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 This place is amazing.  Check out the entry door.  Square is so, well, square. This living room will stay largely intact.  The fireplace deserves a post all to itself.  On the left column is a happy elf and on the right c [Read More]

The DetailsIn my quickie history of our living room, I forgot about the part where the floor was so uneven that no one wanted to install the hardwood floor but then someone did but then our wood was on backorder for ages and ages. For those who must [Read More]

Anyone who doesn't like seeing Before and After pictures can stop reading right now.It so happens that today was our Housiversary. We moved into The House on Red Hill seven years ago today. Happy Housiversary to us! Over the years, I've taken a lot o [Read More]

Hubby put up the curtains in the living room the other day, and they turned out really nice :) We bought some sheer ones for the middle and an olive colored one for the ends. They all have grommets on them- what hubby requested because they are easi [Read More]

So hubby worked long and hard yesterday to get the living room cleared out of all his electronic stuff. Here’s a kind of before, hubby had added a couple of extra set of speakers, and probably 4 or 5 more electronic items since the picture was [Read More]

So it looks like Hubby and I made a bad color choice when it came to an accent color for our living room… I’m not sure if I want to paint it another accent color, or just paint it the same as the rest of the walls: Kelly Moore’s &# [Read More]

Ah, our mini vacay to Washington to visit my sister in law and her family has come to an end :( and I miss them so much already!! We journeyed 13 hours each way via car to see them and it was worth every single minute of driving :) Hubby and I were s [Read More]

And he’s stuck at home doing work :( poor baby! Hehe. While I’m at work, hubby’s going to be working on the house. We’re trying to get everything done and over with before the end of September. Here’s the list so far: 1) [Read More]

My hubby surprised me when I got home from work today by putting together my desk for me :) I have two 2×4 Expedite shelves [the ones i got on sale a few months back] and the matching desk. I am so grateful for him! Yay! Now I can start setting [Read More]

Man, it’s almost all coming together!!! Hubby and our friends came over on Saturday to help again with the AC ducts. Well, they are about 95% done… arg. They kept hitting snags at the right side of the house… the stupid roof line is [Read More]

And 6 days before our roommate moves in. Hubby and I are pretty hopeful that we are going to get the common living spaces done before he moves in on the 1st. His rental room is almost done, I just need to put new face plates on, clean the windows an [Read More]

Hubby and I were at a stopping point when my uncle was in the process of tiling the floors. He didn’t have enough tiles! *gasp!* I know… and my other uncle didn’t have any more of the marble tiles either! Another *gasp!* Bah! We wer [Read More]

Yay! Hubby and I are almost done with the hallway bath yesterday. We jam packed a lot of things in one HOT day yesterday, and it was 107 degrees HOT!And we don’t have AC yet! The inside of our house stayed fairly cool- thanks to the awesome ins [Read More]

Yea, another dollar we are spending on our house… Home ownership seriously comes with a guarantee that there are never ending tasks that will come your way… After tackling the stuff listed right before we left for our Iowa vacation… [Read More]

Here’s our list now… Move all items that are not needed to shed Organize shed for time being Spray weed killer stuff on front, side and back lawns Spray ‘Home Defense’ bug spray around perimeter of house Living Room: Touch up paint [Read More]

Pardon all the mess, but we were able to move our couch and ottoman in this past weekend :) We are so excited! :) Things to tackle this week: Finish baseboards in master bedroom Buy floor trim pieces for rooms Stain floor trim pieces Install floor [Read More]

Another backdated post, but I'm getting caught up...I've been working on a few things, but it's mostly small stuff. The easiest was the new garage door remote to replace the one that wasn't there when I moved in. Speaking of garage stuff, I sold the [Read More]

Loads of updates!The simple stuff first... my parents were nice enough to give me an extra digital dimmer they had lying around in their garage. That was really cool.I also ordered a bunch of furniture from Motif in Austin, and it came in way ahead o [Read More]

A few updates on the projects going on...The Roof:Insurance is covering it!!! This is the most awesome thing that could have happened. I've chosen a roofing company and they're starting the work on Wednesday. The one little snag is that the insurance [Read More]

Well guys, after living here for 2 1/2 years, I have finally put some curtains up in the Living Room.  Yay for me!  I brought some fabric home from my missions trip to Manila, Philippines last year and finally got around to turning it into curtain [Read More]