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Posted on 09/07/2006 10:11:42 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Concentrate on the swimming for exercise, then. And when you get your bit of land, and have a nice long driveway, he could enjoy in-line skating, as long as there's not TOO much of a slope. ;o)
You ever watch "Designed to Sell" on HGTV? It's got lots of neat fixin-up advice about that.
Paint everything white.
We're thinking of doing a ceramic tile backsplash all the way from the countertops to the underside of the cabinets. We've had a problem with the puny 4" backsplash, and water getting behind it from being splashed when I'm washing dishes. This will solve that problem, and the problem of splatter when we put the cooktop in the corner.
I watch "Designed to Sell", "Sell This House", "Flip That House", and others. I always learn something from them, even if it is something NOT to do. ;o)
You would not believe the hideous shade of green that this house had in the master bedroom when Talon bought it. He repainted it very nicely but there are a few little flecks hidden around the door of the old color. Bleck! I don't know how anyone slept in there.
Mine was "Institution Green." I painted it a taupe color.
Eww, that would be just as bad. I would call this 'electric puke green'. Or maybe 'Kermit the Frog in neon'.
Why people don't just paint things nice colors like taupe in the first place...
Sounds very 80s to me. Neon colors were where it was at. ;-)
Ungh...I don't have a whole lot to do here and I'd like to work on my story, but I can't figure out how to fill the massive, whooshing hole in its heart so I can continue.
I need a reason for a corrupt transport agency to use bio weapons, and a reason why someone would have power over them by simply knowing a piece of info.
Er...transport agency probably should be more like shipping company. Not travel.
Ha! That's great! In a horrible sort of way, that is. Eek!
I kinda like that!
That's pretty much the color. Ugth.
Well, see, two out of three HH polled liked it :~)
That's why it was that color :~)
The kitchen wasn't the only gag spot in the house. The hot pink and cherry red shag carpet with plastic runners in the living room and dining room, and the charry red antique satin drapes didn't help much either. The owner offered to let us have the draperies, but we kindly let HER keep them. ;o) Lucky for us; we got a great deal on the house! The biggest bright spot was that, when we tore up the shag carpet, there were gorgeous, never used, hardwood floors underneath.
We have beautiful hardwood too and apparently it was all covered - Talon ripped that out. I get the advantage of moving in after a good bit has been done to improve it.
The living room walls are a bit too yellow-brown for my likes and the kitchen is dark red and needs new counters, but it's a nice little house and I feel very comfortable in it. I made curtains for the living room to keep out nosy eyes, and between that and all the other changes we've made since I moved like adding shelving and re-arranging the kitchen and adding a hutch and a cart there, it's feeling like my place too. It's considerably nicer than anywhere my parents lived in their first five years of marriage. I am glad that being the oldest, I remember the poor years well so I don't expect the huge log home with beautiful kitchen and cathedral ceiling right off the bat :-D
No it was worse than that. The flecks in the corner do not to justice to the full glory it was. To say nothing of the carpet that was in there.
My size and space criteria buying that one included plenty for me single, enough for me married, and enough to last at least a very young kid or two. Considering it was an upgrade from an apt very much like what you had in CO, it is a pretty decent little house.
Stupid manditory overtime... I soooo want to be out of here. Got about another hour and 20.
The first thing I did, same I closed on the house and before I moved anything, was to tear all the carpet out. Hardwood beats shag any day.
Ugh.... stupid overtime. I have dinner ready to cook whenever we're ready and we got the certified marriage thingy so I can get all my identity stuff done tomorrow.
Kids would be easy in this house, we would just put a few hooks in strategic walls and hang 'em up out of the way.
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