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Posts Tagged ‘home improvement’

October

7

2009

New House

Oh my.  I just moved in June.  Now I am going to move yet again.  This time to another house in the same neighborhood.  My landlady owns another house that has 3 bedrooms as opposed to my current two.  She had it for sale but would be taking it off the market for me to rent.  The best part.. I rent for the same amount!  The bad part.. I have a LOT of painting to do.  Whoever she hired to paint the house in the first place painted EVERYTHING the same matte tan color.  When I say everything I mean TRIM.  *insert gag here* She’s going to turn on the utilities and let me go in and start painting now.  I want to get that house cleaned and painted before we move in.  I’m really excited because we will have a LOT more room, but wow.. I have a lot of work to do.  LOT.. lot lot.  I like these older homes though, they have a certain amount of charm.  Something about those 1950’s cottage ranch houses just make me smile.. like the scalloped wood over the sink/window.  I mean.. come on!  How can you not love that?!  What I don’t love.. the chocolate and vanilla swirl sink in the bathroom.  I also am not a fan of the neighbor who is “harmless” that wanders the neighborhood with a cup constantly trying to bum cigarettes off of people.  He was sitting in the carport when we came from the back yard and scared me to death!

In other news.. I did a “hybrid” ish project yesterday.  I took a picture and totally forgot to upload it!  It is really simple but I think it turned out cute!  I love adding little things that make our home special.  I worry that the new house won’t have the same “special” feel.  I have to remind myself that the house I am in now looked ROUGH when I moved in and now it looks super cute.  This new (old) house is in much better condition overall.

So I’m excited.. and overwhelmed.  So much to do… *sigh*

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