Posts Tagged ‘ home improvement ’

Guest Room Redo: Update

  • March 11th, 2011
  • Posted in Life

Well, I’ve been a little distracted by other house projects lately (kitchen re-paint, anyone?) but I have managed to make a smidgen of progress on the guest room. It’s just a wee small smidgen, so don’t get too excited. Are you ready for it? I bought fabric for a new bed skirt. I know, pretty [ READ MORE ]

Making a coat closet

I wish I could stick to just one project at a time. Remember the guest room redo? Nothing new to report there. But while cruising around Craigslist looking for a nightstand for the guest room, I found this bad boy. We have been needing something to hold our water filter for oh, the last 2 [ READ MORE ]

How to refinish your old chairs

Before: After: Can you see the improvement? After another fruitless morning of sanding and scrubbing (without running to Home Depot for some stronger chemicals), I broke down and looked at Craigslist. My intent was to kill time while waiting for the mailman to bring me my Home Depot gift card. But then I started looking [ READ MORE ]

The End!

Day…something. 9?  Anyone care to count? I’m just thrilled it’s over. Our biggest house project so far. Done. And it looks amazing. It even looked great before it was finished. Finished! Still a little dusty, but done. The house felt so big with the new floor running all the way through it. I didn’t want [ READ MORE ]

Day 7

Day 7, Thursday See that nasty grey spot on the carpet? Isn’t it nicely framed by the clean carpet that was under the couch? That filthy grey spot is exactly where my baby will NOT be crawling. Carpet is gross. Carpet next to the couch is gross. Carpet where the dog lays next to the [ READ MORE ]

Days 5 and 6

Day 5, Tuesday Lots of rain Monday night and and Tuesday. Just a teensy bit of moisture inside the house. More caulk. Day 6, Wednesday Kitchen Demo/Contractor Meeting. We started the demo about 15 minutes before the contractor came over to take a first and final look at the job. Nothing like hiring a guy [ READ MORE ]

Days 3 and 4

Where is the water coming from? Water damage. Blegh. Not exactly what we wanted to see under the carpet. Thankfully, it doesn’t look like much water has been coming in at a time…but if it’s been happening for 10 years, we might have a problem. It rained for about 30 minutes on Saturday, and we [ READ MORE ]

The Beginning

Day 1. The sunroom. Buh-bye, carpet.  We won’t miss you. Or your nasty little tack strips. Day 2. The new floor comes inside to “acclimate.” 35 boxes, 33 pounds each. Too bad I was busy growing a baby and had to let Dave carry all of it in from the garage by himself. It’s amazing [ READ MORE ]

My Etsy Store

Herbs. I love ‘em….you will too!

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