tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85876941926605476052024-03-13T04:28:26.344-05:00Home Sweet Schwab(nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. ~Auguste Rodin)Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-84895749033227263162012-09-20T11:23:00.000-05:002012-09-20T11:23:15.514-05:00Front Hall Lighting Vote Reference Posts<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As my friend Amy aptly pointed out, some reference images for the front hall might be helpful for you in considering your lighting preference vote...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/2011/03/painted-doors.html">Here's a post</a> with images of the front hall minus the wood floors/runners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/2011/06/biscayne.html">Here's one</a> of the floors/runners in the hall so you can piece together the two to get a sense of the look/colors/feel of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Is this helpful? Should I just take a new photo later?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reminder (so you don't have to scroll around a bunch) - these are the two lighting options up for the vote:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-91726384810908469692012-09-19T10:16:00.000-05:002012-09-19T10:16:46.099-05:00Please Vote<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Forgive this momentary deviation from the bathroom update (more coming on that after this next weekend)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last weekend, whilst buying supplies for the second bathroom at Home Depot, I spotted two light fixtures I'm now considering for our entryway. I had originally planned on trying to spruce up and refab the chandelier that was left for us by CrazyDecoratorFormerOwner, but I've since given up that plan, because I just don't like that chandelier enough to invest in it. That said, I'd love some input on these two choices we're considering:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Option 1 - a rectangular cube pendant in white glass:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Option 2 - a bowl pendant in clear glass:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Both are simple and clean, and the price is right... so, what do you think? Any preferences or strong opinions? Do you hate them both, or love them equally? Throw in your two cents -- didn't you know this is now an interactive home update adventure?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks in advance!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-74905320783452538832012-09-04T20:36:00.000-05:002012-09-04T20:36:06.905-05:00Second Bath Update: Paint<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're plugging along on the second bathroom project. Dave spent Labor Day laboring over the paint job. We decided to go with a gray wall and white vanity/closet. The photos make the grey look bluer than it is. It's actually a pretty gray-gray. It's Benjamin Moore 2127-50, "Pike's Peak Gray." I like it. We like the colors, but we're not 100% sold on the overall look and whether we'll be able to pull off an updated "feel" without trashing the yellow tub/sink and ugly floor tile. What do you think? I'm currently investigating some other options for resurfacing these elements without having to actually replace them... more on that later. In the meantime, here's how it looks in there now:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-81061651023571384462012-09-01T22:13:00.001-05:002012-09-01T22:13:56.394-05:00Back in Action - In the Bathroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're ba-ack! Yep, after a very long hiatus, we're back in action at the HSS. Updating and renovating a fixer is much more draining than HGTV leads one to believe. After hitting the ground running when we moved in two years ago (what?!) and having the speed bump of the flooded floors set us back and knock the wind out of our sails, we needed to take a break. As you know, we did minor updates (painting, adding some furniture and appliances, etc.), but we haven't done a big update since those floors (x2). So we were due. And now here we are. In the bathroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, we're starting things off in the second bathroom. I'll remind you of what it looked like around move-in time... you'll recall this glorious wallpaper sample:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After today's efforts (all Dave's), here's where we stand:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've decided to face-lift the existing bathroom, rather than gutting it and starting over. We're trying to salvage as much as we can, and with minimal investment bring this bathroom into the present. As such, we're looking to keep the existing tile, paint the vanity, and paint the walls. We'll replace the faucet and the lighting, and add new towel racks and hardware. Working with the existing tile and tub/sink will have to guide our color choices... a plan is coming together. Stay tuned for more updates soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-26946790525139360012012-04-01T16:57:00.000-05:002012-04-01T16:57:45.518-05:00Potential<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Remember