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Stair Tread Removal
One of the first things that I noticed about this house that I knew I would have to tackle once we’d moved in was the carpet treads on the stairs. I know that for some people they prefer the treads as a means to extend the life of the wood stairs guarding them against everyday wear… but for me and the Mister, they completely take away from the fact that you’ve got beautiful hardwood stairs. … Continue reading »
Carpet Woes
Reason to never do a walk-through alone: you will inevitably miss a huge flaw. Walking out of the house the first time we saw it, I was falling all over myself. Ooohing and Aaahing the whole walk back. Thankfully, the Mister was more perceptive than myself. While I’m oggling at the Breakfast of Tiffany’s artwork hanging in the bedroom and cooing over the dog running around at our feet – neither of which were going … Continue reading »
Self-Watering Planter
I’ve never been a big “go green” person… and I’m certainly not expecting that to change much anytime soon, but I’ve been thinking a lot about ways I can baby step myself into some better habits. If you’ve been in my house, you know I run through a million paper towels a day, throw away perfectly recyclable items merely because I’m too lazy to put them in the recycle bin outside, and any time I … Continue reading »
Kitchen Island Plans
One of the things that was on our list of “wants” when we were searching for a place to live that we ended up having to settle without was a large upgraded kitchen. The Mister and I spend a significant amount of time in the kitchen on any given day. He’s an amazing cook and I pride myself on my baking abilities (never confuse those two skills – I’m a terrible cook more often than … Continue reading »
Home
Monday night, we met our landlord and her fiance at our new house to pick up the keys and do a final walk-through. Excitement doesn’t even do it justice. Don’t you just love our bright blue door? The house is so different than the last time we saw it. To give you a little background – we’d only ever done one full walk-through of this house. After that, we immediately put in an application, were approved, … Continue reading »
