Winter fun

I came across these awesome leather ice skates at the Salvation Army a few weeks ago...and today Dan was finally able to go try them on.

Struggles with Painter's Tape

I've had this idea to continue the accent stripe that's in the shower along the rest of the wall with paint.

More Tiling

We've been doing a back-and-forth with our neighbors Jeff and Courtney's tile saw because they just happen to be tiling their bathroom too. It's a bit inconvenient though, lugging it to and fro, so when Jeff tells me on Thursday afternoon that I can have the tile saw until Saturday morning, I snatched up that opportunity and never looked back.

Shared Bath update 1

I'd forgotten that I hadn't done any updates for our second bathroom. For most of you, the last you've seen of it is this:

Master Bath vanity

Two custom cabinets, a shelf, a quartz slab, vessel sink, faucet, some cabinet hardware, and a 5$ Auction mirror.

Guest Bedroom reveal

Merry Christmas everybody! We had a mini white one this year and then last night it started snowing and still hasn't stopped. We have about 8" I think right now.

Patchin' up ceiling holes

Once our second floor is complete and we move our bedroom up there, the current bedroom we're using on the first floor will become ...a guest bedroom, maybe?

Hardwood in the BATHROOM?! crazy..

After much deliberation and against much opposition from Home Depot associates, Dan and I have decided to install hardwood flooring in the master bath.

Dining Room sneak preview

It's not done yet, but verrry close. Just a sneak peak:

Itty bitty projects around the house

In comparison, these projects were pretttty insignificant, but they definitely made me happy.

Master Bath update 1

It's been a little quiet on our blog, but that doesn't mean it's been quiet on Elm Street; that's right, we've been doing some late-nite drywalling again. Aw, shucks.

Unglamourous but necessary

= ventilation.

Second Floor update 1

As of today,

Windows galore

We got new windows! from Gorell! Triple-paned!

Second floor gut job

Husband Dan, our resident demolition-er, has been hard at work weekdays after 6 and weekends gutting our second floor. Now that everything's been cleared out, carpenter Dan has been able to start leveling the floors in the old bathroom and old kitchen, and plumbers have finished their rough-in (approximate locations of drains and water pipes.
But before we could get to that stage, there was a LOT of work.

Dining room moulding

Carpenter Dan came by today to put up the ceiling moulding we picked out from Home Depot.

AllState grrrrrrr

That deadline for fixing all of our "major" issues for AllState (grrr) is this Friday, September 14.

More lemonade

Norm (again, shirtless guy) had this brilliant idea to turn a sunken in hole in our yard into a ~*rock garden*~ with our old bricks.

Dining room electrical

I upped my electrical challenges for the dining room: three-way light switch (light switched from TWO different locations) and chandelier. If you recall, we really wanted to put a chandelier into our parlour, but couldn't get the wire to it without ripping down our tin ceiling. This time, we pretty much ran into the same problem, but because I think a chandelier in the dining room is absolutely essential, I was dead-set on finding a solution, even if it meant tearing out the wood flooring in the floor above.

The Veritable Plumber

Not for the weak of stomach, I suppose. Of course I would usually put myself in that category.