in that last post about a month ago when I talked about that big empty space under the mirror where the couch used to be? Well, we've been struggling with what to do about it. Then, about a week or two ago, Dave spotted an old piece of miscellaneous furniture something at this consignment/resale store in our neighborhood on his way home from the gym. Today we finally went back to a) make sure it was still there (it was), and b) to see if I liked it. I wasn't sure right away if I saw the same potential in it that Dave did, but I trust him, and I thought we could definitely figure out a way to make it work. There was enough about it that fit the basic gist of what we needed (length, height, width, storage...). It needs some sprucing up, but it definitely has some character, and we're excited to finally take on a new project and see what we do with it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It'll soon be getting a new coat of paint (something in a dark wine-red type color, we're thinking...), and some new hardware at the very least. We'll see if anything else gets "refreshed" about it as we go. But here it is in "context" in the space:</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We'll also be getting taller bookshelves to help fill the space up better around the mirror.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What do you think? Now that it's home I can see more of the potential Dave saw right away. Get ready for an update post in the next week or two!</span><br />Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-49329152146813163242012-03-04T15:17:00.002-06:002012-04-13T21:07:27.961-05:00Upgrades!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It has been an awfully long time since I last posted anything, and I am as dismayed and disappointed as some people have expressed to me that they are. Sorry. The truth is, on the home-improvement front, not a lot has really been going on since early November (when I last posted, though that was not a home improvement post). And on all other fronts, LOTS has been going on, and we've been busy. On top of that, the winter hours and lighting made it difficult to take photos, since it wasn't so bright and well-lit in the morning before work, nor was it light out at all by the time we got home at the end of the day. And our weekends have been busy. All of this is excuses, but also explanations. And that said, we have done <i>some</i> stuff, and it's all been in the upgrade department. So, here I am at long last with a little post regarding our recent upgrades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First, in the fall we updated the second bedroom with a day bed, which serves as a couch during the day/when we have no guests, and which has a pull-out pop-up tucked below it so that two people can sleep comfortably when YOU visit!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(I also waited to photograph it until I'd done all my pillow shopping. I have one more pillow to buy - I have a pretty cover and just need the stuffer for it. It will go in the middle there, front row. It'll be worth it.)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> we treated ourselves to a trip to the 21st century and got a new TV in our bedroom! Woot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So inspired by that purchase were we, that we also upgraded the TV in the living room. You can now enjoy a 55-inch movie experience thanks to the TV and new stereo system Dave installed:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And then we rearranged the living room a bit, and moved the couch off the wall, pulling the living area closer together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're planning to get some taller bookshelves and to find a long console-like couch table (under which we'll have some storage something or other) to go on this back wall under the mirror where the couch <i>used</i> to be:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And finally, the most shocking upgrade of them all for anyone who's been in our home in the past five years... we have a microwave!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look at us crazy folks go. We do have some more upgrading and actual work on the dock. Some more furniture updates are in the pipeline, and then a bathroom update (one, not both yet), and a balcony refresher are definitely lined up to go. And somehow we'll do all of that before our most dramatic HSS upgrade to date... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(I'll leave it at that for now!)</span><br />
