A New Refridgerator!

About a year ago, we went on an appliance shopping spree - a new stove, dishwasher, microwave and washer. We thought we were lucky since the refridgerator the previous owners left was pretty new and working fine. Well fast forward to this past week. The refridgerator started to not work. James took it all apart and figured parts would run us about $300 and we weren't even sure if that would fix the problem. So we figured we'd help the economy and just buy a new one.

"Old" refridgerator

New refridgerator!

We splurged on one with a water fountain thingy on it. It was $150 more than the one that we would have bought, but this one had a handy dandy $50 Energy Star rebate from our electric company on it. Plus, Crazy Cousin Tom hooked us up with a little discount. It justified the purchase...plus, having cold water at our disposable will hopefully make us more healthy. I'll just add the "hook the refridgerator up to the water pipes" onto James' extremely long list of things still to do.

Mouldings & Stairs

A long while ago, James installed the crown mouldings in the living room. I took a few pictures - but this is the best one!!! I don't know what I was thinking when I was snapping these shots!!!

Poor James isn't even in this picture! I must have been focusing on Ben.

Here are the mouldings - FINALLY painted! Thanks to me!

The furniture has been all in disarray with my painting. It's been so hot here. I put tape all around the mouldings and I can't begin to tell you how much sweat this generated from my body. I shouldn't do this kind of stuff in this crazy heat - but I can't help myself.

I started painting the balusters and the rest of the stairs. There are so many nooks and cranies on this staircase. It's crazy.

The Slackers Get Back To It

With James working so much lately, home improvements have taken a back seat a lot. Our big problem with everything is that we have literally started every project imaginable but haven't finished many. Oops. At least we are aware of our wrong doings.

James installed the toe kicks for the cabinets. Little details that take way too much time.

James is staring to work on the built in in the dining room.

Well there is some wood up. We debated about drywalling it or doing all wood. We went with all wood. It seemed easier. We'll see come the finished product...whenever that may be! ha ha!