What's in a Name

Some may know this already, but the name of our store actually came from our house. The original plan was to have our store above where we lived. After thinking about it longer we laughed at that thought, but the name kinda stuck...Vertical House.

Our house is under going a restoration. We are about 90% finished with the downstairs. And we basically started from scratch. During our first walk through of the house it was nothing but mold, dust, bad smells, and even a puddle 'o' piss in the kitchen...it was PERFECT! Not then of course, but it would be! We knew it! The house had been rented out for 30 some odd years as a duplex. I'll be nice about this...um, you could tell it was a rental. We took everything down to the studs and started all over. The goal was (is still) to restore the house to it's single family resident, gorgeous, potential...and maintain the integrity of the home. So we're a little less than half way there.

I've got our restoration all over the internet, but it's always nice when other like minded folk appreciate what we are doing. One such doll is named Liz! She has a glorious little blog filled with kind, beautiful words and sweet photos documenting her life and what inspires her.

The other day I saw that this cute little icon on flickr had favorited several photos of our house. After clicking on her stream and having an eyegasm for her new sofa, I clicked the blog link to read about it! And the rest, as they say, is history. I added her on flickr, and she asked to feature my home on her blog! But of course! What an honor!

So, yesterday, on my dad's birthday, Liz featured our house :)





Thanks so much Liz for everything!




*Ashley