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<br />Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-55443447654855892622011-11-04T18:35:00.001-05:002011-11-04T18:35:30.509-05:00Edgewater: Orange<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the spirit of fall colors, and to warm us up on this very chilly night, I thought I'd do a Color Project post with a pop... so here's a bit of Edgewater in orange:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="goog_1740373899"></span><span id="goog_1740373900"></span> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-1368113256325415072011-10-31T22:04:00.002-05:002011-10-31T22:05:50.632-05:00Second Bedroom: Paint<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once again, I must first apologize for the delayed posting. We had us some Internet connectivity troubles (among other small fires--ha!), and as a result, were unable to get to this post until now. These issues appear to be resolved for now, so without further ado, I present to you the Second Bedroom Painting Process/Outcome:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We started out on a Friday night with prepping and priming. We had to bring a bunch of supplies up from our storage locker, move all the furniture, and tape off/tarp the room...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We also decided to prime and paint the baseboards... We had once considered replacing these, to match the new ones in the living/dining room and halls, but with the carpet installation happening out of order thanks to the floor situation over the summer, we just decided this would be easier for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the morning of Day 2 (aka Saturday, aka-College-Football-dictates-painting-schedule-day), we got up bright and early and got to work. For Dave this meant checking the prime-job and adjusting any tape, etc. For me, this meant a first-thing-in-the-morning-trip to our favorite paint store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This morning also brought to us the discovery of another curiosity left-over from the previous owner. Instead of painting the wooden frame around the sliding doors, our home's former tenant covered them... with duct tape. A lesson for those who like to decorate with duct tape: old duct tape leaves residue behind. Dealing with this requires sanding. Dave also had to sand the wooden door frame:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I returned from the paint store we got to work on coat #1. Hard to see it, but it's there:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the Michigan game, we finished coat #2, and then let it dry overnight. Here you have a shot of the finished product, complete with freshly-painted wooden door frame and freshly-hung curtains:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A second outcome of this project was the removal of the ugly old enormous ceiling fan (you can see a shot of it in <a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-year-later-recap-1.html">this round-up post</a>, in the photos of the new carpets), which also turned out to be somewhat of a danger, as it appears to have only been attached to the ceiling by those two tiny stud-screws you can see in the photo below. The search for new lighting starts... now!</span><br />
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<br />Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-71936946500690718292011-10-14T08:53:00.000-05:002011-10-14T08:53:19.006-05:00Second Bedroom Paint Color Selection<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the winner is...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stay tuned for more this weekend!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-81485226414343942562011-10-11T20:30:00.002-05:002011-10-11T20:30:53.527-05:00Paint Selection: A Process<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are in a saving-for-the-next-big-demo phase here (both bathrooms need re-doing), so all the updates/fixes/tweaks we have planned for the foreseeable future are smaller-scale. This includes (at least): changing light fixtures, stripping remaining wallpaper, scrubbing off wallpaper glue from walls, putting up art, maybe some furniture upgrades, curtains, and painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't remember paint selection for the three areas already painted (hallway, kitchen, living/dining room) being so stressful. But maybe I've just put it all out of my head because of the intensity of the trauma. Somehow I doubt that. But we can't settle on a color! We can't even come close to narrowing down a color group! Some people know that we've said we're painting the bedrooms several weekends in a row now, and yet somehow, neither bedroom is even taped off or primed at all. That changes this week! We are set and determined to paint <i>at least</i> the multipurpose second bedroom this coming weekend. SET AND DETERMINED! HELL-BENT! It's happening. As you can see, all that has to be done is the selection of a paint color. Here are the paint color chips we've "narrowed" to (for both bedrooms)... Note, we'd like to have the paint purchased before the weekend so we can just get started and finish as quickly as possible... we'll see how that goes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AAAAAH! Remember: </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SET AND DETERMINED! HELL-BENT! It's happening.</span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-73194830982796474072011-10-11T20:20:00.002-05:002011-10-11T20:20:33.943-05:00Our Cuticles Never Looked So Good!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
It has been five years--FIVE YEARS!--of dish washing by hand at the Schwab home. Having lived without a dishwasher (among other things) for that long, we really didn't miss it. OR SO WE THOUGHT. At long last, our dishwasher is fully installed and functional! And our hands are audibly weeping with joy. It's true. Trust. </div>
