Monday, August 25, 2008

Oh So Exciting - Light Fixtures

We put a light fixture in the dining room! I also painted it - even though we didn't re-build the built in yet. We probably won't get to that for another year or 2. I just did like like living in white. It's too boring.
The living room has an overhead light now! Counting down the days until we get our new electrical service!
James is so proud of his $10 clearance outdoor light fixture. He took down the old one before I had time to snap a picture. It was pretty much a piece of rusty old metal with a jelly jar attached. Oh, and a yellow light bulb.
James is always extremely safe when doing home improvements. He's installing flood lights for the driveway. We stepped it up and got sensors so we can catch hooligans trying to break into our cars. He also put a light outback so we can be outside at night without the fear of a rabid raccoon attacking us.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Ceilings, Yard Waste & Paint, Oh My!

This picture kind of makes our ceiling look disgusting, but believe me, they are all very nice!
I've been busy "pruning" the trees outside. I have acquired a mini addiction to the Sawsall. I love to saw things with it - especially trees! I have a mini forest on the curb because apparently there is some confusion on when Yard Waste actually gets picked up. Half of this has been here since Friday (when garbage gets picked up). Then I added more over the weekend - because a neighbor told me Mondays were yard waste days. Here I am, Tuesday night with all this yard waste still outside. My neighbors must love me.
Do you see it? It's yellow paint! In our living room! I did it today. I think it's perfect. At least for us. We've gone and done good on this color. At least I think so. I hope the other 5 rooms turn out to our liking as well.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Grrr! We Did The Unspeakable!

We hired someone! Ahhhh!!! We decided we cannot finish off the ceilings. Too hard. I'm sure we could, but it's cheap enough that we can just have someone come in and do it. Tomorrow, John will come to fix our downstairs ceilings! Yey! That means we just have to throw on some paint, have the new electrical service come up (the 30th!) and then we can paint and lay tile! I'm procrastinating on the tile because once the tile is in, the appliances come. I do not want a stove. Too much hassle. I also decided I do not want a dishwasher. I think I'm better at keeping house without one. Before and After Pictures to come!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Iron Away!


Installing laminate countertop is woman's work - or at least that is what James thought when the directions called for a household iron. I told him I don't even iron my clothes - I'm not going to iron his or the countertop. So poor James was stuck ironing the end caps of this piece of laminate. Great job James!

Monday, August 4, 2008

For Those Of You Stalking Our Kitchen...

We got the rest of the cabinets in this past weekend. Pappy and James were hard at work. We didn't hit any glitches this time, so it was pretty smooth sailing. We did take a pretty long break to eat lunch and prune the trees outside though.

The men lining up the cabinets.
Leveling something or other.
Ben loves his new cabinets! We have a new naughty corner!
Voila! A refridgerator will be thrown into that space there, but we don't have any power over there right now so we'll have to wait until our new electrical service is up and running - which is scheduled for August 30th!

A friendly reminder of what the kitchen looked like before we destroyed it! I kind of miss the wood paneling.