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• Open House: Gentry Row 230 Year Old Gem
  on May 20, 2013 in Header Image Open Housing
  Oh boy, do we ever have a house for you today! This is the sort of house that Open Housing was made for, and we're really excited to share it with you! There's a particular block in Old Town that is home to some of the most historic and beautiful old...
• Babies on the Brain
  on May 17, 2013 in Baby Shower Entertaining Entertaining:Entertaining Header Image Projects:Recipes Cocktails Entertaining
  Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let me back up a minute before I tee up all kind of rumors that will make our parents' pulses quicken. I'm not talking about us...I'm talking about throwing a baby shower for one of my best friends. My rounder figure can be solely a...
• With a Cherry on Top: Cherry Almond Vanilla Cupcakes
  on May 15, 2013 in Baking Entertaining:Recipes Header Image Projects:Recipes Cocktails Entertaining Recipes
  Last weekend a good friend of ours was celebrating a big birthday and in order to help her ring in the occasion a few of her close friends, lead by her boyfriend, teamed up to plan the details for a memorable bash. The efforts to plan the event began...
• Wires, Wires, Everywhere, On the Walls and In the Air
  on May 14, 2013 in Header Image Technology
  The title of this post is how I'm feeling at this point. Not surprisingly, the wiring infrastructure of Old Town is not the organized and simplified structure you'd probably find in most planned communities. Over the years the electric, phone, cable,...
• Code Name: #AroundOldTown
  on May 13, 2013 in Alexandria AroundOldTown Header Image
  So here we sat Sunday night, a project list a mile long, but rather than working on anything serious, we were actually lounging on our urban hammock. The weather was so perfect, crisp, and cool, the mosquitos are not mature enough to terrorize us,...
• Holding Onto the Vacation Buzz
  on May 9, 2013 in Header Image Vacation
  Earlier this week we filled you in on some of the details of our weeklong trip out to California in celebration of Wendy's birthday. Now that we're back on the east coast, we're still trying to get caught up with the work, projects, and other chores...
• Deep, Dark, Bathroom Fixture Secrets Revealed
  on May 8, 2013 in Basement Hardware Header Image Master Bathroom Projects:Home Improvement
  Not to be too sensationalist with a post title, but I have an embarrassing admission to make. We've aired a few dirty secrets here on the blog in the past, and I think it's about time we publicly own up to this little known fact that both rivals and...
• Carmel-by-the-Sea
  on May 7, 2013 in Header Image Travel Vacation
  Last week we were celebrating a very special day week in our household, known locally as "Wendy's birthdayweek," and we decided to celebrate in style. For the second year running we opted to take a nice vacation out to California in honor of the occa...
• A Final Look Back at Our Favorite Posts - Part 2
  on May 3, 2013 in Anniversaries Header Image
  Earlier this week we took a moment to highlight a few of our favorite blog posts that fall squarely into the renovation, projects, travel, and events categories of our website, all in recognition of our two year anniversary of blogging. Whi...
• A Handy Handbag Storage Solution
  on May 2, 2013 in Closets Header Image Master Bedroom Projects:Cleaning Organizing Storage
  In my ongoing mission to organize my life and effectively utilize every spare square inch of storage space in our home, I'm always on the lookout for a nook or cranny that can be transformed from space-user to space-saver without sacrificing the aest...
• A Look Back at Our Favorite Posts - Part 1
  on May 1, 2013 in Anniversaries Header Image
  Last week we celebrated our official two year anniversary of blogging. Boy, how the time flies! We commemorated the day with a post outlining a few blogging tips that we've picked up over the past 24 months. Tip number ten on our list of blogging do'...
• Toolbox Tuesday: The Right Masonry Tools for the Repointing Job
  on Apr 30, 2013 in Header Image Masonry Projects:Essential Tools Toolbox Tuesday
  Recently I wrote several posts detailing the process we've taken to repoint a portion of our 19th century masonry. From proper mortar selection to the whole learning process associated with making good looking mortar joints, it was a laborious task w...
• Open Housing: A Turn of the 19th Century Lee Street Charmer
  on Apr 29, 2013 in Header Image Open Housing
  Over the winter we tend to go through a bit of withdrawal when it comes to our Open Housing addiction. During the colder months the market tends to soften some and far fewer homes show up on the weekly open house listings. However, when spring arrive...
• Happy 2nd Blogiversary to Old Town Home
  on Apr 25, 2013 in Anniversaries Blogging Header Image
  Wow! Can you believe it? Two years! Yes, that's right, this week marks our two year anniversary of when we started Old Town Home. To be quite honest, it's a little bit shocking that it's gone by so quickly. I still remember the night Wendy and I were...
• 10 Blogging Tips for Our 2nd Blogiversary
  on Apr 25, 2013 in Anniversaries Blogging Header Image
  Wow! Can you believe it? Two years! Yes, that's right, this week marks our two year anniversary of when we started Old Town Home. To be quite honest, it's a little bit shocking that it's gone by so quickly. I still remember the night Wendy and I were...
• A Cheerful Frame of Mind: Honoring Vacation Memories
  on Apr 24, 2013 in Decorating Tips Header Image Projects:Crafts Vacation
  It's official. We're "those" people. You know, the ones who leave their Christmas decorations up for months into the new year. I'm shaking my head in embarrassment. Thankfully we had last Friday's neighborhood party on the books, which forced us to t...
• Even a Monsoon Can't Stop Our Par-Tay
  on Apr 23, 2013 in Entertaining Entertaining:Entertaining Header Image Projects:Recipes Cocktails Entertaining
  If you stopped by last week, you probably saw that we were frantically preparing our home and yard for a neighborhood party, scheduled for last Friday night. While our frenzied efforts paid off, unfortunately I may have doomed our party from the get-...
• Go Meece Lightnin'
  on Apr 19, 2013 in Header Image pest control Pets
  When living in an urban environment, we've found there are a few things you simply learn to live with. The constant elevated noise level, tight living proximity, tons of foot traffic, more trash than you'd prefer, and the occasional vermin or insect...
• Planting a Lettuce Garden
  on Apr 18, 2013 in Garden Header Image Projects:Garden
  I guess it's "Garden Week" here at Old Town Home, as our saga of the backyard transformation continues. Yesterday we covered our little urban square foot garden turned informal veggie/fruit/herb planting area and our process of cleaning up our yard f...
• Another Go at Our Organic Garden
  on Apr 17, 2013 in Backyard Garden Header Image Vegetable Garden
  Two years ago we decided we wanted to test the greenness of our black thumbs by trying our hand at creating an organic square foot garden. Given our small lot and urban landscape, this required us to claim a bit of space from our tiny brick back...

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