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Just another reason to celebrate (which means special occasion, which means dessert! whee! see how I make that work!)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For now, here's a touch of gold from around our 'hood...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-32270434682064772142011-09-07T10:20:00.000-05:002011-09-07T10:22:33.731-05:00One Year Later: Recap 1<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I need to stop making posting-commitments I can't keep! Yeesh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, so here we are. One year and a few weeks later. It's funny to think back to this time last year and recall just how different things looked and felt and seemed. The place looked like a step back in time, it felt very overwhelming, and it seemed like we'd taken on a big unknown/undo-able project. One year later... and a lot of that's changed. Some unexpected stumbling blocks have come up, but all in all, we've really made some progress and a make-over has truly been accomplished already. There's still much to be done, but here's what we've tackled so far:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You may recall that we inherited <a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/2010/09/were-movin-on-up.html">The Museum of Old Ugly Wallpaper Samples</a>. So far, these two are completely gone:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQumiqJLlia0ZSprVa13OzPoINcJAn6mu8FBfY4zkvIS4-sURXVYYDH0dIdtP-skIdgSUrjT0E4BLGBSn4RCy7EheSgbPDSnJn-ehGDtNYXCAvDRcV46Yzspkl2M5Dflvqx7B9hkoQh167/s1600/kitchen+wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQumiqJLlia0ZSprVa13OzPoINcJAn6mu8FBfY4zkvIS4-sURXVYYDH0dIdtP-skIdgSUrjT0E4BLGBSn4RCy7EheSgbPDSnJn-ehGDtNYXCAvDRcV46Yzspkl2M5Dflvqx7B9hkoQh167/s400/kitchen+wallpaper.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(kitchen)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT_6JJ57bH9VX80MYUqMPTDEhpLODCamKJSbUhq1u8lsvon0dwVfiQDx5mM9Y_Oi1D5cWXpRY_584oS8vD5UmdauCYmpG7k4MbYcbvXSS1qxwOGX5KScu0eoHoPaJNfRRX74JEH1_qkn6/s1600/front+hall+wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT_6JJ57bH9VX80MYUqMPTDEhpLODCamKJSbUhq1u8lsvon0dwVfiQDx5mM9Y_Oi1D5cWXpRY_584oS8vD5UmdauCYmpG7k4MbYcbvXSS1qxwOGX5KScu0eoHoPaJNfRRX74JEH1_qkn6/s400/front+hall+wallpaper.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(front hall)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and this one is mostly gone:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3R1KASUqqXQxCtl6H8J4cXwDpyqMeOFPQl9F2QqFnVPRSCjq2yWey_QN_jng6ic61AdK2gT0_xkoUen4J9o6pkccl8aQVHfVID7G8Kvgs3lmtSA1SI3dryMcVh2cHzMEyXbrtWvWyFy_/s1600/second+bath+wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3R1KASUqqXQxCtl6H8J4cXwDpyqMeOFPQl9F2QqFnVPRSCjq2yWey_QN_jng6ic61AdK2gT0_xkoUen4J9o6pkccl8aQVHfVID7G8Kvgs3lmtSA1SI3dryMcVh2cHzMEyXbrtWvWyFy_/s400/second+bath+wallpaper.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(second bathroom)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bringing down the wallpaper in the kitchen was only the first step... We also went from this:</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-nRtNlyRa_xlE8WJTKYi2LpjLXNzcIPFcNplfRtjdaQxpLGouBeuWCaS-2RMYk9CazZhUr-_aZ4HPV8AwG2Ca3FYHz3209GOhDN3LF91SKZhGYlNAVBNukf-di6n59uahti5nMGZsQL3/s1600/kitchen2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-nRtNlyRa_xlE8WJTKYi2LpjLXNzcIPFcNplfRtjdaQxpLGouBeuWCaS-2RMYk9CazZhUr-_aZ4HPV8AwG2Ca3FYHz3209GOhDN3LF91SKZhGYlNAVBNukf-di6n59uahti5nMGZsQL3/s400/kitchen2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to this:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0UCOvubyj_uC_nWmEgu_bzIPVBFYfaTAzwav9vzWUo6ziGPx2o5ypzzGKFLs5ycW95MAIob0BfiOVNbiFH6tgtUgOt3lP04BHz1t7K7oXiyg2o53Nynq0u86D7Izi0ryLtf8splJfM9Z/s1600/grouting+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0UCOvubyj_uC_nWmEgu_bzIPVBFYfaTAzwav9vzWUo6ziGPx2o5ypzzGKFLs5ycW95MAIob0BfiOVNbiFH6tgtUgOt3lP04BHz1t7K7oXiyg2o53Nynq0u86D7Izi0ryLtf8splJfM9Z/s400/grouting+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(we updated/painted the new cabinet, too, thanks to our amazing friend <a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/2011/03/zak-rose.html">Zak Rose</a>)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also included in the kitchen update was Dave's truly impressive backsplash tiling, a hood installation, a pot rack installation, complete appliance replacement, and some counter-top updates, not to mention painting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have painted three major areas of the home, as well as those kitchen cabinets and the insides of both the front door and the kitchen-to-hallway door. Here is a quick summary of our paint jobs to date:</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(front hall, hall, dining room accent wall)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(living room walls - both the grey-blue and the white stripe "faux moulding")</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(kitchen)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We replaced two big ugly light fixtures (one of which may be switched out again, but is at least better than what was there before!):</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(kitchen)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN75R7B2gaUZQE2Gx_0GNBDAHaPmb-m389Qn5nCu4BCKYgsn0zj3XQi1SpuK43U6ol5U93FN8hXsWrPiISLgTVfdu-MtNh2QCvLbtxERLhkeYyu7nK8am2NdzfBWHC9BeEb6CFZn-mp2Or/s1600/lighting2+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN75R7B2gaUZQE2Gx_0GNBDAHaPmb-m389Qn5nCu4BCKYgsn0zj3XQi1SpuK43U6ol5U93FN8hXsWrPiISLgTVfdu-MtNh2QCvLbtxERLhkeYyu7nK8am2NdzfBWHC9BeEb6CFZn-mp2Or/s400/lighting2+005.