Friday, October 17, 2008
The Bed - Completed
Our bed is gorgeous, but has always lacked the complete look. We needed pillows, but it has been difficult finding the right pillows. Well today, I took the time to go to Ventura Target #1. I found a beautiful black pillow, but unfortunately, only 1. So I didn't buy it. Then I went to Ventura Target #2, and found the same black pillow...only 1. So I had to go back and forth to get both. I also found a pair of reversible striped pillow that I liked. Only problem is that one of them was labeled as $3.87 and the other has $7.49. Luckily for me, the girl at the register let me have it for the lower price. Here is the result...I still think I am missing one for the middle...maybe a roll.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Hmm...
It's been awhile since the last update. We are still working on the house, but we are also focusing on just living in it. Here is where we are so far:
Garage
Andrew has put one layer of stucco on the back where the hole was. He has also been cleaning it out and organizing boxes and our garage belongings.
If you remember, it was a big hole that was boarded up.
Here is a picture of the somewhat organized garage:
Bathroom
We are also working on laying down the tile for the half bath. If you remember, here is our inspiration bathroom.
Here is what the bathroom looked like originally:
Putting in some blue paint. The color is called Cincinattian Hotel by Valspar.
Laying down the tile:
The finished result:
Close-up of the tile. It is 2 strips of 1 inch white square tile, 1 strip of 1 inch blue square glass tile, 1 more strip of 1 inch white square tile, and then the 1 inch white hexagonal tile.
We will need to put down the moulding and the beadboard, which are currently in the car. We also need to grout.
Living Room
Just trying to keep the living room in a livable condition. Here it is, all cleaned up:
And to end this post, I will leave you with a picture of 2 friends:
Garage
Andrew has put one layer of stucco on the back where the hole was. He has also been cleaning it out and organizing boxes and our garage belongings.
If you remember, it was a big hole that was boarded up.
Here is a picture of the somewhat organized garage:
Bathroom
We are also working on laying down the tile for the half bath. If you remember, here is our inspiration bathroom.
Here is what the bathroom looked like originally:
Putting in some blue paint. The color is called Cincinattian Hotel by Valspar.
Laying down the tile:
The finished result:
Close-up of the tile. It is 2 strips of 1 inch white square tile, 1 strip of 1 inch blue square glass tile, 1 more strip of 1 inch white square tile, and then the 1 inch white hexagonal tile.
We will need to put down the moulding and the beadboard, which are currently in the car. We also need to grout.
Living Room
Just trying to keep the living room in a livable condition. Here it is, all cleaned up:
And to end this post, I will leave you with a picture of 2 friends:
Friday, September 19, 2008
Dshwashers and Dogs
Everything is going well so far. We installed the countertop and dishwasher, then had a little dinner party!
Here is what is looked like before...what you can't see is the nasty cracked tiles on the counter:
Here it is now, with the dishwasher in place of that big hole (we have patched up some of the drywall in the kitchen but we need to paint it:
Andrew had to cut out some of the cabinet to push the sink forward...it will be covered up at some point...or so he says.
He has also been busy inserting a dog door into our back room door:
Unfortunately, the door door isn't completely finished.
And here is the user of the dog door:
Pooped after a long walk
With her new friend
That's all for now!
Here is what is looked like before...what you can't see is the nasty cracked tiles on the counter:
Here it is now, with the dishwasher in place of that big hole (we have patched up some of the drywall in the kitchen but we need to paint it:
Andrew had to cut out some of the cabinet to push the sink forward...it will be covered up at some point...or so he says.
He has also been busy inserting a dog door into our back room door:
Unfortunately, the door door isn't completely finished.
And here is the user of the dog door:
Pooped after a long walk
With her new friend
That's all for now!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Cleaning Up
We are starting to get things put away...sort of. We are slowly trying to pick up the stuff that was sitting around in the living room and putting pictures on the wall. Here are some pictures of the living room:
A little bit of a snapshot of the place:
We finally found a place to put our wedding centerpieces:
The very functional table that doesn't match the rest of the living room:
The too big wall with one picture on it...we plan on just putting all of our pictures there in black frames:
The tight dining room...large table + wine buffet = not much space:
We had some issues with our dishwasher. It didn't fit well underneath the existing cracked tile counter, so we bought an inexpensive laminate one to tide us over for the time being. It is a few inches deeper, so we can place our new dishwasher underneath. Andrew has been hard at work demolishing the tile and cutting out a space for the sink in the new countertop.
What was under the tile was DISGUSTING!
Close-up of the nastiness:
The new countertop (upside down) on the sawhorses:
The new countertop:
While Andrew was working on that, I was busy with something else...our bed! It arrived yesterday and I picked up the India Ink Duvet Set from Anthropologie. It is a great quality duvet and feels so nice! I should also mention that to match, we picked up a Thomasville Renovation chest from Target. It is the Terrace style:
Our bed in our room (if you notice, our curtain rod has balls on it too, to match the bed and chest!) :
And, of course, the newest (and oldest) addition to our family:
HARLEY!
