Utamaro Prints
I spent this morning hanging three prints in one of our hallways. These are hand printed reproductions of Japanese artist, Kitagawa...
The changing of the water filter
I am a proponent of drinking tap water, especially given the quality of the water here in Vancouver. However, our condo had a water...
Painting Done
It is a project I have been putting off for years. A top-to-bottom painting of our condo in Vancouver. Two years ago I got an estimate...
Painting Project- Day 1
It is three years since we moved into our Vancouver condo. Since that time we have a lot of work on the interior including new floors,...
New furniture delivered
It was quite the day. We had furniture being delivered in the afternoon but needed help moving our sofa from the living room to the...
Section Sofa
Yoshiko has been after me for more than a year to buy a section sofa for our main living room area. Three years ago, shortly after moving...
Home project
It has been a couple of months since the floors were replaced at home. The original hardwood floors were replaced with Italian porcelain...
Amazon Alexa
Today I installed and set up an Amazon Alexa network in our condo. An Echo Plus in the living room, Echo Dots in my office and media...
The floors are finally finished
It is almost a month since we started on our flooring project. It sounded simple enough. An almost 2,000 sq ft condo... tear up the wood...
The condo renovations have begun
Yesterday we finally embarked on the renovation plans for our condo. It was our original plan to do the work before we moved into it in...