i've been gone from the blog for a long time. who knows, maybe you've forgotton about us! thats okay...we've been busy with life in general.
eventually two things had to happen. our funds dissipated. nick had to get a job. i had to (wait, had to??...wanted to!!!) go back to making pottery full time again.
"what?" you say "you started a home renovation that went over budget before you were done? no way...that never happens!!!" ha... SIKE! i've never known it NOT to happen. if you have been fortunate enough to keep your reno under budget, YOU start a blog and honey, i will read it! help us all! hehe!
a full and massive renovation like we have undertaken is, as you know or have heard, very stressful. we have taken the last several months away from it. it was necessary....holy MENTAL BREAK! pshew!
we've worked hard on our days off to make the yard awesome and plant a pretty great garden considering our small yard and lack of sunlight. also, we 're been trying to maintain our acreage out in haywood county. oh, and have some fun!!! we've enjoyed living our life back in crazy little downtown asheville.
nick has been working two jobs and i make pottery, six and often seven days per week in the summer. but now, the weather is cooling. the fall seeds are mostly in the garden and its time to nest into our home for the winter. we are starting up the renovation, slowly.
i will not be writing on the blog near as often, as i had done previously because our home renovation will never be our full time jobs again. we were lucky to have that experience, but (sigh) it is over. boooooooo on real life! oh well...i'm still grateful for this entire experience and i am happy to share our adventures with you! stay tuned...
wishing you well!
trista and nick and our family of fur balls!
eighteen layers of wallpaper
how we made this old house our home. two first timers taking on a do it yourself home renovation, or atleast attempting to...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
the laundry room: new doors!
wednesday: the before |
wednesday: the after!!! |
this week we put the new french doors in the former laundry room.
we found these at the Habitat ReStore. we were concerned they might be a little too big for the room....
but no regrets! they look great!
standing in the kitchen looking towards the back yard |
putting up new siding |
the far away shot (and our lovely and peaceful backyard oasis) |
(me in my cru coffee and wine bar hoodie: a little beaufort coffee shop love!) |
i do a little work from time to time... |
i was standing in the kitchen when i shot this. |
and we are done for the night!
Labels:
backyard,
before and after,
french doors,
kitchen,
laundry room
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
its a bedroom!
Labels:
hardwood floor,
master bedroom,
paint,
wall covering
Monday, February 6, 2012
dining room: the progression
this weekend, we finally and somewhat officially, reclaimed another room in our home - the dining room. for now, it will serve as our living room. but i wanted to remind you of the phases of this project.
these pictures are from the first day in our new house waaaaaaay back in october!
and then there was this part: the demolition back in november
there was the demolished
the rebuild!
painting!
making it a home!!!
we still have to hang the trim, but for right now, that can wait!
the laundry is now the laundry room, and the den is the den. yay!
fireplace |
new french doors |
windows |
Sunday, February 5, 2012
new master underway
Labels:
floors,
master bedroom,
wall covering
Saturday, February 4, 2012
master bedroom
picture it:
the floors
kona brown to match the new dining room
dirty new floors |
(they will be a a little different than these original floors because we are reusing some leftover flooring from a different house. but they will be stained the same color).
this is what our
head board wall
will look like....
and THIS is the new wall color...
add dark brown floors, white curtains, maybe a rust colored bed spread... |
the bathroom will not stay pepto pink, i promise! |
HOLY BRIGHT WALLS!
so these pictures don't do it justice...but i think its going to be awesome, when its all done....
(at least i hope, because we ARE NOT painting this room again!)
today, we will be laying the floors in the master. and maybe start building the accent wall.
Friday, February 3, 2012
the front moves forward!
as of last week, our house was looking a lot like this:
minus the scaffolding, that would've been such a luxury!!! |
notice the window up top:
no trim. tyvek and paper flying everywhere. flashing. unfinished cedar shake...
at the beginning of the week, our house looked like this:
oh la la!!! |
window trim, cedar shake starting to get in place, tyvek and flashing disappearing!
lookin good! |
as of last night, our house looks like this:
picture taken this morning
all done! |
my dear sweet hubby who is terribly afraid of heights, stood on the ladder for three days and did this pretty much all by himself. up and down. up and down.
climb up, attach paper (no easy task with only two hands), cut paper to size, climb down, find shingle, measure width, climb back up measure cut of shingle, climb back down, cut shingle, climb back up, attach shingle, climb back down find new shingle, .......etc. so slow!
99% all by him self.
the other 1% was yesterday, while nick's parents helped for a bit and i helped for a bit. but essentially, all we did was find the right size shingle to go up next, and tell him the width, so he could measure the cut, climb down the ladder, cut the shingle. climb back up and attach it.
are you still reading???
i don't know why, because i just confused myself typing all that!
HA!
ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
thanks hubby!
Labels:
curb appeal,
facade,
outside,
windows
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
painting the bedroom
inspired by this picture from pinterest
and this one from google (sorry i forgot where)
we are going to use some of the old boards from the roof and imitate these pictures.
this will cover our hole in the wall in the bedroom, and be a fairly easy way to address the challenge.
we chose this color to paint the other walls.
we don't like it.
its pretty, but way too blue. and kind of boring. |
who wants BORING? right? |
to give my hubby a little shout out:
in 24 hours, nick ripped up the old floor in the new bedroom (to be reused to patch the floor in the living room and foyer), built the new wall, leveled the floor, and primed and painted the walls in the new bedroom.
holy wow-zers!!!!!!!
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