Guys! It’s happening!! We finally got our permit for our deck and porch and holy crap they are under construction!! In probably less than a week I will be able to sit out and enjoy a cold beer on my brand new deck! And by late July our entire outdoor space, front and back, should…
Tag: renovations
Shiny new playground
It’s not lost on me for one second just how ridiculously lucky I am to have been able to, with my hubby, undertake this immense renovation project and be able to design something exactly the way we wanted it. I feel sort of self-conscious sometimes talking about what we’ve done here, knowing that others can…
Settling into 2014
Well hello 2014. I’ve been a bit tardy on the blog lately as we had one hell of a December. We got moved in, although later than we’d hoped. We had been in for precisely one week when the ice storm hit and cut off our power for three and a half days. This was…
Rural life
So our move hasn’t gone quite according to plan. We did move one big load of our belongings to the new house on December 7, but the house wasn’t ready for us to live in it yet, so we piled our stuff in the rooms that were finished and turned right around and came back….
One week left
This is it! Our last week before we move into the new house. I wasn’t sure a week ago if things would be ready but now it’s looking very close indeed. It’s amazing how much can happen in a short time. As of Friday night I started a much needed vacation — originally I booked…
Soon, drywall
Slowly but surely, our house renovation is moving along. Almost all our new windows have been installed. We weren’t planning on doing that upstairs one at the front of the house, until we saw how awful it looked next to the brand new ones, so that one has been ordered to. By the way I…
Chugging along
Our massive renovation project is chugging along. Plumbing and electrical have been mostly done. My central vacuum (YAY!) is going in, and this past holiday weekend Chris spent installing all the speaker and network wiring. Because we’re doing spray foam insulation, we have to anticipate as much future wiring needs as possible and get it…
The big dig
On our way home from the cottage last weekend we stopped into the new house and low and behold the deck, she was gone! The exterior waterproofing is underway and going very quickly. We were sad to see the awesome huge deck go, but it was a necessary evil, and we’ll be able to build…
Hello there…
Boy, it sure has been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been taking a hiatus from my blog for a while, dealing with life, or rather, uprooting it completely. If I could have planned how this year would have unfolded I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have chosen to take on a major renovation wherein I would…
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
So… remember that news I was mentioning last weekend? Um… yeah… well… We bought a new house! And we just sold our current house! What a whirlwind the last three weeks have been. Long-time readers of my blog will know that Chris and I have been debating what to do with our little bungalow for…