October 13, 2014 home tours

Things to do in Manchester Vermont
If you’re looking for ideas and things to do in Manchester, Vermont…other than skiing and outlet shopping!
 
Hildene in Manchester Vermont
 
 

Things to do in Manchester Vermont

 

Happy Columbus Day weekend and greetings from the Green Mountain state. 
 
Today I thought I’d share a few of the photos I was inspired to capture during our visit to Hildene, the historic summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln in the town of Manchester, Vermont. 
 
The classic architecture of this original gilded age estate, combined with the perfect fall weather and Vermont mountain scenery literally took my breath away.
 
We’ve been coming up to the Manchester area for years and somehow managed to miss this gem until yesterday.
 
If you’re ever in the southern Vermont area, I highly recommend this beautiful (and educational) venue.
 
The grounds alone are breathtaking and you can also take a tour inside this historic home.
 
October 8, 2014 Connecticut Home

One Room Challenge: Week 2

It’s week two of the One Room Challenge! If I had a subtitle for this post, it would be Demolition, Decisions and Disappointments. If you’re tuning in for the first time, here’s last week’s post on my chosen room, our soon-to-be new kitchen.

This week we made tremendous progress in the kitchen. The back splashes are all gone, the counter tops too. Then some quick decisions were made. Lauren found these great looking pulls and handles (image above) and now I just need to decide if I’m really going to go for the brass, so to speak.

I chose paint colors for the cabinets (between Benjamin Moore White and Benjamin Moore Dove White) and decided to go with gold old white.

And then for the walls, we went with my favorite, Farrow and Ball Elephant’s Breath, diluted with white by 50%.

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October 1, 2014 Connecticut Home

One Room Challenge: Week One

Today is the first day of the One Room Challenge. This is my first time participating and I can appreciate that the word “challenge” is right there in the title (why didn’t I pay closer attention to that word when I agreed to sign on this summer?)

The One Room Challenge was started by Linda from Calling it Home. It’s made up of twenty designers and/or design bloggers “challenged” to redo a room in just six weeks.
During these six weeks we’ll update on our progress once a week on
Wednesdays.

Renovating can be stressful. Also stressful? Moving. If you’re new here, we’re moving from Westchester, New York to near by Connecticut (hopefully) at the end of this month. By “we”, I mean, myself and Mr. Zhush and our three kids. When we move depends on the timing of our new home’s renovation. So, why not document this whole tense situation here? Seemed like a fun idea back in July, now I’m really just hoping this whole thing comes together before Thanksgiving!

OK, enough whining. The room I’m featuring is the new kitchen in the new house. The photo above is our current kitchen. I really love this kitchen, it’s going to be the inspiration for our new one. Here’s the new one…

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