The kitchen still isn't done! I know, I know. It should be - but we ran into a few snags. We couldn't find counters. The flooring that went in, turned out TERRIBLE.
We have been working on other projects, namely framing out the half bath to be installed next week. We have also been working on ripping out subfloor that was patched in the old hardwoods.
What else? Hmmm... we picked out the carpet. (did I already post that?) We bought dining room furniture. Of course, none of this can be delivered/installed until the messy work is done.
So what IS the messy work? Well, I was hoping you would ask. The half bath (being installed next week), the third floor ceilings - drop ceilings OUT drywall IN (also being installed next week), then the floors will be refinished. Painting would be next on the extensive to-do list. After that - carpet can be installed, and the furniture delivered... and then it should soon be time to post pictures! I can't wait for that day!!!
Anyhoo - it will likely be a little while until I post again, but stick with me - One day - I will have some eye candy. I PROMISE.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
The kitchen
Certainly isn't done, but we got all the cabinets placed tonight, and gee whiz, we do awesome work. LOL. We chose Ginger maple cabinets, cork floor, some sort of blackish faux granite counters, satin nickle hardware. It has a very modern, but somehow old house look to it. I can't wait to have it done to post piccys!
We're in!
Forgive me readers, it's been almost a month since my last confession.
We moved into our new old house on 1/11 - and every night, I think to myself; "Self, you need to post on the blog..." but every night, the utter exhaustion I feel over rules the desire to type anything.
So an overview... We moved in on a Friday. Everything went well. Movers showed up on time - which was a good start. I spent time after the first hour we owned it, ripping out the carpet in the dining room. That was my first disappointment. The beautiful hardwood floors, weren't so beautiful; underneath the crusty cat p'd carpet. There were originally walls the section off the dining room into a much smaller room, and of course, when the walls were removed, the flooring was missing, so it was patched with crummy MDF. YIKES.
Saturday: We spent the day cleaning, and trying to unpack necessities. I was working on the kitchen.... Disappointment number two: There were no drawers to fit our silverware trays. This is the reason for my exhaustion and negligence in posting.... We Stripped the kitchen. Down to the walls!!!
Cabinets are out, flooring is out, Wallpaper is gone, large misplaced (although original) window has been removed (carefully) and the opening has been framed & drywalled over for a much smaller, more proportionally appropriate, and correctly placed antique stained glass window (thanks eBay!) over the kitchen sink.
So where are we today? Cabinets are going tonight. Beautiful Ginger Maple solid wood cabinets, I sourced from a place in Lancaster PA. http://www.bluerocksurplus.com/ Todd owns the business, and he was great to work with. I highly recommend him. Poor Todd, we actually mis-measured a cabinet, and need to buy a couple more to make it all fit.
Needless to say, I am tired.
One wonderful thing, tho. Although it added quite a bit more work.... I think it will be worth it. We were investigating one night, and discovered our antique hardwood strip flooring continued under the sub floor in the kitchen.... That's exactly what we needed to correct all the patches in the flooring in the living room and dining room!!!! It was quite a chore to remove the linoleum, and all the luan sub floor to get to the hardwood strips and to remove the strip flooring without breaking it, but it was impossible to find replacement, and that was motivation enough for us. We did it in several hours time.
Pictures? Yes, i have some on my digital, which is somewhere in the mess called the dining room... I will attempt to post some later this week. I will also hopefully have some more that show a kitchen that looks like a kitchen again!
We moved into our new old house on 1/11 - and every night, I think to myself; "Self, you need to post on the blog..." but every night, the utter exhaustion I feel over rules the desire to type anything.
So an overview... We moved in on a Friday. Everything went well. Movers showed up on time - which was a good start. I spent time after the first hour we owned it, ripping out the carpet in the dining room. That was my first disappointment. The beautiful hardwood floors, weren't so beautiful; underneath the crusty cat p'd carpet. There were originally walls the section off the dining room into a much smaller room, and of course, when the walls were removed, the flooring was missing, so it was patched with crummy MDF. YIKES.
Saturday: We spent the day cleaning, and trying to unpack necessities. I was working on the kitchen.... Disappointment number two: There were no drawers to fit our silverware trays. This is the reason for my exhaustion and negligence in posting.... We Stripped the kitchen. Down to the walls!!!
Cabinets are out, flooring is out, Wallpaper is gone, large misplaced (although original) window has been removed (carefully) and the opening has been framed & drywalled over for a much smaller, more proportionally appropriate, and correctly placed antique stained glass window (thanks eBay!) over the kitchen sink.
So where are we today? Cabinets are going tonight. Beautiful Ginger Maple solid wood cabinets, I sourced from a place in Lancaster PA. http://www.bluerocksurplus.com/ Todd owns the business, and he was great to work with. I highly recommend him. Poor Todd, we actually mis-measured a cabinet, and need to buy a couple more to make it all fit.
Needless to say, I am tired.
One wonderful thing, tho. Although it added quite a bit more work.... I think it will be worth it. We were investigating one night, and discovered our antique hardwood strip flooring continued under the sub floor in the kitchen.... That's exactly what we needed to correct all the patches in the flooring in the living room and dining room!!!! It was quite a chore to remove the linoleum, and all the luan sub floor to get to the hardwood strips and to remove the strip flooring without breaking it, but it was impossible to find replacement, and that was motivation enough for us. We did it in several hours time.
Pictures? Yes, i have some on my digital, which is somewhere in the mess called the dining room... I will attempt to post some later this week. I will also hopefully have some more that show a kitchen that looks like a kitchen again!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Freecycling My Weekend Away
As a "frugal" (to be read, CHEAP) person, I enjoy a good bargain... I LOVE things that are free. In the spirit of karma, I decided that I would freecycle the remaining stuff we had sitting around that we didn't really want to pack, but it wasn't ready for the trash heap either....
