My first week of teaching is nearly done. My house is carpeted. Now is the time when I will move in.
It's been quite a ride this week. I finished painting all the areas in my house that are carpeted. Then, I had to clear out everything and put it where it was on tile flooring. And, the carpeting came. It is a great color and works with everything in the house. I was worried that my old denim covers may not work with it or the black furniture will clash. After beginning to move stuff around, my house is beginning to look like a nice little house. It's great.
For all of those wanting to take a look at my new rooms, I'll post pictures this evening.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The house (cont.)
I have been painting the rooms with carpeting; the green room, pink room and pretty, pretty princess room, hallway, and living room. Everything is done a beige-ish color and I'm doing the trim in a semi-gloss white. I am sooooooo close to being done. This has been a long road, and I'm feeling really good.
Some other stuff I've had to do is replace the threshold. The one that was here was completely rotted out. My brother-in-law and I poured new concrete and I epoxied it down. On Sunday, I paint all the trim and put down the small bit of parquet flooring.
I'm hoping my carpet gets in Monday/Tuesday. I went with an independent company. It saved me tons of cash and the quality is better for the carpet and the pad. If it does come in, I can schedule Thursday as my install day. That will allow me to have the entire Labor day weekend to unpack and get everything in-place.
Some other stuff I've had to do is replace the threshold. The one that was here was completely rotted out. My brother-in-law and I poured new concrete and I epoxied it down. On Sunday, I paint all the trim and put down the small bit of parquet flooring.
I'm hoping my carpet gets in Monday/Tuesday. I went with an independent company. It saved me tons of cash and the quality is better for the carpet and the pad. If it does come in, I can schedule Thursday as my install day. That will allow me to have the entire Labor day weekend to unpack and get everything in-place.
Monday, August 11, 2008
The house post (with pics)
I realized I haven't let anyone see any pictures of this place. These picts are a "before being worked on photo walkthrough.
These photos are of the livingroom. Sure there's stuff in there, but it's really not much. I can't really move in until I get carpet and I'm waiting for the carpet dude to take measurements. Here's the thing about this room, one of the lights/fans does not work.
The kitchen had some stuff left in from the previous owners/tenants. This room has the majority of my stuff in it. I really want to move it into the house. Here's the thing about this room, everything is wood and there is a weird island in the middle of it.
This room is what I have called the "pink" room. This will be my computer room and home office. You will find a door in the first picture. That's the door that leads to the studio room. In the last picture, you will find a wall that has been halved wall papered.
Here is the studio. The room is a bit larger than a decent sized car. I've got plenty of room to spread out and do what I need to do. The wacky thing about this room is the door is cut into wall (see picture 1).
This is the master bedroom. It's fairly large and will fit anything I need to. You are seeing that right. I have two large closets. Not sure what I'm going to do with the room, but I'll make due. The green in this room is particularly lime. These pictures don't do it justice.
You guessed it..... There's Disney characters on my walls. This is what I'm calling the "main house" bathroom. It's accessed from the house hallway. Now, these pictures do the blue and decoration justice. It has Nemo and all his friends on the walls. Here's what's weird about this room, there is a vent and it's been covered with paper. The toilet seat and tub are really light blue, the tile is beige and the vanity is white.
This is the room across from the bathroom. I named it the "pretty, pretty princess" room. It has plastic covering placed on the walls.
There are a few other areas of the house, but they are really bad. I'll wait to post those images at a later time.
These photos are of the livingroom. Sure there's stuff in there, but it's really not much. I can't really move in until I get carpet and I'm waiting for the carpet dude to take measurements. Here's the thing about this room, one of the lights/fans does not work.
The kitchen had some stuff left in from the previous owners/tenants. This room has the majority of my stuff in it. I really want to move it into the house. Here's the thing about this room, everything is wood and there is a weird island in the middle of it.
This room is what I have called the "pink" room. This will be my computer room and home office. You will find a door in the first picture. That's the door that leads to the studio room. In the last picture, you will find a wall that has been halved wall papered.
Here is the studio. The room is a bit larger than a decent sized car. I've got plenty of room to spread out and do what I need to do. The wacky thing about this room is the door is cut into wall (see picture 1).
This is the master bedroom. It's fairly large and will fit anything I need to. You are seeing that right. I have two large closets. Not sure what I'm going to do with the room, but I'll make due. The green in this room is particularly lime. These pictures don't do it justice.
You guessed it..... There's Disney characters on my walls. This is what I'm calling the "main house" bathroom. It's accessed from the house hallway. Now, these pictures do the blue and decoration justice. It has Nemo and all his friends on the walls. Here's what's weird about this room, there is a vent and it's been covered with paper. The toilet seat and tub are really light blue, the tile is beige and the vanity is white.
This is the room across from the bathroom. I named it the "pretty, pretty princess" room. It has plastic covering placed on the walls.
There are a few other areas of the house, but they are really bad. I'll wait to post those images at a later time.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
The house (ugh)
I bought a house. It needed work. What I really didn't realize is that it needed ALOT of work.
Everything needs a new coat of paint. The bathrooms both are in fairly poor condition. The kitchen needs some updating.
What I'm trying to say is that this place appears to have been updated in the 80s. Yep, I stepped back in time to watching Back to Future I, II and III. I listen to all sorts of 80s tunes. And, I work, work and still work some more.
First things on my list: new appliances and carpet.
The new appliances were purchased on Friday and will be delivered Monday. (Yea!) The carpet has been ordered and they should be measuring my house in the next few days.
Before the carpet goes in, I want to repaint the ceilings. I'm not really sure what they have up there (whether it's oil or latex). That means primer. That went up yesterday on the 3 bedrooms and wil go up in the living room and hallway today.
One thing I thought was fairly cool is there is now ceiling paint that goes on pink and then dries white. I'm going to give that a try.
Other things I've found out about this place, the cold water on the kitchen sink doesn't work. This is a bit disappointing because that should have been caught by the home inspector. Oh well, what else will I find.
Everything needs a new coat of paint. The bathrooms both are in fairly poor condition. The kitchen needs some updating.
What I'm trying to say is that this place appears to have been updated in the 80s. Yep, I stepped back in time to watching Back to Future I, II and III. I listen to all sorts of 80s tunes. And, I work, work and still work some more.
First things on my list: new appliances and carpet.
The new appliances were purchased on Friday and will be delivered Monday. (Yea!) The carpet has been ordered and they should be measuring my house in the next few days.
Before the carpet goes in, I want to repaint the ceilings. I'm not really sure what they have up there (whether it's oil or latex). That means primer. That went up yesterday on the 3 bedrooms and wil go up in the living room and hallway today.
One thing I thought was fairly cool is there is now ceiling paint that goes on pink and then dries white. I'm going to give that a try.
Other things I've found out about this place, the cold water on the kitchen sink doesn't work. This is a bit disappointing because that should have been caught by the home inspector. Oh well, what else will I find.
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