Monday, July 24, 2006

Weeds, Paintin, and Electrical. OH MY!



Hello everyone,

Here's the latest:

UPSTAIRS:
. Adam and his dad are busy busy working on the upstairs electrical. After demolition, Joe noticed that there was some badly wired electrical and even a fire hazard. Can you believe an electrician used to live in our house? Eeks!
. Here are some pictures of Adam and his Dad working on electrical. His Dad cut a hole in the hallway ceiling to reposition our electical parts so that when we drywall the bath, and need to do electrical work, we'll have access to all the electrical goodies.






KITCHEN:
. The kitchen is painted! Hooray! It is a light buttery yellow color. Subtle... I wasn't sure about it at first, but it is growing on me. Anything is better than the old wallpaper! I realized my major issue with the kitchen is the cabinets and backsplash, and since we don't have a bajillion dollars right now to replace that stuff, I must deal.
. Adam did the painting and he did an EXCELLENT job!
. I helped. It was messy.
. Next step in the kitchen will be to try and recover the free kitchen chairs that the previous owners left. They look goofy, but they are comfortable, so we're gonna try to save them with new fabric. Maybe... to be continued.








LAWN CARE:
. Hey all you gardeners out there: is this tall thing a weed? I am not sure... I started weeding this weekend, pulling out stuff that didn't look like it belonged, and wasn't sure about this thing... hmmmm.



. And, for your enjoyment, some new flowers that bloomed on the side of our house :)



SHOUT OUT:
. Happy Birthday Mom!



More soon...
Carole & Adam

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Oy vey.



Hello all --

This post is long over due... so I'll just get straight to it...

Lots of progress going on here... mostly with our upstairs....

Upstairs Floor, Vents and Ceiling
. Adam and his Dad have been working very hard... they replaced several busted floorboards in preparation for laying the new plywood.
. They also installed a new wall vent in the largest of the upstairs bedrooms.
. Adam's Dad installed the new ceiling drywall in the big bedroom.










Upstairs Bathroom
. This past Saturday, they set off to remove the bathroom floor, in preparation for new plywood.
. In the process, they decide to tear up the whole bathroom. I just found this out tonight when I went upstairs to document for the blog. Boy, was I surprised. We were originally planning to redo only the bathroom floor; now, aside from the toliet and tub, everything will be new.






















Downstairs Bathroom
. The bathroom is painted and semi-accessorized. Walls are yellow-green, towels are aqua blue... see pics below...





Phew... time for bed.
Carole