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(dining room)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We bought some new furniture/accessory items:</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(kitchen cart)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(mirror)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(dining room table/chairs)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(rug)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oh yeah, and we replaced some flooring...TWICE!</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(attempt #1)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(2nd time's the charm!)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bonus: we got to re-carpet both bedrooms on go-around #2:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other updates include:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">replacing the sliding glass doors in the living room</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">some plumbing fixes in both bathrooms (these need not be rehashed)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">balcony furniture</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and some more I can't quite think of just now...</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other experiences in this past year include:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">travel: Guatemala, San Francisco/Tahoe, Israel, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Las Vegas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">getting to know our neighborhood: <a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/search/label/Color%20Project">Color Project</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">documenting our first year <a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/search/label/20th%20Project">month by month</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> spending time and celebrating holidays and birthdays and other good times with family and friends</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">getting to live "on vacation" all summer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">celebrating our second wedding anniversary</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">welcoming several new babies into our extended friend-family</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and more, and more, and more.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Like I said before, there's still lots to do. But it's really incredible, and a little bit mind-blowing, to look back and see how much has happened in just one year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Still-to-do-projects in the next post...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-70904033372164174312011-09-01T14:59:00.000-05:002011-09-01T14:59:42.876-05:00First Year Recap Update<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I fully intended on providing more details/recaps on Monday night, and throughout this week, but the week kind of got away from me/us. And now we're getting ready to head out of town for a wedding weekend extravaganza in Vegas (!) and won't be back home until Sunday. SO. <i>Now</i> I fully intend on providing those aforementioned details/recaps on Sunday and Monday. In fact, I'll hold myself to that: I promise I'll post our first year recaps <i>and</i> our next plans on Sunday and Monday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the mean time, off we go to HOT HOT SUNNY LAS VEGAS (a first for me, and adding another state on my visited state list = bonus!), where the weather for the weekend looks like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We'll be back in a few days exhausted, I'm sure, and sporting even better tans to kick-off the fall! And then we'll jump-start the next phase/year of this crazy Home Sweet Schwab adventure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Congratulations to Kelly & Jeff!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-622450102761145592011-08-29T12:11:00.000-05:002011-08-29T12:11:18.643-05:00Looking Back... One Year Ago...<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In addition to the party-time atmosphere surrounding Dave's birthday yesterday, we also celebrated another milestone this weekend: OUR FIRST YEAR IN OUR FIRST HOME!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been thinking about this post for a while now, and I think it may take a few posts to get it all out there. I'm envisioning summing up what's been done and what's still on our to-do list as a self-assessment of sorts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But first, a flashback...