I will post the finished kitchen later.
A little bit of a snapshot of the place:
We finally found a place to put our wedding centerpieces:
The very functional table that doesn't match the rest of the living room:
The too big wall with one picture on it...we plan on just putting all of our pictures there in black frames:
The tight dining room...large table + wine buffet = not much space:
We had some issues with our dishwasher. It didn't fit well underneath the existing cracked tile counter, so we bought an inexpensive laminate one to tide us over for the time being. It is a few inches deeper, so we can place our new dishwasher underneath. Andrew has been hard at work demolishing the tile and cutting out a space for the sink in the new countertop.
What was under the tile was DISGUSTING!
Close-up of the nastiness:
The new countertop (upside down) on the sawhorses:
The new countertop:
While Andrew was working on that, I was busy with something else...our bed! It arrived yesterday and I picked up the India Ink Duvet Set from Anthropologie. It is a great quality duvet and feels so nice! I should also mention that to match, we picked up a Thomasville Renovation chest from Target. It is the Terrace style:
Our bed in our room (if you notice, our curtain rod has balls on it too, to match the bed and chest!) :
And, of course, the newest (and oldest) addition to our family:
HARLEY!
I will post the finished kitchen later.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Our First Week
We are in! Sorry it has been so long without an update, but moving weekend was hectic, and then we were without internet connection (which surprisingly, was not that bad!)
So this is what we have been up to. First off, curtain purchases. We have so many windows in the house that it felt like we were goldfish living in a glass bowl. We immediately purchased some curtain rods from Bed Bath and Beyond and curtains from Burlington Coat Factory (Andrew was astonished to find out that they were "More than great coats!"
We also had to work out a creative way to survive in the kitchen. As you may remember, we had the fridge that came with the house. It is small, but it is the only one that fits in that fridge cubby. Then we put the OTHER refrigerator (from the rental house) into what was the old laundry area off the kitchen. Now we have two refrigerators within 3 feet of each other! One is the beer fridge, and the other is the produce fridge. What more do you need?!
Our two refrigerators!
We also received some big ticket items: Our washer and dryer, and our dishwasher and range! WHOOHOO! WHOOHOO! We are so excited, except the dishwasher isn't hooked up yet.
My first load!
Our lovely GE Cafe range
and dshwasher
Hopefully our bed will get here today from Ethan Allen. Our guest bedset from Overstock.com should be on it's way within a week or so.
Whitaker Bed and Nightstand
Whitaker 5 drawer chest
It has been a mess in the house because we aren't sure where things are and how to put them away!
That's it for now! Hopefully we can update soon when the house looks better.
So this is what we have been up to. First off, curtain purchases. We have so many windows in the house that it felt like we were goldfish living in a glass bowl. We immediately purchased some curtain rods from Bed Bath and Beyond and curtains from Burlington Coat Factory (Andrew was astonished to find out that they were "More than great coats!"
We also had to work out a creative way to survive in the kitchen. As you may remember, we had the fridge that came with the house. It is small, but it is the only one that fits in that fridge cubby. Then we put the OTHER refrigerator (from the rental house) into what was the old laundry area off the kitchen. Now we have two refrigerators within 3 feet of each other! One is the beer fridge, and the other is the produce fridge. What more do you need?!
Our two refrigerators!
We also received some big ticket items: Our washer and dryer, and our dishwasher and range! WHOOHOO! WHOOHOO! We are so excited, except the dishwasher isn't hooked up yet.
My first load!
Our lovely GE Cafe range
and dshwasher
Hopefully our bed will get here today from Ethan Allen. Our guest bedset from Overstock.com should be on it's way within a week or so.
Whitaker Bed and Nightstand
Whitaker 5 drawer chest
It has been a mess in the house because we aren't sure where things are and how to put them away!
That's it for now! Hopefully we can update soon when the house looks better.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
And There Was Light!
Today Creico came back and put in all the lights and outlets. It looks great! Almost like a really NICE house. Well, all except for the kitchen of course. Nothing is going to fix that.
Living room with recessed lighting:
Lights in the shower:
The new lights in the front of the house (notice how all the bushes are gone?)
I moved in some of our clothing, like our 20 heavy coats we will probably never wear again. I was also able to put my shoes up on our built in shoe rack! I love all the shelves that are already there!
And last but not least, our newly painted ceiling! Of course, our walls aren't finished.
Tonight we have to finish bringing over the rest of the clothes and things we don't need and packing up the kitchen. It's getting so much closer!
Living room with recessed lighting:
Lights in the shower:
The new lights in the front of the house (notice how all the bushes are gone?)
I moved in some of our clothing, like our 20 heavy coats we will probably never wear again. I was also able to put my shoes up on our built in shoe rack! I love all the shelves that are already there!
And last but not least, our newly painted ceiling! Of course, our walls aren't finished.
Tonight we have to finish bringing over the rest of the clothes and things we don't need and packing up the kitchen. It's getting so much closer!
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