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Carpet!
YESSSS carpet! Bedroom 2 (back) Bedroom 1 (front room) Master Closet It is so much warmer in the bedrooms now! And homey-er…? hahaha
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Ask and ye shall receive more house pics
More flowers in the front planter The amazing shower head and sprayers…these are a real spa experience and i love them! Looking into the bathroom New windows in the front bedrooms Moldings and painting continues… Some new pots Ever-changing mantle … Continue reading
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Finally! Some moved in pictures!
Fireplace Looking down the room from the “dining room” side (we don’t have a dining area yet). The wall not yet drywalled was the doorway to the room we incorporated. That will be done later on… Add caption Opposite view: … Continue reading
I am behind on updates!
Hi family and friends! We got so much done this weekend that there is just no way I can fill you all in..but I’ll try, with some quick shots from my cell phone. I promise to take more pictures tonight.
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A glimpse
I snapped some quick pictures last night of the progress on my phone… Josh’s closet 🙂 Shiny floors! Somehow we don’t have a toilet seat. Hmm.
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How to refinish wood flooring
In case you were wondering, here’s a quick explanation of how you can refinish your wood floors. First you’ll want to remove ALL of the nails and staples that are above floor level. Then you’ll want to rent a sander, … Continue reading
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J is amazing…
While I was staining away, J accomplished a LOT…let’s take a look: Beautiful countertops and sinks New windows Upper cabinet and new light fixtures (yes, we have a window to put there, and yes it is not in for a … Continue reading
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Floors…?
So my wonderful dad sanded the living room floors and we gave them another try. They looked great around the edges; the floor is really beautiful…but unfortunately the spots in the finish left stains in the wood. This has nothing … Continue reading
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Those floors
We are giving them another chance, people! It turns out that the floor sander we had wasn’t the right type for sanding off the finish and yuckiness. My dad has nicely volunteered to sand them on Saturday with the correct … Continue reading
Yucky floors
See the scratch marks around the edges? Glue. Well I had hoped that we could salvage the wood flooring that was underneath the carpet in our new house. We pulled up the carpet, and some of the floor looked good. … Continue reading
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