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Forgive the grainy photos, but this is what the place looked like in the listing that had us at "Hello!" -- you couldn't have turned this place down if you tried!</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(our building, Thorndale Beach North - fictional home of Bob and Emily Hartley on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bob_Newhart_Show"><i>The Bob Newhart Show</i></a>)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The view, which you can glimpse in that balcony shot, was always amazing, of course, and as I referenced in our <a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/2010/09/were-movin-on-up.html">first post</a> and several times since then, it's the constant reminder of why this was a good idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More tonight with a look back at projects (planned or not) already completed.</span><br />
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</span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-11782022048759607482011-08-24T20:38:00.000-05:002011-08-24T20:38:11.685-05:00Carpet!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Monday morning, when we left for work, our two bedrooms (and more specifically, the carpet in our two bedrooms) looked like this</span>:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Second Bedroom</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(you could call this carpet color... Literally Dusty Rose)</span><u><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Master Suite</b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(you could call this color... Dingy Mint)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And remember this old flooring... you might recall it from the </span><a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/2011/02/painting-hallways-and-dining-room.html" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">old front hall</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... well, it continued on into the Master Suite hall and closet...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So that was Monday morning. By Monday evening, when we returned from a long day of work, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">our two bedrooms (and more specifically, the carpet in our two bedrooms) looked like this</span>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Second Bedroom</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(this color is called... something Mocha - we can't remember exactly)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfrohVPBBg4AXm3cpRm5njOlGV_qwbwN-8T3C5OU12n3BnKKUT6JIgU7WRNoXeS0mntwzzymgfTn9oZHs_mDLvs_Yj9pPEJA3O6n1L1T_i_H5ipaWpFCVBDJEMyQlHS8qoMMeJBUpoBNe/s1600/carpets+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfrohVPBBg4AXm3cpRm5njOlGV_qwbwN-8T3C5OU12n3BnKKUT6JIgU7WRNoXeS0mntwzzymgfTn9oZHs_mDLvs_Yj9pPEJA3O6n1L1T_i_H5ipaWpFCVBDJEMyQlHS8qoMMeJBUpoBNe/s400/carpets+007.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All the way into the closet:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ARE YOU EVEN KIDDING US?! SO MUCH BETTER!</span></div><u><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></u>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-58009147864447458312011-08-20T17:59:00.000-05:002011-08-20T17:59:35.026-05:0020th Project - August Do-Over<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, that's more like it for August:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And here's a shot of the foggy-coated Lake for dramatic emphasis:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's really hard to believe it's been twelve 20ths already. One week from today we celebrate one year in our first home. Time really does fly when you're having the craziest adventure of your lives... here's a quick summary of all 12 months of 20ths (and now I have to figure out what to do with this project...):</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(September)</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12 months in a minute. Incredible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(You can view all of the photos from all 12/13 installments of the 20th Project by clicking <a href="http://homesweetschwab.blogspot.com/search/label/20th%20Project">here</a></span> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">there were several months with more than one photo as this project evolved.) </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-35791369066532555232011-08-14T11:48:00.001-05:002011-08-14T11:49:09.621-05:00Lazy Sunday Morning<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just popped a banana bread in the oven, have some coffee brewing, and sitting outside, in the wind, still in sweats, watching the windy, wavy view below... Happy Sunday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(And Happy (American) Anniversary Rags and D! We love you guys!)</span><br />
