Category: House Stuff

Sep 30

Kitchen : Phase 1

I have come to terms that this thing ain’t getting done in one afternoon. Hubbin left this afternoon to go watch the Niners Jets game in peace with a friend, and when he left I figured today was as good a time as any to paint the trim.

Well, had I not left the top off the paint the last time I used it. It is now a $40 gallon of glue. I considered just waiting for another day, but then I looked around the house and realized that if I didn’t paint, I’d need to clean. And I definitely didn’t want to clean. The paint for the walls hadn’t been opened, so I embarked on that. I managed to actually paint the entire kitchen (and the entryway, actually) in a few hours, so I’m pretty pleased.

Here you go!

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The bottom trim does not look great, and I know that; I actually decided earlier today that I want to replace it, so I was super duper sloppy and didn’t even care one tiny bit!  We still have to paint the cabinets, install the new doors, and get new countertops, but in the meantime, at least the paint is a liveable color! I’m happy with the result so far and am that much more excited to get the rest of it done!

Sep 24

The Dreaded Kitchen

I cannot believe that I am showing these online. Publishing, for the whole world! Ok, publishing for like…20 of my closest friends, and probably 10 people that can’t stand me but cyber stalk (FYI, Google Analytics never lies!). This kitchen is a hot mess, y’all. Ugh. You ready?

 HA! Told you so!

I know. And actually, you should have seen it before I spray painted those AWFUL handles, bought decent blinds, and laid the new floor. It was horrible. This is why I get angry when I watch the idiots on House Hunters that are all “ZOMG I can NOT live in a house that doesn’t have granite”. Um, granite? Shoot, I’d be thrilled with anything less than faux butcher block laminate.

My husband is wonderful. He really is a wonderful man. He also, however, is a colorblind man. That color? Chosen when he was a bachelor. I’m not sure what it is officially called, but it is uglier than hell. We lost two drawers and two doors, as well, in order to get the dishwasher (definitely worth it). It’s just a mess. I have never before posted before pictures when there’s no after; nevermind of the worst room in the house.

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Jul 12

No Freaking Way

So today started out like any other day (pretending not to hear that The Little Jerk had woken up, so Hubbin got up with her). I woke up, came down to my desk, and started working (don’t let the pajamas fool you, I actually do WORK from home). Typical day. Until it all changed.

See, there’s this girl that blogs about sweet paint colors, and she puts the most AWESOME rooms on there. I stumbled across the website and have been hooked since. I love it. I wish I’d have seen it before I picked some of my current colors, but I digress. It’s really a great blog.

And that was before TODAY. Today, I clicked the link, and I see this:

OMG y’all, that is my bathroom.

OMG THAT IS MY BATHROOM ON THIS FANCY AWESOME BLOG.

Ok so if six months ago, someone said “Hey in six months a picture of your bathroom is going to be on the front page of a home improvement blog”, I’d have undoubtedly thought “Is it time for the Worst Bathroom in America again?” That or maybe like…”20/20 – Shocking Expose on How the Lower-Middle Class Lives”. Never in a million years would it be displayed as a blog like that.

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Jun 12

Chair Makeover

Ok, so I had posted the living room after photo, and as you’ll see, in the very left corner is the baby seat on top of a fug chair.

I have two of them because they go with my in-laws dining set picnic table, but since I don’t cook, we don’t have a table.  So they sit around.  One lovingly held up my printer in my office, but I finally got a real stand, so it’s just been hanging out in there too.  They are ug-guh-lee.

 

Damn girl, that’s an ugly chair!

Here it is, taunting me:

Stupid Chair

 

So I’ve been trying to figure out what to do.  I need to recover it, obviously, but I am SO FREAKING TIRED of looking for fabric.  And I was laying in bed last night feeling so sorry for myself that I had to look for more fabric when it occurred to me that I COULD just use the leftover fabric from the cornice/pelmet box things.  Duh.

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Jun 10

Come See My Boobies, y’all.

I have been in love with these boobies since the moment they first came into my life. They are perfect. They are captivating and charming, without being overly dramatic. They’re really all you could ever want in two boobies. Wanna see them?

 

 

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We have an art gallery at work, and this artist showed her work. She is MY FAVORITE. It’s charming and funny. The swirls are random thoughts, and include phrases like “We’re just a couple of blue footed boobies fooling around. There was almost only one but I thought that a pair of nice boobies was better than one all by iteself. I think most people would agree. Anyway it’s sad to dance all alone.” and stuff like that.

I fell in love in a way that I never have with any piece of art ever in my life. I was instantly hooked, but it being $300 and me being broke, I did what any girl would do; pouted hoping my boss would buy it.

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Jun 06

The Pelmet Boxes

Yay, pelmet boxes!

Ta-Da!

 Remember Before?

Before Pelmet

 

After Pelmet

I didn’t take in progress pictures during this process, for two reasons:

  1. I didn’t get home that night until 11PM and it HAD to be done that night because the cleaning lady had come I had slaved over the house all day and wanted to get pictures before the house was destroyed again, which was soon.  She left at 3PM and when I took these pictures at 11, I actually had to vacuum again.
  2. The Heat/Celtics game was on, and Hubbins patience with me was running low.  We were well into the Hubbin witching hour as it was; stopping to take pictures during the process was SO not happening.
  3. It was hot as hell in the house so I was in my underwear.  And you do NOT want that pictured!

 

So basically, I saw pelmet boxes on Pinterest and really liked them.  When I google’d directions on how to do them, they were horrifyingly flimsy and were not really what I wanted.  I had leftover parts from doing the board and batten in the bathroom, so I used them.

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