Water World

Unfortunately we were not immune to the ice storm of last weekend despite having effectively no ice at our house. The power to the sump pump was out long enough to ruin effectively the entire subfloor downstairs. To add to the fun, we were informed by the insurance co. that nothing is covered. Just a sampling of the damage:




Oh well... back to the drawing board. We're not sure yet if we're going to redo the whole thing the same way or maybe just do carpet direct on concrete. We'll see how it goes.

Dining Room

So believe it or not the dining room is done (sort of). I still have some decorating to do and I need to get a couple other things done before I get to that, but it really is done. The kitchen now looks huge because it's mostly empty. That's a good thing... dead space is something we haven't had much of in a long time. Next phase of the house projects has also been kicked off. I'll leave that a surprise for now. Pictures of the dining room will go up soon (really... honestly... I think...)

Lemony Fresh

Paint is now complete in the used-to-be playroom and soon-to-be living room. We're not really much for interior decorating which is why our house has typically just been white (walls and ceilings). I think we're starting to care a little more or something as you can tell from all the color choices. We still have lots of setup to do in the room like moving furniture and such, but we are making some progress...

Before:



After:

Pictures - Finally

To avoid the beatings that were being threatened by both readers here, I decided to take the 5 minutes to post a few pictures of the nearly complete basement. As you can see, we're big fans in this house :) The boys love it. We have basketball (in that far dark corner) and foosball as promised. Now if I could just finish cleaning out the last couple of remnants of the basement storage room and the construction project, we could call it done and move onto phase 2. The next round of pictures and commentary here is likely to be the near empty playroom waiting for paint. Enjoy (and go Pats!)

Almost completely done

Probably some pics tonight, but after a weekend of busting my butt, the room is nearly in move-in condition. I had to do a bunch of cleaning, polyurethane the 3 doors (2 coats each inside and out), stain and poly the moldings around the stairs, finish the tile floor, put in a molding at the transition between the tile and carpet, stain/poly/install the banister, and install the carpeting over the weekend. I had told myself I wasn't going to bed last night until the room was 100% complete, but after almost 5 hours of kneeling on the floor doing carpeting and tile and also coming up a little short on the carpet tiles, I threw in the towel at around 11:20. I still have a few weeks off from school so I'll get there soon enough. Elana and the boys may start moving some stuff down into the bookshelf today just to get started.

Merry Xmas

Call it a Christmas present that I'm finally getting around to posting pictures :) Sorry for the delay kids and sorry for having not the greatest pictures... not only am I a terrible photographer, but the lighting is tough downstairs and I haven't gotten it right yet. The stairway picture gives the best view of the colors, but if you can't figure out what they are, just think 15 and o baby! Supplemental decorations will be added to enhance the experience...

Really... I did take pictures

School finally finished up last night for the semester so maybe I'll get a breather now. I'd really like to try and do the cleaning downstairs and finish up the last couple odds and ends this weekend. No racing and no homework means I might just get a chance... Stay tuned.