Moved two weeks ago...some pics of old/new house
Still a work in progress, especially now that we had a bathroom leak which is turning into A Project... but here's where we are!
We didn't do anything to the kitchen, just painted walls and got a new fridge. Obviously these photos are not "staged" -- shows real life, I guess!
We did the powder room over before we moved in. It was a sad, ugly little room before. Hard to get a good pic as it's so tiny.
The dining room isn't as green as it looks here. Thanks to everyone here who weighed in on the choice of light fixtures a while back. We are really happy w/ our choice.
Living room into dining room. I will be tweaking these shelves until the day we move out. They were painted red by PO. We repainted and then I stenciled the back wall.
In the background you can see the DR windows have not been painted, because they're being replaced. All of the trim in the room was either painted peach (wainscoting) or stained a weird gray color. We painted the trim but kept the fireplace wood, which hasn't been finished yet.
New square coffee table is coming next week.
The sitting room/parlor/library. I love reading in the red chair. We have a new chair coming to replace the blue one, which isn't very comfy. I'm not quite settled with this room, feels like it needs an additional chair or something. And larger art over the shorter bookcase -- I was trying to create some symmetry with the taller bookcase but didn't quite make it.
Upstairs den/TV room/teen hangout. This is basically where we put all the furniture that we didn't have another place for. It's a messy, cozy room.
Master bedroom. This room was peach with a red accent wall.
My kids' rooms are not quite suitable for viewing. ;-) And my home office room is a dumping ground at the moment. We all feel at home here already and are enjoying the new neighborhood and our big front porch!
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Comments (4)Wow wow wow, what beautiful pictures and great plants! I also love the setting for your greenhouses. The Rion looks so cozy with all the bubble wrap neatly in place...it will be a wonderful place for you and your plants to pass the winter months. I like your benches too...the hardware cloth tops are so good for letting light get through to those bottom shelves. Really impressive! Good job!...See MoreOld Home Week
Comments (5)Sharon, I was wondering if you'd ever gotten that condo. It seems like you don't really need it, you've settled in so well at the cottage. I'd seen the house in Oakville, one of these days I'll surprise you and visit the cottage too. You've been pretty darned close to my house here in White Cloud, better hurry before I sell it and move to the farm, LOL. I'm glad Doug has found a new lady but I hate to hear that about Sara, she's overcome so much. Life shouldn't be that hard and people needn't be that cruel. (sigh) Amanda is working at a nursing home, Bud is 7 and Makayla is 9. Bud is still a handful, he has a teacher that's pushing Amanda hard to put him on Ritalin or something similar, but Amanda is going to try everything else first. Everyone loves him, though, he's just too funny not to love, LOL. Makayla is a great student, the teachers love her, she does exceptionally well in class and everyone loves her too. Especially the little boy who sits behind her on the bus, but she thinks boys are "icky". We'll see how long THAT lasts. (grin) Dave still has his own garage and business is gradually improving, our economy has made it a bit more difficult but it's coming along. Ashley is a radiologist at a local hospital, married to a police officer in a neighboring town. Madison just turned one and Ashley is pregnant and due in August with #2. I retired last January and Elery retired in July. His father just passed away on December 10, so the only remaining parent is my mother. We are quickly becoming the "oldest generation" and that sucks. Ugh. Elery's house is up for sale, mine will be ready by spring, hopefully. We still plan to build at the farm, including an outdoor wood burning pizza oven. Sharon and Clive can come visit us there and we'll burn bread together, LOL. Cinder, The Dead Cat From Hell, is no longer with me, she's over the Bridge with the WonderWeiner and Elery's Chihuahua, Pancho. We still have Cooper and both horses, The Dude and Bossy Cow and Red Cow and a conglomeration of calves, barn cats, laying hens and probably animals I don't even remember. Elery's daughter just announced that she's getting married in October, so I have another wedding cake to decorate. Thank goodness she's the final unmarried child, between the two of us we have 6 kids and 9 grandkids, pretty soon it'll be 10. Life goes on and the family just keeps growing! Annie...See MoreMy 'new' Old House - lots 'o pics
Comments (9)Aha another Hamiltonian! We are new to Hamilton - love the architecture :) Well, if the kitchen is anything like the bathroom, it will be like an archeological dig. We had no fewer than *8* layers of floor in our bathroom. We stripped it all, except for the very last bottom layer, which we had some concerns about being made of asbestos. Now our bathroom floor is 1.5 inches lower. I need to stand on my tippy toes to see in the mirror, lol. OH woe the lack of insulation. We are freezing. Is the character worth it? Maybe...lol...no, it is. Maybe. In July ;) ;) ;)...See MoreA few house pics...old house renno
Comments (23)The sunroom didn't have a roof at all for a long time and when they finally put the rafters up, it is flat. It still isn't covered, so they are going to go above that and put the roof, and leave that to seal it off for the inside ceiling. It looks crappy with a flat roof, plus the rest of the house is so steep that when the water shoots off of it, onto the roof of the sun room, there is no way to keep water from going under it. This is supposed to be a 50 year roof. We don't want to have to go back and do it over after a few years, because it leaks. For cabinets, I am using the original kitchen cabinets...which are original to the house. The rest of the cabinets will come from various old glass doored cupboards that I have collected over the years. Cupboards are sort of my weakness. I hate to tell how many I have...okay, believe it or not, I have 20 that range in every size from child's size on up. We won't build any new cabinets. I have some for the sunroom, the mud room, the bathroom, computer room, as well as the kitchen. And I will probably have a few left over. ;) I have a counter that I found by the road when someone did a re-do on their garage/workshop. I am going to have it clothed in beadboard and put a zinc top on it, and that will be the island. The little kitty is one I raised on a bottle this year. I call her Monkey....See MoreSueb20
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