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This is the legendary fan.  The one we've owned for more than a year. 

This is the cradle Olga slept in as a baby.  We picked it up and put it together today. It came with instructions.  While simpler and sturdi...

I also picked up this metal shelving unit from IKEA as a temporary measure.  It's not pretty but does the job -- for now. 

A couple of weeks ago I did a run up to IKEA in New Haven (while Olga hosted her cookie party).  I brought home all that you see in these ph...

As requested, Peter Leslie had sent us four of his photos to hang in our house.  We like having family-produced artwork and these are great ...

With Olga essentially under house arrest, this was our first Christmas at our home.  We didn't go for a tree or much decorations but we ...

Someone had attempted to put some insulation on the garage doors.  It was essentially the same beige material they had put up on the walls a...

This is what I typically look like working around the house.  Not my typical yuppy attire I wear to the office.  The other day Olga asked me...

Okay, this post is very, very late but here's a picture of our very first Thanksgiving turkey.  It was cooked with plenty of coaching an...

I finally got around to painting the garage.  Actually, the painting was the easy part.  It's the taping and spackling and sanding and s...

We had some time to kill while we were waiting for Bridget to get her haircut so we went to the Darien Garden Center.  We bought the dwarf s...

We primed and painted the basement walls over the last week.  (The photos above are in reverse order.)  They don't look like much but it...

We bought the Pergo floor many months ago from Lowe's.  The deciding factor was that it was called Springdale Cherry -- Springdale being...

I had read Benjamin Moore Dragon's Breath 1547 was a very good ceiling paint color but when I saw it I had real doubts.  I didn't wa...

Wow, lights make a huge difference.  Before Joe installed them, we had to prime and paint around them.  Now the electricity is almost done. ...

This was just the first round.  We had much, much more.  This year, however, we were smart enough to buy a gas-powered blower... and we used...