Like everyone else we are feeling the effect of the market downturn. We are not as confident that real estate prices are where we need them to be and we’re getting nervous about taking on more debt to continue the renovation. While we’re not planning on selling the house anytime soon it’s still […]
Entries from October 2008
The new reality
October 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Financials
New Dining Room and front porch lighting
October 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
We’ve been looking for a light to hang over our dining room table for quite some time. I was in West Elm this weekend which has just opened it’s first store in Canada (West end of Toronto in Liberty Village). They are part of the Pottery Barn/ William Sonoma chain- more youthful and modern and […]
Tags: Lighting · The new house
Basement and the new boiler and hot water
October 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We’re making the big dinner here for the first time in our life. I guess that’s a sign of getting older when you start having Thanksgiving dinner at your own house.
The last couple of weeks we’ve been focused on replacing our old boiler and hot water tanks. As […]