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The Revenge of the Guest Bathroom – Week 2

One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 6, 2022816Views 0Likes 6Comments

I don't have much to share this week because I am still waiting for the plumber. Until he comes to repair the toilet flange and drain pipe, I cannot screw down the subfloor. The subfloor needs to be screwed down before I can reinstall the HardieBacker on the shower walls and so on. It is…

The Revenge of the Guest Bathroom

One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationSeptember 28, 20221KViews 0Likes 7Comments

Well, here we are again. Unfortunately, you are not experiencing deja vu. After months at a standstill, work in the guest bathroom resumes. Before I launch into today's post, I want to offer a quick introduction to new readers. I'm Stacy, writer of this blog and host of the True Tales From Old Houses podcast.…

Travelogue: Our Final Days in Northern Ireland

TravelAugust 29, 2022823Views 0Likes 2Comments

I struggled with a title for this post, and now that I've written it, it sounds like we all died at the end of the trip. Fortunately, that's not the case. Instead, we ended the tour with happy memories and a low-level dread about returning to a house with numerous construction projects underway. Oh wait,…

Travelogue: Belfast

TravelAugust 25, 2022598Views 0Likes 0Comments

As I bring this travelogue series to a close with the next two posts, I'm not even going to try to pretend that I remember where we went on which day. It's broad strokes from here on out, friends. If you would like to catch up on the first part of the trip, here…

Travelogue: Wrapping up our Tour of Scotland

TravelAugust 24, 2022865Views 0Likes 2Comments

If the number of days between blog posts hasn't made it clear, this has been a crazy summer. Trying to catch a creative spark amid tightly scheduled days has been a challenge. However, it's time to wrap up these posts about our travels to Scotland and Northern Ireland. This blog didn't start as a travel…

Travelogue: Scotland Days 1 & 2

TravelAugust 9, 2022879Views 0Likes 4Comments

Last January, when Holiday Vacations invited me to host a tour to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the actual trip was months away. I couldn't even imagine packing a suitcase or hopping on a plane to Europe. Even so, I immediately said yes, and the days were quickly swallowed up with work and family life here…

The Revenge of the Guest Bathroom – Week 2

The Revenge of the Guest Bathroom

Travelogue: Our Final Days in Northern Ireland

Travelogue: Belfast

Travelogue: Wrapping up our Tour of Scotland

Travelogue: Scotland Days 1 & 2

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