. We are midway through the renovation now. A month ago, we put 110 boxes and most of our furniture in storage and moved out. It had been my husband’s place before we met and nothing had been done since he [...]

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Ivette’s Cherry Counter Kitchen

Our pal Ivette’s white English style kitchen with cherry counters has it all! Cherry has just enough color to warm up this elegant white kitchen, which was a DIY labor of love by a talented couple. Counters — stained, sanded and repeatedly oiled to give them a satiny sheen –- are set off by big [...]

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