Saturday morning, I posted a mess of stuff; small toy lots, small book lots, kitchen appliances, a television, stereo, etc... I should have first put in a revolving door. All day, I was running. Between answering emails, and answering the door... I was exhausted. I am not complaining, mind you. I DO have a gripe though.
When someone is offering you something... something of value, say, a television, or a CD tower... and you mention that you would love to have it, and its given to you... you would think the least you could do would be show up to pick it up... Sadly, many folks don't feel this way.
One of the first responses I received, was for about a 1/4 of what I posted. No problem. I want to rid my self of the mess, this person wants/needs the stuff. Deal is done. Right? Nope. All day, I had requests for said items, and had to tell many people that it was 'pending pickup'... Some of those people may have really needed it. Pickup never happened, and at the end of the day, I got a "please re post" email. ERRRRRG.
Fortunately, some of the items were taken, but now, I am stuck with it. I suppose it will go to the Rescue Workers or something... But it's just all so frustrating.
Anyway. Sorry for my rant. Thanks for "listening".
HAPPY NEW YEAR... I am off to party hearty!
-Ciao
Saturday morning, I posted a mess of stuff; small toy lots, small book lots, kitchen appliances, a television, stereo, etc... I should have first put in a revolving door. All day, I was running. Between answering emails, and answering the door... I was exhausted. I am not complaining, mind you. I DO have a gripe though.
When someone is offering you something... something of value, say, a television, or a CD tower... and you mention that you would love to have it, and its given to you... you would think the least you could do would be show up to pick it up... Sadly, many folks don't feel this way.
One of the first responses I received, was for about a 1/4 of what I posted. No problem. I want to rid my self of the mess, this person wants/needs the stuff. Deal is done. Right? Nope. All day, I had requests for said items, and had to tell many people that it was 'pending pickup'... Some of those people may have really needed it. Pickup never happened, and at the end of the day, I got a "please re post" email. ERRRRRG.
Fortunately, some of the items were taken, but now, I am stuck with it. I suppose it will go to the Rescue Workers or something... But it's just all so frustrating.
Anyway. Sorry for my rant. Thanks for "listening".
HAPPY NEW YEAR... I am off to party hearty!
-Ciao
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Well tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I am in a slightly more "holiday" mood than I have been, primarily becuase of a rather successful, but casual Christmas party last night. The mood was pleasant, and the evening stress-free, despite the lack of furniture and decor and the mountains of boxes sitting around waiting to be moved to their new "forever home" (forever home=10years minimum. lol)
On the note of moving... 19 days and counting! We are getting so excited! Although there is still much to do packing, and utilities, etc..
If time doesn't allow - I may not post until after christmas... so Merry Christmas to all of my loyal readers... All one of you. LMAO.
Ciao.
On the note of moving... 19 days and counting! We are getting so excited! Although there is still much to do packing, and utilities, etc..
If time doesn't allow - I may not post until after christmas... so Merry Christmas to all of my loyal readers... All one of you. LMAO.
Ciao.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Holidays
Ok - so we are a few days away from Christmas, and because our house is all packed up for the move, I just can't get in the spirit. Despite the trees all lit, and the Christmas music playing. I am such a Christmas person. I love it. I love decorating. I hope it is the move rather than onset of "Scroogeyness". Siiiiigh. I suppose time will tell.
Actually, on the note of Christmas decor, I have been working up a plan for the Harrisburg House, for next Christmas... yes, already.
Nothing really new to report on the restoration. Of course, I am very limited on what I do, since we don't live there yet. We had some plumbing work done on the new place, nothing exciting...just a drain line replaced. We have some more "Fun" plumbing work being done after New Years. We plan to have a walk in closet plumbed for a half bath.
My hardware passion has subsided slightly. Primarily due to the fact that I spent several hundred dollars in a week or so, on eBay. And, that suddenly, and most mysteriously, the pattern I have been collecting, disappeared from the search pages... I think the S.O. turned it off somehow. (I know this isn't a possibility, but if you can't blame your other half for weird stuff, who do you blame?)
Well that's all for now! More to come in the next few days. Pics too! Best Wishes for the Holidays!
Actually, on the note of Christmas decor, I have been working up a plan for the Harrisburg House, for next Christmas... yes, already.
Nothing really new to report on the restoration. Of course, I am very limited on what I do, since we don't live there yet. We had some plumbing work done on the new place, nothing exciting...just a drain line replaced. We have some more "Fun" plumbing work being done after New Years. We plan to have a walk in closet plumbed for a half bath.
My hardware passion has subsided slightly. Primarily due to the fact that I spent several hundred dollars in a week or so, on eBay. And, that suddenly, and most mysteriously, the pattern I have been collecting, disappeared from the search pages... I think the S.O. turned it off somehow. (I know this isn't a possibility, but if you can't blame your other half for weird stuff, who do you blame?)
Well that's all for now! More to come in the next few days. Pics too! Best Wishes for the Holidays!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Nothing New - House wise anyway...
Been a few days since I posted anything - mainly because nothing is new. I started a new job yesterday after not working for over a year due to a back injury... It's been a wee bit hard getting into the swing of things, so I haven't had much left for projects in the evening.
Give me a few more days to adjust - and I will be ready to roll again. I have door #2 on my workbench just waiting to be naked... of paint, that is.
Give me a few more days to adjust - and I will be ready to roll again. I have door #2 on my workbench just waiting to be naked... of paint, that is.
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