Can I advertise on Door Sixteen?
NO. I do not accept any form of advertising, period. That includes link exchanges, trial product reviews, giveaways, and so forth. Please do not contact me asking to make an exception.
Can I use your photos on my blog?
Sure, but please don’t take the entire entry. Just take a photo or two, credit them clearly, and link back to the post you took them from. If you want to be extra cool about it, ask me first. I’m pretty nice!
What paint colors did you use in your house?
Other than where noted, all of the paint is from Benjamin Moore.
» Moonlight White (matte): all white walls
» Simply White (satin): white trim/woodwork throughout house
» Toucan Black (satin): black doors and stair treads
» Sea Foam (matte): pale blue kitchen walls
» Lacey Pearl (matte): pale gray walls in guest bedroom
» Olympic Knight’s Armor (eggshell): black ceiling in downstairs bathroom
What kind of dogs are Fritz and Bruno?
Fritz is a long-haired Chihuahua, and Bruno is a long-haired Chihuahua/Bichon Frisé mix.
What kind of camera do you use?
I have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5. It’s a simple point and shoot that does well in low light and has a built-in wide angle lens, which is all I really need.
Occasionally I’ll get fancy and use a Nikon D80, but it’s way too complicated for me to bother with most of the time.
Wait, you live where?
I live in the City of Newburgh. Newburgh is about 60 miles north of Manhattan, on the west bank of the Hudson River. (I’ll post some links to Newburgh stuff here soon.)
Will you link to my site?
If I read your site on a regular basis, I will add it to my blogroll. I don’t do link exchanges, sorry.
How do you know how to do all this house stuff?
The internet. If I don’t know how to do something, I Google it. Trial and error helps, too. We bought this house with zero knowledge of construction or any type of home improvement beyond painting (and we weren’t even doing that right). If we can do it, so can you. Really!
How can I get more people to read my blog?
The best advice I can give you is to be yourself. Don’t worry about what you think a blog is supposed to be like, just focus on getting out the stuff that you think is interesting. If you like it, chances are there’s someone else who does, too. Aim for quality of content over quantity of posts. Don’t apologize for liking a trend. Don’t lift content from other blogs. Include your own photographs. Let your readers have a little window into your life, not just a bunch of product photos. Make it personal.
