This is definitely one of those “why didn’t we do this earlier?!” kind of room makeovers. Redoing our downstairs half bathroom really didn’t take that long (as far as actual time spent doing stuff) and wasn’t that hard. But it’s SO MUCH BETTER now than it used to be. It’s also impossibly hard to take pictures of, so just pretend … Continue reading
How’s everyone doing? We’re in recovery mode from a very eventful Disney trip around here (it involved a lot of fun, but also expensive emergency car repairs and….bedbugs! Not at Disney proper). It had been five years since our last Disney trip, and I’d forgotten how much I love it. Abe was four months old last time, so this was, … Continue reading
Progress on our downstairs half-bath is slow, but it is happening. We have new lights! And we hung up a mirror! This room remains difficult to photograph. I have a feeling it’s going to stay that way. Wide angle lens, 6 second shutter speed….not only is it a narrow room with no windows. It’s a narrow room with no windows … Continue reading
Let’s talk about our downstairs bathroom. Better yet, let’s take a look: Up until a few days ago, the bathroom had looked pretty much like this (sometimes with less junk on the counters) since we moved in six years ago. Ugly rusty orange-ish reddish walls, dated light fixtures, a too small mirror…. And for six years I ignored it and … Continue reading
Hey, we’re home! We got back a week ago from our two month long summer RV trip up and down the east coast and all over Atlantic Canada. It was an amazing trip, but it’s nice to be home. I gave myself a week, but now I’m ready to dive back into house stuff. I told Dave we should paint … Continue reading
I love natural spaces and I love sites that show off human history, and I especially love when the two intersect as they do so spectacularly at the Painted Desert Inn in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona: It’s always fascinating to me what’s allowed to stay: which buildings and monuments and artifacts get preserved vs. which are left to … Continue reading
Last summer, on the very last morning of our giant cross-country road trip, we went for a walk at Tannehill Ironworks State Park in Alabama, where we were staying. And we spotted this little guy by the side of the trail (excuse my foggy lens. Alabama in July is humid, ya’ll): An ALIVE armadillo! It stared at us for a … Continue reading
Post contains affiliate links. If you buy something after following my link, you don’t pay anything extra, but I get a small commission. Thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! Disclaimer: Gus isn’t actually a teen yet. He’s 12 1/2. But Teen/Tween Boys’ Room is too unwieldy for the title. Also, in six months I will have THREE TEEN BOYS! Ack! I feel a little weird … Continue reading
Just a quick update on Milo and Gus’s room today, because I love these chairs! And so do they. We needed chairs for the desks under the Stuva loft beds, and Milo and Gus both really, really wanted the spinning variety of office chair, so that they could roll across the floor constantly and make lots of noise right over our … Continue reading
Thanks to the Jekyll Island Authority for providing passes for our tour of the historic district. I was not otherwise compensated, and all opinions are my own! Today Jekyll Island–a small barrier island off the coast of Georgia–is a state park where anyone with $6 for the entrance fee can enjoy pristine beaches, maritime forests, and proletariat favorites like miniature golf … Continue reading