Orchard house windows

Elizabeth and I have had a wild year. This Summer, I rode my motorcycle miles across the country. We have been searching out estate sales in our area and have found some gems for very small money. We believe this is a piece of hand drawn pen art. It fits in perfectly with the whimsical and mid-century vibe that we are going for. Elizabeth found a lovely frame for it and it now sits above our sink. Elizabeth had also purchased a smaller version of this same lamp, so now we have a matching set.

Gotta love the firewood hoop! This one is wrought iron and was found on Amazon. The brass bowl was another estate sale find and holds our fatwood firestarter stash. We hemmed and hawed between this version and the straight ribbed version.

In the end we opted for this version for more visual interest. It fits right in there. I found it new in the box on ebay for cheaper than the usual outlets. We put it by the garage entry door for easy coat hanging access. Art , Interior , Kitchen , Living Room. It finally has happened! As expected, the huge windows of our house continue to frame out the local nature beautifully! Beth found some light up stars at IKEA to compliment our single strip of white holiday lights strung along the roofline.

We were going to string some across the front deck, but got lazy. Our tree is in one of the windows on the lower level this year. I have been slacking on updates, and I will attempt to get some more photos of new furniture up soon! Furniture , Interior , Uncategorized , Wildlife.

No response. Matt has been doing most of the posting so far, but I have some wildlife updates to report! But — this Tuesday morning, my best and most in-person to-date encounter was with the 4 wild turkeys that live around these parts… I kinda feel like I should name them at this point.

As I walked through the lower level foyer to grab a sweater from the laundry room before departing for work, I happened upon Hunter our fearless feline observing the neighborhood turkeys out of the lower-level den windows.

I have never seen them this close to the house, and they were pretty fearless when I popped back into the room after going to get my iphone for pics — if there was no glass, I think they would come on in and hang out and probably poop all over everything. In an effort to create an efficient household, I upgraded our thermostat to a product called Nest.

It also learns your habits and appropriately heats and cools the house automatically. The interaction design is definitely inspired by Apple products of the past. It is extremely easy to set up and use, even though it has complex features built-in. Our old thermostat was working fine.

The problem was that I could not figure out how to program it without a user manual. Plus, it was super ugly. I would think that the original designer of the house would have wanted it this way.

Nest requires that you have low voltage wires to connect to the thermostat. Luckily, we had the standard 4 wire setup: red, yellow, green, and white. Installing it was as simple as removing the old thermostat and plugging the wires into the right connectors on the Nest.

I got it hooked up to our wireless network and it took a couple of minutes for Nest to setup and update its software. So far, so good. Now to get the green paint covered up! HVAC , Interior. The upstairs living room will be slightly more formal, but we still want it to remain comfortable and functional.

As you can see in the first photo, the living room is a large open space. Hunter loves the carpet in the house. My initial plan is to find two matching lounge chairs that will be focal pieces. I want them to be wood most likely walnut and visually lightweight, so they can go in front of the windows while not totally blocking the view. As for the coffee and side tables, I jumped the gun a little bit and grabbed these super cool American of Martinsville tables from FindFurnish. I purchased the coffee table first.

I instantly knew it had to be mine when I saw it on their facebook page. A couple of weeks later, a matching side table popped up and I grabbed it. I like the idea of mixing vintage and new pieces. When I find the right designer piece, I have no issue with spending the money to get the genuine article. Maybe over time. Update on 6 May A decision is pending from the B. It appears that this hearing was the first-ever B.

Court of Appeal hearing to be held by video conference, was recorded, and may be used by the court to evaluate the process, which Mr. Trenchard said went well. The Factum reviews the facts of the case, details the errors of judgement that Hugh believes were made by Madam Justice Douglas, puts forward his argument, and closes with his request for an order to alter or reverse her decision. Note that there was no class action in this regard; Hugh filed a personal suit regarding his share of that expense, and 17 other lessees filed small-claims actions regarding the replacement windows expense billed to them, which claims await the B.

Westsea Construction Ltd. He asks the B. If the justices agree, their level of review for the decision of Justice Douglas would be raised.