Our Modern Mess

Just in case someone decides to drop by here, our blog has moved. You can find the new and improved one at ourmodernmess.com . We hope to see you guys around there sometime! Eric

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Sorry we disappeared a while back. Life got crazy and we just never had time to update the blog. We should get back to posting again soon, and I will be sure to pick up right where we left. Tha...

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Sorry for the delay on this. I've been crazy busy with house projects and I kept forgetting to update. There isn't much to say about the window installation that wasn't covered in the last post...

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We have been talking about replacing the inefficient, and less than functional aluminum doors and windows since we bought our house. We loved the look of them, but the windows are pretty much sto...

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Hey everyone, we could use a little advice here. We have this coffee table that we really love, but the finish on it is pretty bad. Almost anything you set on it leaves a hazy looking mark....

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We removed the panelling behind the bar today only to reveal little to no space to work with. So much for recessed shelving. Susan isn't crazy about the wall to wall shelves so we are going to ha...

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One of my projects for the downstairs den is to have some sort of shelving behind to bar. Currently we just have all of our glasses and booze hidden behind the bar which is pretty messy looking ...

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Happy 2013 everyone! We have an "Our Modern Mess Year in Review" in the works but I felt that this find warranted an immediate post. Are you a vintage purist who scoffs at inexpensive (or even...

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I know this isn't a new project since it was done a year ago, but I figured we should cover it here anyway because it was such a big project. Our roof project started out with us looking to rep...

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Sorry we haven't been around much lately. Life has been a bit busy, but I promise we will have some new posts for you guys soon.

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From the spooky O'Cropolis.

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Not much has been going on with the house lately. We decided to take a little break from all the constant work and relax a little. That meant I had time to pull out the Vespa and start riding it ...

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Nothing new and exciting has been going on inside the house lately, but things outside have gotten pretty interesting. Over the past few months the sewer lines behind the houses on our street hav...

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In case you haven't seen it, Pam did a piece on the wall unit we recently purchased. Go check it out over at Retro Renovation .

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The pantry has been finished for a bit and it turned out really great! I think this is one of the best projects we have done so far. I wanted to wait to take pictures until we were finished paint...

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However, I have not taken any pics yet because I have one last wall in the kitchen to paint. If there wasn't a bunch of wallpaper to remove we would be done with this by now. I I'll get some pics...

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Should our blog have a facebook page? I feel like that would help it to reach more people.

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The trim has been put on and everything is sanded and ready to go. However, I still can't decide what color to paint/stain the pantry. Here are some painting options we are thinking about. Which ...

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Back before Christmas I had posted about a gift for Susan. Well we are still working on it, but it is almost done. We've been building a pantry under the planter. Here is a before shot of the w...

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When we moved into the house there was this giant metal thing in the basement and we had no idea what it was. After a week or so we realized it was a divider that went by the front door. Apparent...

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We got some exciting new things today at Highland Row Antiques ! A fun little plant stand for a great price! We don't have a good outdoor area yet but when we do I will paint it a fun color...

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For Christmas Susan's Aunt Sue gave us this awesome Satellite Bowl sold by MoMA. We immediately placed it on our dinning table and stuck some leftover Christmas ornaments in it. It looked gr...

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We have seen this done on a few other sites so we figured we would try it out ourselves. First take the interesting owl statue you got for free but is a little too 70's looking. Clean the su...

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Ever since we had the goats out we have been slowly removing the rest of the little junk from our backyard. We decided it was time to bring in some people to take care of the big stuff that we c...

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This is just a start. I will post more about it as things get going.

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