April 21st, 2008
As you may have guessed by my lack of posting, the granite backsplash didn’t get done the weekend before last as it was supposed to. I guess the standard height of a granite backsplash is 4″ but we only had about 3.25″ under the window casings behind the sink. Jeff didn’t tell the granite guy […]
read more...April 2nd, 2008
I’ve always had this weird curse. I would live in a place for years bemoaning the fact that there was the lack of a certain store in that location and then move. Without fail, a few weeks later, said stores would pop up as if by magic in my former hometown. Take the east village […]
read more...February 20th, 2008
Just as an update to my last post, with the addition of the deduction of the real estate taxes paid at closing our combined total state and federal refund came to $1600! We haven’t actually received our return yet, but that didn’t stop us from spending some of our proceeds in anticipation, thanks mostly to […]
read more...October 5th, 2007
So apparently Jeff has acquired a fence bug after putting up the back yard privacy fence.. I got an email from him asking where he could get a picture of the front of our house (um, yeah, he doesn’t really read the blog much..) I sent him this: And about an hour later I get […]
read more...August 29th, 2007
…that may never come. I’m having a terrible time picking a date when our small handful of close friends will be available. So instead, we decided to have a few people who are around this holiday weekend over for a small gathering this Sunday and schedule a bigger to-do for the last week in September […]
read more...August 2nd, 2007
Our poor porch. First it was used as a construction debris receptacle, then as a furniture painting studio. Finally, this weekend with the completion of the vanity and dresser makeover, the enclosed front porch was free of painting projects and ready to become a Porch for the first time since we bought the house! Right […]
read more...July 26th, 2007
It has been a while since I posted a sneak peak of the kitchen cabinet doors installed, mostly because the kitchen was too much of a mess to photograph. But my sister’s visit on Tuesday gave me the perfect excuse to tidy up and snap some pics of the current state of the kitchen. Now […]
read more...July 19th, 2007
The two 70’s inspired built-ins our house came with are something I’ve only referenced up till now in passing…but they are (well, were) so craptastic that they deserve their whole own post! Lets start with the upstairs built in.. Please excuse this before picture, it was a shot I took of my TV while it […]
read more...July 13th, 2007
We thought it would never come.. the day we actually move into the house we’ve owned for over two months now! Of course it’s not really the ideal time to move in for a few reasons: 1) Its Friday the 13th. 2) The Floors were refinished just 48 hours ago. Yikes! 3) Several projects that […]
read more...July 10th, 2007
Last night we put the cabinet doors up… and I’m very happy and more than a little relieved to report that the self closing hinges worked! The doors actually CLOSE. Hallelujah! After painting the cabinets and installing the doors our kitchen looks like a tornado came through (and there’s still painter’s tape everywhere) so I […]
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