My people.Can we help keep this incredibly sweet old man out of the shelter? Kuzco is a lovebug 14-year-old-spry tuxedo boy; he has been with his family since he was five months old, they are distressed that circumstances dictate finding him a new home. His mom says:He is a prince and laps up attention and […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
When I first wrote about decluttering, some people hated it.A few predicted CRUSHING REGRET. This has not happened.The opposite. As I have cleared away clutter, more has looked like clutter… and somewhere along the way, I got a glimpse of something magical: RADICALSIMPLICITY For some brief moment, I SAW the option.It was a blazing epiphany […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
As the kitchen was coming to its conclusion, I felt:I have *won life.* Not just because the finished kitchen was somehow EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED— but ALSO because my existence on the planet was about to get SO INCREDIBLY GOOD: Obviously, it’s time to open my antique store:Giant Fancy Things. The universe was like— […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
Once upon a time, there was a kitchen… The kitchen was in a falling-down old house. A woman lived in the falling-down house. She loved old broken garbage, and other fancy things. I mean… she REALLY loved it.Like… it was her *MOST ABSOLUTE FAVORITE.* A man lived in the house, too.He also had some favorite […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
Hey.So.It’s been a while! Yes, we finished the kitchen– April, 2021. I am going to post about it, but first had to update a bunch of website stuff and also learn a bunch of new website stuff… checking to see if it works! ps— thank you for your messages❤️❤️ I’ve missed you too🤟xoxo, veb| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
A while ago, Paul FORCED me to acquire crap I did not need or want. I TRIED to avoid it, and suggested an alternate solution— I would not get the dishes, but keep the CRAP-OPPORTUNITY… a crap-raincheck. Paul said— no. But if you take the dishes, they can COME WITH an IOU for FUTURE crap… […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
Paul is not making or staining the fronts for the kitchen drawers… he built the internal cabinet boxes and we ordered custom fronts to fit his design. Here is the post where he built the boxes. Here is an index of all kitchen posts. We are going with “real” stain on “real” wood… fyi: when […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
INDEX OF ALL KITCHEN POSTSINDEX OF ALL VIDEO POSTS For centuries, I have wanted Paul to build the kitchen cabinets that live in my head… and he just, WOULD NOT. His concern:The customer is an overly-particular lunatic. In pursuit of my overly-particular dream of perfection-and-lunacy, I got two estimates for custom kitchen cabinets; both […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
To tell this story, I first need to establish: Paul is FRUGAL. Not in a normal way. In an insane way. Exhibit A: A photo of our toothpaste; it’s clean, INSIDE, because he used to slice it open, to be sure he got it all. I say used to because I’ve since begun making* our toothpaste; […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
This post was published June 18, 2020… so, 6 months into covid, shortly after George Floyd protests began… that’s the vibe here. It’s been a while.How are you? I am… fine?I guess? Assuming we now define FINE, as: ever-escalating incredulity, and disbelieving rage. View this post on Instagram […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES