Tuesday, September 30, 2008

for Virginie

So . . . here's the virtual tour of parts of my house. We'll start off with the basement/lower level of the "split", which we (re)painted and (re)carpeted. It serves as a combination study and entertainment area. The entertainment center and TV (and futon, which you can't really see from this first angle) all came courtesy of Dad's house.

NB - The bright pink you see in the background is the half-bath. We did not paint that, and it will be repainted with a color more suitable to our eye health, but it's not high on the priority list.



Another view. Corey's built in bookshelves are only partway done. Eventually the center will have shelves, and there will be trim around the edges on the front so it looks all nice and even. And that middle set of shelves should get all those books off the floor!


Our bedroom, as viewed from the door to the bathroom (ignore the messiness)


Another view of the bedroom (from the hallway)


View outside from living room:


This should give a better idea of what the "split" aspect is. You walk in on the main level with the kitchen and living room, and can either go upstairs to the bedrooms and bathroom, or downstairs to the basement, utility room, and half bath.


The eat in kitchen as viewed from the living room. We've put one coat of paint on the left wall, and eventually the whole kitchen should be that color, getting rid of the awful border.


Look at that adorable little dog! To his right you will see the half staircase down stairs, and behind him the living room.


View of the living room from the upper landing.


This picture is taken from our guest bedroom which isn't set up yet, and I'm not showing a picture of till it looks a bit nicer. Down the hallway on the right are the middle bedroom (which will be a reading/craft area), and our bedroom to the right, the bathroom straight ahead, and the linen closet to left next to the bathroom.

For comparison to how the house looked before we bought it, you can view my photobucket album here.


I hope you enjoyed your tour. Come again soon!

Friday, September 26, 2008

I may have found a new hobby

I went to my first public auction today, and I was really amazed at how cheap stuff was selling! I think you could probably make a living buying at auctions and selling elsewhere, or at least supplement it handily. :) I mean, I almost feel bad for the people whose stuff it is, but then, they're the ones that decided to have an auction, not me.... Anyway, so here are my steals...all for less than $20 total.

leather chair: $6


"jewelry" for corey: $6


prints: $1


books: $1


classic Schwinn bicycle: $4


(Granted the bike does need some work - it's really rusted, the wheels are flat, etc. but hey for $4, I think I can afford to fix it up!)

Self satisfaction: priceless.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ike the destroyer

Columbus was far enough north to be spared most of the wrath of Ike...no major destruction of houses and such that I've heard of. However, our trees and power lines didn't fare so well. Some images from my walk with Sammy the morning after our big windstorm:





















And of course with power lines going down comes the fun of candlelight, which actually starts to lose its novelty by about the 3rd or 4th day. But I'm not gonna complain; a few days without power is nothing compared to what some people have gone through!



While I'm showing off pictures, and on a completely different note, here's corey before his first day of teaching latin at OSU (which was yesterday):



And our living room actually looking mostly like a living room...YAY! And about time!



THE END.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

the humans are dead

I hadn't heard of the HBO series Flight of the Conchords until Corey and I were staying with my parents in Austin a couple of weeks ago, and we watched a couple of episodes. I had no idea what I was missing. Those guys are certifiable - I love it!