OLD HOUSE | NEW LIFE

OLD HOUSE | NEW LIFE

If There Was a Bookstore Nearby, Life Would be Perfect

  • About Christine
  • GET IT WHILE IT’S HOT

    GET IT WHILE IT’S HOT

    IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 2021 AND THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WAS EXPLODING LIKE AN EGG IN A MICROWAVE Mary, friend + agent: Absolutely, you can sell! Where will you go? Me: I don’t know [steps around nail protruding from floorboard] build a modern house on a meadow? Mary: You’ll have to rent while you […]

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    Christine Kalafus

    July 23, 2022
    decorating, Interior Design, Old House | New Life
    decorating, farmhouse, farmhouse kitchen, farmhouse kitchen update, kitchen remodel, modern farmhouse, Old House | New Life, white kitchen
  • The Muffin of Memory

    The Muffin of Memory

    WHEN GOOGLING “PERFECT MUFFIN” AS ONE DOES, I am usually taken against my will to AllRecipes.com. I’m on to your tricks, AllRecipes, your whipped zucchini hiding like a thief in your baked goods. You think you’re so hip. I need a muffin who is full of sugar and isn’t ashamed. Preferably, one crisp at the […]

    Christine Kalafus

    May 15, 2022
    Baking
    Baking, blueberry muffin, jordan marsh muffins
  • Candied Violet Cake

    Candied Violet Cake

    If you’re baking your own birthday cake, you might as well put flowers on it too.

    Christine Kalafus

    May 8, 2022
    Baking, Nature Baking
    Baking, baking from scratch, birthday cake, candied violets, king arthur cake flour, Nature Baking
  • Waffles & Novels

    Waffles & Novels

    With SnOmicron delivering a wallop of snow and wind outside, I hunkered down with two of my addictions: waffles and novels. My mother gave me The Mad Women’s Ball by VICTORIA MAS for Christmas, and it’s been next on my winter reading list.

    Christine Kalafus

    January 29, 2022
    Baking, novels
    anne carson, elizabeth kostova, reading, victoria mas, waffles
  • Not Another Podcast

    Not Another Podcast

    The other day I heard myself opine “podcasts are the new blogs.” This was in response to my seventy-five year old father asking why I didn’t have a podcast of my own. I enjoy podcasts, especially: Here’s The Thing, The Witch Wave, The NYT Book Review Podcast, and The Lonely Palette. A couple weeks ago, […]

    Christine Kalafus

    December 28, 2021
    decorating, writing
    decorating, farmhouse, hand-made, Old House | New Life, sewing, writing

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