We decided early on that we wanted to remove the old carpet in the front of the house. We both have allergies and really wanted to get it up and out of the house as soon as possible.
Archive > June 2009
Have you seen me before?
Meet our wood burning stove. I really like it. It has nice clean lines and may be an original feature of the house. Unfortunately, its a fire hazard. The chimney is located a little too close to the power lines on the roof. The plan is to remove it. Question is do we relocate, sell [...]
Rediscovering the concrete floor
I wanted to show off our beautiful stained concrete floors – or at least our first real look at them. Nate began to strip off the carpet padding last night. I am so thrilled! The floors seem to be in good shape.
Cleaning & Painting the Kitchen
If there is one room in the house that needed a deep cleaning its certainly the kitchen. My painting skills are beginner to intermediate at best, but one thing I do know is how important it is to clean and prep before painting. I spent a big chunk of my Saturday doing just that. I [...]
Our First Shopping Trip
Sunday morning started with a trip to IKEA and Home Depot with Nate. We picked up two desks at IKEA. One for each office. Unfortunately Nate’s desk, a large corner unit, would not fit in the car so we had to tie to the top of my little green civic. We tied it as tight [...]
A full weekend
Let the home projects begin! Nate finished teaching classes on Friday and is now ready to started working on the house. I will go into detail a little later on exactly how we spent our weekend, but here’s a sneak peak.
Let’s Start with the Kitchen
After much deliberation, I decided to tackle the cleaning and painting the kitchen as my first home project. Cleaning and painting the cabinets and walls will allow me to move all my dishes and pantry items directly from the old kitchen to the new one. The kitchen is a lovely shade of dusty pink. The [...]
Our Big Backyard
Over the weekend, tackling the overgrown backyard became my first real project at the house. I needed to be able to transplant my vegetables to the backyard this week, so getting rid of the unwanted shrubs and overgrown trees became a top priority. I was a little nervous to take on this project by myself. [...]
Off to sign my papers
I leave the office in about 5 minutes to sign my papers and I feel giddy. Finally!! Last night I wasn’t nervous about signing papers for the house, but I think I was lying to myself. I didn’t sleep very well and had a little tension headache over my left eye (of all places). I [...]
