renovations – Saloma Furlong

Flowers are Blooming!

By Saloma Furlong | April 19, 2017 |

Spring has finally arrived in all its glory in the Northeast: trees are leafing out, flowers are blooming, the temperatures are spring-like, and best of all, there is no snow in sight! Hooray, Hurrah, Hooray! Last week, our crocuses bloomed, while there was still a big, dirty pile of snow across the street in the…

A Porch: All Shiny and New (Looking)

By Saloma Furlong | October 16, 2015 |

I think I've mentioned before that David and I bought a house in 2008 that was built in 1921. Seven years later, we are still renovating it. For the past three or so years, we've been looking at the rafters of our porch. We decided to do something about that before the snow flies. Several…