Trying out some new colors

We picked up some colors to try out for the kitchen cabinets, the dining room and the laundry room.

We tried out the kitchen cabinet color on our existing cabinets. We get samples of two different blues and you really cant tell the difference between the two in the photos so we are just posting the one that we like more. Without the camera flash the blue is darker and more gray.





The second color that we tried is a pumpkin orange/brown color that is for the dining room. We will have to paint the ceiling white but we were real happy with the color. It will be a little too much when all of the room is painted this color but we are planning on putting up wainscoting that will be the same color as the trim. That should be enough to tone it down a little.

The third color that we tried out was a light green for the laundry room. I liked it but Kristen thought that it is a little too light. I found a picture of a bathroom with a darker green wall that we might try.








In addition to the laundry room we still have to pick out a color for the kitchen walls that will go with the cabinets and the adjoining rooms.

Laundry Room All Patched Up.........Maybe....

We finished patching up the wall in the laundry room where the new electrical was run for the dryer.

But with that being said.....we also bought an old maple dry sink top that we are going to clean up and place as a kind of folding surface on top of the washer and dryer and to do that the electrical and the fan switch (on the back wall) will have to move. So that means that the wall will have to be oped back up to run the wires.

I think this time we have the final idea for the room so hopefully we will only have to redo the wiring once.

Stair updates

We worked a little while this weekend on the stairs some more.

A lot of time was spent on the upper baluster and another tread was uncovered. I think that we are getting closer but this project will be with us for a while.

Kristen and I were talking last night and we might focus on one component for a little while so that we can totally finish one of them. Might give us a little more incentive then working the whole stairs at once.

Front and Back Yard Pictures

These are just the updated pictures of the front and back yard. The front is looking better all the time because we have been working on caulking and painting all of the trim on the front deck.

The back still needs some work. We still have no idea how to make the transition from the yard to the upper patio area. Please let us know if you have a concept!!!

Finished baseboard (in one spot)

Here is a picture of what the finished baseboard is going to look like. We only did this one small section as a sample.

We picked up some baseboard cap that is kind of close to what the original in the house looked like. The cap is MDF which I don't like too much but it seemed to take the paint well and the price is right.

The baseboard shoe molding is hemlock because that will need to take a lot more abuse.

The cap molding is nailed into the studs in the wall and the shoe molding is nailed to the floor. This is done so that the shoe molding can float up and down with the floor and maintain the seal between the baseboard and the floor.

We will eventually be doing this to all of the baseboard in the house but I think that we will just do a little bit at a time. It can be a time consuming process to get all the angles that are not quite 90 degrees as well as coping the molding on the inside corners.

Moat in the backyard

Since we still will have a couple of more weeks before it gets too cold to work outside we have started in on another garden bed that is located between the house and the garage.

We did not have any luck finding the stone that we wanted to make the retaining wall out of for the bed but dug the level trench for the placement of the wall anyway.

When we dug down through the peastone gravel we hit solid clay! So when it started to rain the trench filled in like a little moat.

We are going this afternoon to check on another rock place to see if they have what we are looking for.

Back to working on the house

Kristen and I are back to working on the house now that my PE test is finished. The test did not seem too bad but I will have to wait a couple of months to get the results

Garden Update

The garden is flourishing - we have made salads nightly from our culled lettuce and it keeps growing like mad! The sunsets here aren't too shabby either.

Sunday Fun

Today we went to the pumpkin farm and picked out some pumpkins for our porch. We also got some cornstalks and some fresh cider.

Little Projects

Here is our new washer/dryer. Kristen didn't like the old washer because it didn't drain very well and so she traded it in for a new brand.

Kristen has been doing little things, like installing smoke detectors throughout the house too.

Study Time

Sorry we haven't had many updates lately. Tyler has been studying hard for his professional engineering test. It is on October 23rd and we haven't been doing as many projects.