Living La Vida Lunda: A blog abroad

The Minnesota No(ICE)s

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  • The space is open, lights in place.

    today we finalized plans for the island and chose tile from Mercury Mosaics, a handmade tile shop in north Minneapolis.  Here is the space with the wall between kitchen and dining room removed…       

  • Selling the Madsen – SOLD

    Update – sold the Madsen.  My youngest cried when I told them I was selling it, cried when she found out that somebody was going to buy it, and cried when they came to pick it up.  🙁 === Well, the kids are big enough that they ride their own bikes, and we’re not hauling anything big…

  • Wow

    Despite having my butt in a saddle nearly every day, I hadn’t realized there was such a thing “bicycle gymnastics”. Holy cow!

  • Kitchen demo day

    We set up a temporary kitchen in the living room and will have access to the refrigerator, so we should be able to live here through most of the process. Our neighbors have been great, inviting us over for dinner and offering use of their kitchens.    This is the ironing board cabinet which was behind…

  • Interesting discovery

    We found this old newspaper crammed in the wall of the kitchen, probably as insulation. It’s from 1936, which is interesting to see all the cigarette ads …   Also, it’s clear that today that dude wouldn’t be arrested unless he was black … 🙁   

  • More kitchen angles

    it’s still all torn out. But here’s some pictures from some other angles that show the opening to the dining room. You can also see the tape outline of the island in the kitchen. That took two takes with the cabinetmaker to get right, but we’re all good now!

  • And more house adventures

    So, the house was great, with a big problem. The kitchen was terrible. Things were in totally unusable locations. Nice finishes, but epic fail on the functionality. So, we’re redoing the kitchen. This will be our thrid kitchen project, and I think we finally know what we want! But, at the moment, the kitchen has…

  • House Adventures

    So, we moved. A long ways (from Minneapolis to Saint Paul). We found a 1920’s Craftsman bungalow and pounced. The house is in good shape with lots of new mechanicals, and awesome original woodwork! There’s a little that’s rough on the exterior, and it will need a roof and painting in a few years, but…

  • Worth Every One of the 15 Minutes

    https://youtu.be/lL8JEEt2RxI

  • Father’s Day brunch at Maude