So while I'm doing fun stuff like prettying lamps, my wonderful husband is doing some more serious stuff.
Tearing up nasty carpet to make way for hardwood floors:
(By the way that wee room above will be my art studio. My heart goes pitter patter just thinking of it. My very own space. No sharing with filing cabinets or guitars or beer making supplies. Not that those weren't all splendid company of course.)
Refinishing stairs:
Sadly, these are too far gone to be stained and douglas fir doesn't stain well anyway. We'll be painting them glossy black probably and will get a carpet runner anyway since hardwood stairs + two little kids sounds too scary for me to handle.
Not to mention tearing down the brick chimney and rebuilding it. I loved the old brick, but it didn't pass inspection so the new one will be stucco to match the house. This is one part we aren't doing ourselves, mind you, but it sure did make a mess:
Being in the 3rd trimester with a huge belly in the way unfortunately makes me unable to help out as much as I'd like. This does not make me happy one bit, so to make up for it, I do a lot of supervising and bossing around. A lot. The fact that my wonderful husband still looks forward to spending work days at the house with me is a true testament to his patience.
More before & after projects coming up (in the low impact "prettying stuff" category) and of course I'll be sharing actual house progress as it comes along. Slowly.
Tearing up nasty carpet to make way for hardwood floors:
(By the way that wee room above will be my art studio. My heart goes pitter patter just thinking of it. My very own space. No sharing with filing cabinets or guitars or beer making supplies. Not that those weren't all splendid company of course.)
Refinishing stairs:
Sadly, these are too far gone to be stained and douglas fir doesn't stain well anyway. We'll be painting them glossy black probably and will get a carpet runner anyway since hardwood stairs + two little kids sounds too scary for me to handle.
Not to mention tearing down the brick chimney and rebuilding it. I loved the old brick, but it didn't pass inspection so the new one will be stucco to match the house. This is one part we aren't doing ourselves, mind you, but it sure did make a mess:
Being in the 3rd trimester with a huge belly in the way unfortunately makes me unable to help out as much as I'd like. This does not make me happy one bit, so to make up for it, I do a lot of supervising and bossing around. A lot. The fact that my wonderful husband still looks forward to spending work days at the house with me is a true testament to his patience.
More before & after projects coming up (in the low impact "prettying stuff" category) and of course I'll be sharing actual house progress as it comes along. Slowly.
