It’s been a little over 3 and a half years since we took our first stab at remodeling our basic and bland main bathroom. In that project (some pictures), we took out the ugly tiles and put in beautiful natural slate tiles, and added a new vanity and mirror. This project went well, but was [...]
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bathroom remodel take 2: the 3 years later edition
Published by April 1st, 2009 in happenings, home improvement and shiny stuff. 13 CommentsOur not so fantastic kitchen overhead light cut out a couple of weeks ago, and after buying some new bulbs for it, we discovered that the lamp had crapped out, and needed to be replaced. So, we headed to Lowes this weekend to just get a replacement, when we started to think about options… why [...]
the reveal
Published by July 30th, 2008 in happenings, home improvement and shiny stuff. 10 CommentsWell, the new counter tops are in, and they look AMAZING. It is incredible how much of an improvement they make on our kitchen. First of all, the original counters were not only a cheap imitation granite, but they were installed improperly; meaning the dishwasher couldn’t be shut properly without LIFTING UP ON THE COUNTER!!! [...]
ATL-nado 2008
Published by March 16th, 2008 in all about me, happenings, home improvement and near and dear. 6 CommentsWow. It is midnight, and as I sit here writing this, I cannot even begin to express how amazingly lucky I feel. I have been looking at pictures of the devastation that occurred throughout Cabbagetown and some of the other areas near us in Atlanta, and I feel fucking blessed. I also want to make [...]
updates are interesting… aren’t they?
Published by March 10th, 2008 in all about me and home improvement. 1 CommentIt seems like everything and nothing happens these days in my life. There is waking up, driving to work, work, driving home from work, watching TV/passing time until bedtime, sleep, and then repeat. However, these past few weeks, we have been dealing with the house being in total upheaval over the floors in the office [...]
Well, as I mentioned earlier, we had the floors torn out of our office, and had the joists completely rebuilt, with a new subfloor to boot. James and I talked about getting carpet in there, since we didn’t think we could afford hardwood floors; especially after the $3500 it cost to have the floors fixed. [...]
flooring update and plans
Published by February 23rd, 2008 in all about me, happenings and home improvement. 3 CommentsSo I mentioned it, but didn’t really elaborate on it, but our floors are now fixed. We have had issues with our floors since we bought this house, mostly due to crooked contractors and a not-so-truthful home inspector. Well, we had re-supported them in the past, but the office was just getting worse and worse, [...]
So, I said this weekend that we were going to finished caulking and painting, but we didn’t schedule our time right, and as a result, we just decided to clean up, and leave things as is for right now. After all, our house was a MESS, and we literally couldn’t stand it any longer. It [...]
Today we are putting the finishing touches on our mini-remodel; we decided the living room would look better if it had beadboard and a chair rail. I am going to be doing the caulking because that is not one of James’ strong areas, and then the painting and clean up should commence. After living in [...]
James and I are in the process of beginning to prime the new front porch for painting and staining. We spent the entire day today priming the columns and tomorrow, we begin on the railings. There really is only one problem that I see here: I don’t think that we will be able to do [...]
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