November Superlatives: a house log
So yeah… it is suddenly December? Guess that means it is time to take a moment to look back on all that we have done in the past month at a glance (and gather all the links in one handy place for ya). And of course we tossed in some never-before-seen stuff to keep things spicy. This month we were all over the place as usual, from doing some exterior, nursery, office, ornament, and place-setting stuff to a bunch of kitchen things. So let us take a walk down memory lane, with yearbook-esque superlatives (you know, simply for giggles).
Oddest Couple: Little ol’ Sherry and this tall built-in that we made to give our fridge a more wrapped up look in the new kitchen. It’ll look even more finish once we get around to adding doors and painting it…
Cutest Couple: Me and the giant 7 (in fact an L from a Dollar Tree sign) that a reader picked up for us in Maryland after we lamented leaving it behind. Best $25 we ever spent. Thanks again Lesley!
Most Shocking: The fact that our grass looked this green (and leaf free) simply one month ago when we did a little mum-ification to our mailbox area. Let us simply say everything is looking a lot more “wintery” (aka: faded and brown) these days.
Handiest: The newest member of Sherry’s ceramic animal collection (Henrietta is rocking eight hands, which makes her the envy of all DIYers).
Most Pin-able: The results of our Pinterest Challenge, Fall Edition. We are not talking about the 38 Hands-on ornaments that we made, but rather the excellent 800+ projects that folks linked to at the bottom of the post. Wow.
Easiest: Painting a few test swatches on our front porch… and then not doing anything else about them all month (we fear that it is now getting too cold at night to paint until spring). Oops. At least we picked a color.
Strangest: Pictures from posts like this one about choosing a contractor. It is so weird to see the opening between the kitchen and the dining room as simply an idea outlined in green painters tape. Now that it is done, we can hardly remember the room without it.
Creepiest: My Dexter impersonation whilst (yep, I simply whilst-ed you all) prepping our house for wall demo.
Awesomest (it is a word, okay): This.
More Awesomest: This.
Less Than Excellent: This little hiccup in drywalling the doorway. Do not worry, it worked out okay in the end.
Okay, Now We are Back On The Excellent Train: Installing trim around the doorway so it truly began to look wrapped up.
Most Likely To Die Glad: Me, since I accomplished a fair amount on my high school “Things to Do Before I am 30” list before turning 30 last month. You know… essential things like living to see a Real World: Washington DC.
Most Likely To Say “Thanks”: Anyone who printed & shared our free Thanksgiving card download, which included one to fill out yourself and one to pass along blank (so the recipient could pay it forward).
Most Likely To Procrastinate: Our last minute table setting ideas for Thanksgiving… simply in time for us to pack up and head to New Jersey for Turkey Day.
Most Mischievous: Burger, aka our resident baguette robber (as seen in our lil Thanksgiving greeting).
Most Likely To Be Misread… With Disgusting Results: Our post title “We are Now Officially Sinkless” which was apparently seen as “We are Now Officially Skinless” by many. Shudder. Let us hope that never gets blogged about (or happens). Ever.
“It is The Little Things” Award: Small touches to the kitchen, like filling some gaps next to the stove and putting a panel on the back of the peninsula, so that our counters could be accurately templated.
Least Accurate: Clara, at least when it comes to measuring for counters. Thank goodness the real professional showed up from the fabrication company to make sure our counters will fit.
Most Musical: Our ceramic pig speaker from West Elm (simply one of the random things that we covered in a roundup of four little finds).
The “Here We Go Again” Award: Simply when things were starting to get put back together in the kitchen, they came back apart as we took out our upper cabinets in preparation for our new counters (which are hopefully arriving sometime next week!).
Class Crybaby: This (sarcastic) tear-jerker of a video bidding farewell to the tile we had to demo, along with the plywood walls behind it.
Most Awkward People In A Checkout Line: Us, while buying a giant piece of throwback wood paneling. Let us simply say people looked at us as if we were committing some sort of decorating sin. But we had to install that new wood paneling to match some missing pieces where our tile and cabinets used to be (and cannot wait to paint it to match the rest of the room). Whatever it takes to inch closer to a wrapped up kitchen…
Most Demonstrative: Burger and his superb posing skills in this play-by-play of how our book deal came to be and the progress that we have made on it so far.
The Daddy’s Girl Award: Does not go to Clara, I guess. This post about some updates to our nursery frame collage turned into an overwhelming consensus that Clara looks like Sherry (which is funny because both of our families are on The John Train). It is music to my ears since I enjoy the idea of a mini Sherry. And I do not think I’d make the prettiest lady…
The Momma’s Girl Award: Continuing the theme of being a clone of Sherry, Clara LOVES pickles (which I detest). In fact, on a recent dinner out she devoured an WHOLE PICKLE. Like, not simply a spear – a whole, oblong oversized uncut pickle. Sherry was seriously impressed. And I (predictably) was disgusted.
Woo-wee, so that is what November looked like around here? What about in your neck of the woods. Did you folks accomplish any major projects or have an especially excellent holiday? We are hoping to enjoy more of both in December. Glad (nearly) holidays everyone!
Psst- You can check out July’s superlatives here, August’s here, September’s here, and October’s right here.
