Yes. Although I feel we have all been collectively holding our breath, here we are still waiting – waiting for the anxiety to dissipate, waiting for our turn for the vaccine, waiting for the world to open back up, and … Read More
This weekend, we made some progress in living our brand. Drumroll, please…… our house has now officially been christened the 11:11 house! In español, this is once once, pronounced ohn-se ohn-se (pretty close to OOntz OOntz, right?) For those of … Read More
For those of you who have been following, I’m sure you remember the saga of getting on municipal power. We will always remember the months of living out of coolers. NEVER FORGET! This will be the first truly joint post … Read More
You don’t know how happy it makes me to post this. Seems silly to get that excited about tile, but as you know we built the house as a blank canvas, and we’ve been living in that blank canvas for … Read More
Despite the fact that we had to wait a bit for workers to be available, the outside patio is now well under way. For the past several months, our picturesque infinity pool was flanked by two dirt expanses speckled with … Read More
Very early in the design of our house, I wanted to create a feeling of connectedness with the outside. The landscape is so beautiful – why would we waste that view by boxing it up? Now that the house is … Read More
Only roughly 7 months after our expected date, we finally have municipal electricity! You can’t imagine what a game changer this is. Instead of dwelling on what we will no longer have to do (run to the ice store every … Read More
If you follow me on Instagram (@shickox), you’re aware that we’ve been traveling around mainland México for the past couple weeks. It has been an amazing vacation, and I would lie if I said I was fully ready to get … Read More
In the beginning of this house building adventure, I casually threw around this term – rustic. At that time, to me, “rustic” meant raw materials juxtaposed against more crisp modern details. I envisioned slabs of reclaimed wood and rusty metal … Read More
I have so many updates! Starting a big new project at work really crimps my blog writing time. Ok enough whining, let’s do this! soba and i survived We made the trip south and kitteh was a trooper. I … Read More