Lattes and X-rays

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Fun in the sun

We have finally taken a vacation!!!! 3 1/2 years of school followed by almost 10 months of remodel and we decided to go to Palm springs for 11 days. I will post pictures when we get home. We made it to Legoland, Seaworld and the San Diego Wild Animal Park with lots of relaxation in between.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Sorry for the delay...I'm just a little busy here...

Welcome to our grand entry!!! The new front door and windows really helped out with looks as well as making that landing feel much bigger than it is. I no longer feel a draft when I walk by the front door!!

I ended up having to completely sheetrock the entire basement (many thanks to Mom, Dad and Cheryl who helped me get it all ready to texture!!)as well as plumb in a bathroom/laundry room and add 10 can lights. I have no idea why people 30 years ago thought a basement room only needed 2 lights. With 2 lights, a nice dark red shag carpet and cedar walls this basement was like a dungeon, the spiders loved it. Mice evidently did as well, we pulled 8 dead ones out of the walls as we cleaned it up.

We ended up going with a very similar setup downstairs as we did up stairs. French doors with windows on either side. This really added a lot more natural light in as well. After all this we now have a basement that I can live with. After all this we can possibly move in by mid February. Jason has offered to help me put the rest of the flooring down in the bedrooms. I am half way done with the slate entry and laundry room. Once all the flooring is down and the stair rail is complete we will get to move in!!!