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Another day, another rented floor sander...


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This weekend our major goal was to re-finish the wood floors. We planned on getting to the house early and just "rock and rolling" until we were done. So I should have taken it as a sign when we stopped at the Lowe's to pick up the floor sander - theirs was being repaired. So we drove further west while I called a few places and finally located ( Read more... )

Well it's already Memorial Day and it seems like just yesterday we were trying to shovel our way through the snow at our new house. There will be no picnics for us today, just a 3 day weekend to work on the house (although we were able to sneak in a little fun ( Read more... )

It's been slow but steady progress at the house lately. This weekend Erin and I worked on separate projects for the most part. No Tim this week - he closed on his new house last Thursday and is busy working on that! We're both excited for him and wish him well in this new endeavor ( Read more... )

Erin and I stopped at a couple garage sales on our way to the house this morning. We didn't see too much, but we did pick up this colonial revival style table for $20. It needs a little work but the price was right. I brought it into the house and thought it looked just about perfect next to the front door.


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Today I took the day off work to take delivery of our new garden tractor. We have a huge area to mow which would just be too much to mow by hand, and we will be able to use it for other tasks such as tilling the garden or plowing snow in the winter. We did a lot of research, and finally decided on the Husqvarna as it has a good reputation, a lot ( Read more... )

Erin and I arrived at the house early today to make the most of the day. Within the first 5 minutes, we already checked a box off our to-do list by putting up this new light over the island.


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Today I took some time off work to have our backsplashes installed. I'm so happy with them - they look great and I finally don't have to look at the ugly paint on the wall behind the backsplash.


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