It’s been TEN MONTHS since I filled you in on our remodeling progress. TEN! I know you’ve been lying awake at night, panic-stricken because you don’t know WHAT’S GOING ON?!?! HAVE THEY PAINTED?! HAVE THEY GOTTEN CARPET?! And I’m sorry about for leaving you hanging, but you can stop making a big deal out of it because I’m about to fill you in. Meanwhile, if you’re new here, you need…
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Remodeling
A Tour of the Old Blue House, After.
The other day I posted some BEFORE pictures of my last house. If you didn’t see those, never fear, because I’m about to post them again.Because you REALLY can’t appreciate the ‘AFTER’ until you’ve seen the ‘BEFORE.’Keep in mind, though, that because I’m a serial repainter, some of these rooms were repainted AGAIN, much to the chagrin of anyone who lived with me, so these aren’t really ‘after’ pictures; more…
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A Tour of The Old Blue House, Before.
Back in 2006 I started this blog with the purpose of showing before and after pictures of this little renovation project we were working on… an old blue house built in 1928 (or 9? I can’t remember now). It was a total mess. Mess being the understatement of the century. A few days ago, the new owner of the house found me on Facebook via this blog, and it’s been…
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This Ain’t My First {Remodeling} Rodeo.
My in-laws came by to see Susie and me today, and asked me, “Are you still liking your house?” I had to think before I answered that. I’m grateful for this house, really I am. But I’ll be honest… it’s overwhelming living in a house where every single inch of it needs work. And sometimes, just flat depressing, because you can see the potential of all this house could be……
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Remodeling is FUN, Dangit: Days Four and Five.
Day four. Painted three more bedrooms. Spent more money at Walmart and Lowe’s and Home Depot. Exhausted. While painting Annie’s room we laughed about the GHOST EYE* and about how both girls will react when they see their rooms. Annie will do the Annie Face; Katie Beth will say “I liiiiiiike it!!!!!” in her sweet shy voice. We know them well. *About that Ghost Eye? Annie has made friends with…
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Day Three: The Brutal Truth About Remodeling.
Remodeling Journal, Day Three. Spent first night in the house last night. I slept six minutes because I forgot my pajamas and had to sleep in clothes, ugh, and I am OCD about my sleeping attire and canNOT sleep in clothes, and then this house has some noises! I kept hearing clicking sounds and bolting upright in bed expecting to see our weird neighbor hovering over the foot of our…
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{remodeling thrills} Day Two.
Day two. Picked out carpet. What I wanted I couldn’t have, because our rooms are 14 feet wide {and carpet is 12 feet wide} so we HAVE to have stuff that hides the inevitable seams and not the pretty stuff with the pattern in it that I had my heart set on. But I’m OK with what we picked. I just hope HGTV understands, you know, when they come with…
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{Remodeling Thrills} Day One.
We didn’t get too far on Day One, and that’s mostly because we spent hours frolicking around our new house like baby lambs in a field of daisies, making snow angels in the thick shag carpet because this is OUR house {OURS!} and its JUST PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL, and talking nonstop for hours about our heartfelt visions and dreams about the FUN, pure THRILLING FUN of transforming this diamond-in-the-rough into…
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