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Bedroom Decor house Office Walls

A Creative Space – Alexa’s Office

When we first looked at the house, Mike and I already picked out which would be our respective offices since we both work from home. In our 2-bedroom apartment we shared the one as an office, so as you can imagine it was a relief to finally get my own space. I knew I would need to do at least a bit of painting, and of course it was high on my priority list since I spend all day every day in here.

Below are some before shots of the room. It’s one of the three upstairs bedrooms, and my … Read the rest...

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Bushes Gardening Outside Plants

The Great Backyard Cleanup

Some of the shrubbery out back was completely out of control. We did some major trimming. This first shrub up against the house was literally double it’s depth before cut; all over the concrete slab. We trimmed it back to the line of the bed and gained many feet worth of patio space back. I can finally see out the kitchen window! Still a bit of cleanup to do but it’s so much better.

The wooden retaining walls were a gray/green mess. I spent an afternoon pressure-washing them and just about revitalized them to their original wooden glow. I also … Read the rest...

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Decor Prints Walls

Framing Pool Blueprints

The previous owners left us all these awesome blueprints and drawings of the house, lot and pool. I think they are the coolest things, so I’m going to frame them. We are the fourth owners of the home. The second owner had the pool put in in 1988.

 

I repurposed an old frame that fit the pool plans quite nicely.  The Lot papers are quite large, 3 foot by 3.5 foot, so it may take me some time to figure out where to buy a frame. Lot and house drawings are hanging in the closet for now, hoping to … Read the rest...

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Flooring

Master Bedroom Carpet

First project of the new place! We wanted to rip this old shag carpet up before our bedroom furniture came. Mike spent 5 and half hours on friday night pulling up (what he claims were) a million staples. Good work, dear 🙂 It should be a crime to hide beautiful wooden floors under wall to wall carpet. 1973, you are under arrest!

 

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Outside Septic

New Septic

Unfortunately when we were in the inspection process we found out the 44 year old Septic system was not in the greatest shape. The drainfield was clogged with poopgunk and wasn’t draining fast enough. It was only a matter of time before complete failure. After some negotiating the sellers agreed to put a new one in. It was being finished when we settled, here are a few pics.

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