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Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-22028243652950995202011-08-12T19:40:00.000-05:002011-08-12T19:40:22.323-05:00Edgewater: Green<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're getting ready to do some more home improvement posting, I promise. We have carpets coming in soon, and some painting planned, too. But in the mean time, I thought I'd do another color post... I know I'll have some more to add to several of the colors I've done and am doing over time, but for now, there's just so much green around right now that I had to put a post together stat. Enjoy... Here's some of Edgewater as seen through green-colored lenses:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See those hoses and pipes and what not hooking up the under-the-sink-whatchamajig to the left?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You know what those are? They are proof of our functioning dishwasher! Not enough proof for you? How 'bout these water droplets?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't judge my over-enthusiasm. It's been four years since we've had a dishwasher. My manicures have suffered.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-2582796345514108622011-07-30T18:05:00.000-05:002011-07-30T18:05:08.692-05:00Edgewater: Red<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I haven't done one of these in a while... with all the hullabaloo with the floors, I got a little distracted. Also, I usually do most of my neighborhood photographing when I'm out walking with Lanie, and it's been so hot, we couldn't do long walks with her. She gets draggy. So even though we had shorter walks, I still took the camera along, and have just been slowly but surely gathering images when I see them. There are so many colors that I have to cut myself off at a certain point or else I'll never post anything! So here's a little Edgewater Red...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(close-up! with fondant chopsticks!)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-83009558101236471102011-07-29T08:51:00.000-05:002011-07-29T08:51:29.628-05:00Best Ever<div style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST ZADIE EVER TO LIVE ON THE FACE OF THE ENTIRE PLANET! WE BOTH LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!</span></b></div><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587694192660547605.post-52547120603860039852011-07-24T12:09:00.000-05:002011-07-24T12:09:18.982-05:00Finally! Floors Part II and a Call for Organization<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The floors are here (again)! And they're glorious! They really do look beautiful. And maybe even (dare I say it?) <i>better</i> than before? Wood's a funny thing. We ordered the exact same product as we did before and this time around it has more variation, interesting coloration, and richer tones. Or maybe we're just SO excited to have consistent, seamless flooring in again that it just looks and feels that much better to us? I'm not sure. But I think it's the former.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Again I have to apologize for the lack of sufficient photo evidence - we were so ecstatic about getting our home back the other night that I never took pictures of the floors before we put back all our rugs and arranged the furniture back into place. Still... come on, this is fabulous, isn't it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The relief at having this all set back up and put into place lit a little flame under our butts. We kicked it into high gear yesterday getting our organization on. The second bedroom had suffered as a paint storage, everything storage, furniture storage, catch-all room for a few months. Our plan for the summer was to get it set up as the guest room/office it's truly meant to be. That will wait just a bit more, but after yesterday's work we can finally see back to <i>imagining</i> it in its final glory again.</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(clean, virtually empty of random stuff, besides the pictures we haven't put up that still need to find their homes)</span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And since we were also already at the organization game and doing so well, we figured why not tackle another project and took the extra closet in the hallway to task. It, too, has fallen into a state of chaotic question marks, actually, since we moved in. We're not really sure what it's real purpose is, but it's just <i>extra</i> closet space in a somewhat awkward placement in the house. With all the work we've been doing since we moved in, it sort of just start being a holding pattern for random odds and ends that didn't yet have their own place in the world, as well as for tools and supplies we are using more regularly. With the bathroom debacle and the other work going on the past few weeks, it actually really got horrifyingly out of hand. I was ashamed to open it if I needed anything and someone was over, and a lot of stuff fell into the black hold it had become and I couldn't find it anyway. But look:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">THIS HOUSE... IS CLEAN!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(ahhhhhh... that's a collective sigh of relief, since I know I can hear you sighing with me. thanks for the support.)</span>Maayanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661027733249770567noreply@blogger.com2