Resurfaced Stairs
A couple of years ago, I resurfaced the stair risers going up to the second floor with some 1/4″ oak panels. The riser surface was painted white and I couldn’t manage to keep them from getting impossibly marred up with black kick marks. Plus there are knots in the wood that bleed through the paint....
The Master House List
Last night I sat down and typed up a spreadsheet that included each room in our house and a list of all the projects I’d like to do for those rooms. A lot of the projects are of a “someday/maybe” nature, but nevertheless I wanted to write down all the things I’ve had floating around...
House 2.0 September Update
It’s been a while since I’ve said anything about the House 2.0 project. So I figured I’d give a quick run-down of what’s happened since I last talked about it. We installed the mantel! and I am in LOVE!! The warmth and rustic quality to the wood really make that wall pop. Plus, we purchased...
I Got Wood!
LOL, please forgive my juvenile brain for that post title, but I couldn't resist. Anyway, if you follow my sporadic twitter feed, I posted this a few weeks back: "Behold! My new mantel!" My friend Bill (the handyman guy who hung my drywall), was desperately trying to find something for me via his Mennonite connections,...
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Since we started this silly house 2.0 project (Oh yeah, THAT?… It’s still going on by the way) I knew I would have to sacrifice a few things in order to get the usable space we wanted. What do I mean by this? Well, we couldn’t possibly do it without getting rid of some furniture....
Paint-palooza
The wall painting is more or less finished! Can I get an amen!? I still have to give the foundation a quick coat of white, but that can wait till tomorrow. My mother-in-law has graciously offered to come and hang out with Gabe while I git’er done around the house. I will be working on...
Paint Crush
I think it’s safe to say that I know my paint. I’ve painted every room in my house at least once… some twice. Here’s the rundown: Kitchen (2), Dining Room (2), Living Room (1), Den (2), Office (1), Powder Room (1), Master Bath (1), Guest Room (1), Gabriel’s Room (1), Master Bedroom (2), Hallway (1)....
Oops!
Progress on House 2.0 is slow… I want my house back already!! Mike continues to remind me that I wanted to do this project in the first place; thanks honey. :) Drywall is up and spackled (thanks to my friend, Bill) and I’ve started a little priming. The one thing that we really can’t do...
Bagster
When we started our basement tear out, it was obvious that we would need to find some way of eliminating the trash paneling and old nail-ridden trim, among other things. But after looking into the pricing on dumpsters—a whopping $400 bucks!!! ouch—we decided we would hold off and weigh our options. Besides, we just didn’t...
Operation Drywall – A House 2.0 Update
So I feel like I dropped off the proverbial blog-wagon on our House 2.0 project. But now that Gabriel has reached the separation-anxiety milestone, I can barely put him down and go in the next room without him going into hysterics. At first it was endearing, but now I’m getting a little frustrated with his...
I Love the Smell of Demolition in the Morning
Today marked the start of the demolition on the den paneling. We started after the little dude went down for his first nap. Probably not the smartest judgement call but he lasted an hour before waking up to the sound of trim being ripped off. In typical fashion, I didn’t really get very good pictures...
Happy Anniversary to Us
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but my parents totally spoil me! For our anniversary this year (it’s been 7 years, incidentally), my parents gave us a new back door! Mike and I have always said that it would have been so easy for someone to just break through the crappy single pane...
