January 31, 2024
January at Pauline Manor may be chilly, but it also brings one of my favorite sights on the property: the camellias. We have seven enormous camellia […]
January 25, 2024
One of the bigger behind-the-scenes updates we’ve made recently at Pauline Manor was adding 3 inches of spray foam insulation to the ceiling of the basement. […]
January 21, 2024
One of the less glamorous parts of restoring a 1908 Victorian is realizing that charm does not equal insulation. Our house is beautiful, creaky, full of […]
January 20, 2024
Today’s PSA: Please do not ever ever ever put mortar and tile DIRECTLY on hardwood 😖 There have been so many times we have just asked […]
January 3, 2024
First there was Leia… then Ahsoka… then Chewie… and now… Lando. Welcome to the herd, little man!
December 28, 2023
Man, what a year. Here are 148 photos from our first year at Pauline Manor. We may have transformed this house … but Pauline Manor has […]
November 28, 2023
I will never not be in awe of this amazing home. So honored to be spending her 115th Christmas together. In just two weeks we will […]
October 10, 2023
Today was a big day around Pauline Manor – the second story is finally getting properly “dressed.” As much as I would have loved to find […]
September 29, 2023
Today I harvested my first two watermelons from the garden. One is 17 pounds and the other is 11 pounds. I’m spending this afternoon cleaning out […]
September 24, 2023
It’s officially finished. After yesterday Mike and I were SO SORE… but SO CLOSE to being finished. My fellow Type3 bestie knew how much it meant […]
September 2, 2023
This afternoon I found myself on my hands and knees with a bucket of warm water, slowly wiping years of paint dust and sheetrock grit off […]
September 2, 2023
In 2010, I took a job in Fort Worth, Texas, helping launch a new direct sales jewelry company. During that time, I met some of the […]
June 22, 2023
The urge to keep this little guy was strong With all of the crazy weather we got a bit behind on cutting the grass in a […]
June 21, 2023
Our TWO AC units are trying as hard as they can but… 115 year old houses aren’t exactly “energy efficient” We’ve been working on getting nice […]
May 29, 2023
If you know me, you know I tend to go overboard on most things. Moderation is not my strong suit Putting in a garden at Pauline […]
May 21, 2023
Finally hung this display in the foyer of Pauline Manor. The top piece was made by my father in law with 100+ year old wood – […]
April 29, 2023
Yesterday the residents of Pauline Manor grew by four paws. Please welcome Chewie to the family. He hasn’t found his bark yet, but he’s getting along […]
March 14, 2023
It’s a big week here at Pauline Manor… she is getting a much-needed new roof! We knew going into this that it was needed, but originally […]
March 5, 2023
This weekend we finally turned our attention outside, and the weather could not have been more perfect. After months of focusing on the inside of Pauline […]
March 4, 2023
January 28, 2023
We have officially made it to the baseboards We’ve almost completed the downstairs and I could not be more thrilled. We have chosen to put off […]