A HUGE shout out to Erick, his Dad, and my brother Mark for all of their hard work this week-end! THANK YOU!
Please enjoy the pictures of my beautiful bathroom!
Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts
Monday, February 7, 2011
Week-End Warriors
Somehow "let's fix and paint the ceiling" turned into let's also repaint the walls, replace the cabinet/counter/faucet, and replace the toilet. Phew! What a busy week-end, not that I was doing the heavy work. I was busy cleaning, cooking (got to keep those guys fed!), CLEANING, keeping Devin busy, and CLEANING! Did I mention I was cleaning? Removing popcorn ceiling creates A LOT of dust! Ugh!
A HUGE shout out to Erick, his Dad, and my brother Mark for all of their hard work this week-end! THANK YOU!
Please enjoy the pictures of my beautiful bathroom!
A HUGE shout out to Erick, his Dad, and my brother Mark for all of their hard work this week-end! THANK YOU!
Please enjoy the pictures of my beautiful bathroom!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
More Vacation Unexpectedness
About mid-vacation week we got a little surprise....and it was not a pleasant one!!!
We put Devin down for a nap on Wednesday and Erick and I went into the basement to tackle some organizing projects (do you have any idea how long it took me to convince him to do this??). Anyway, as we walked down into the basement we could tell something was wrong immediately. There was a smell, a pretty potent, sort of gassy smell and so we called the National Grid (natural gas) Company to come and check it out. Boy, they do a great job of scaring you! "Don't touch anything! Don't turn anything on or off!" Which is for our own benefit, I know, but still...we were already scared as it was.
The man arrives with his hand held beeping machine (another scary feature) and walks in and asks for the basement. He doesn't like it very much when I try to be a a nice host and turn on the basement light for him (oops!) After a few minutes of him in the basement and lots of beeping, Erick heads down. We find out that it is not gas, but CARBON MONOXIDE. Yes, CARBON MONOXIDE IN MY HOUSE!!! Not a comforting feeling! I panicked and started opening the doors and windows to air the place out. The National Grid guys narrows down the problem to our furnace. GREAT!
We call in a Heating and Cooling Company. They tell us that our furnace is 27 years old. They can not find a leak or blockage in the chamber that is throwing out so much CO but there is definitely a malfunction in the furnace and recommend that we replace it since we can not run the current furnace (aka heat which is a necessity in New England!).
So the next day and $2600 later, we had a new furnace, heat, and no Carbon Monoxide. Honestly, I could think of several other ways I would have rather spent $2600 on my vacation....oh well.
We put Devin down for a nap on Wednesday and Erick and I went into the basement to tackle some organizing projects (do you have any idea how long it took me to convince him to do this??). Anyway, as we walked down into the basement we could tell something was wrong immediately. There was a smell, a pretty potent, sort of gassy smell and so we called the National Grid (natural gas) Company to come and check it out. Boy, they do a great job of scaring you! "Don't touch anything! Don't turn anything on or off!" Which is for our own benefit, I know, but still...we were already scared as it was.
The man arrives with his hand held beeping machine (another scary feature) and walks in and asks for the basement. He doesn't like it very much when I try to be a a nice host and turn on the basement light for him (oops!) After a few minutes of him in the basement and lots of beeping, Erick heads down. We find out that it is not gas, but CARBON MONOXIDE. Yes, CARBON MONOXIDE IN MY HOUSE!!! Not a comforting feeling! I panicked and started opening the doors and windows to air the place out. The National Grid guys narrows down the problem to our furnace. GREAT!
We call in a Heating and Cooling Company. They tell us that our furnace is 27 years old. They can not find a leak or blockage in the chamber that is throwing out so much CO but there is definitely a malfunction in the furnace and recommend that we replace it since we can not run the current furnace (aka heat which is a necessity in New England!).
So the next day and $2600 later, we had a new furnace, heat, and no Carbon Monoxide. Honestly, I could think of several other ways I would have rather spent $2600 on my vacation....oh well.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Finished Product
We are very pleased with our new look in the kitchen! I am relieved to have my kitchen back. After several hours of cleaning and unpacking, things are now back where they belong!!!
Oh, I guess that means I have to start cooking again tomorrow....
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Almost Finished...
Its almost done....a few more hours (tomorrow) and the kitchen cabinet refacing project will be complete! Yay! Here is a sneak peek!
Tomorrow: knobs on cabinets, drawers, and lazy susan.
I LOVE it! Isn't it an amazing transformation??? My kitchen is now part of THIS century!!!!
Tomorrow: knobs on cabinets, drawers, and lazy susan.
I LOVE it! Isn't it an amazing transformation??? My kitchen is now part of THIS century!!!!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Kitchen Cabinets Part 1
Well, its official...our kitchen cabinet refacing has begun! I am going to document a before/during/after on my blog.
This is our kitchen last night...after all of the contents had been removed but before the destruction and refacing had begun.
This is our kitchen last night...after all of the contents had been removed but before the destruction and refacing had begun.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Vacation, OVER
So tomorrow I head back to work. Erick and I both had last week off. 9 days together, no work. It was very exciting! Well, the thought of it was very exciting. The week itself was kind of crappy. After having 2 weeks of nearly PERFECT weather (mid to high 70s and sunny) it rained and never got above 55*. BLAH
To top it off, Devin is teething like a mad man. Those 2 year molars are giving him such a hard time and making him SO CRANKY! Whine whine whine!!! That's pretty much what we heard ALL week! I mean, don't get me wrong, I feel bad- I feel terrible- knowing that he is hurting that much. But come on, the whining is like fingernails on a chalkboard. It gets to me.
On the plus side, Erick finished several home improvement projects. YEAH! He put in new faucets in both bathrooms, new towel holders, and a new kitchen sink and faucet. I am so proud of my handy man! If you know him at all, you will know that he doesn't really know a lot about this sort of thing. My dad is teaching him, which is wonderful and admirable all at the same time. Erick loves learning from my dad and my dad loves teaching him!
To top it off, Devin is teething like a mad man. Those 2 year molars are giving him such a hard time and making him SO CRANKY! Whine whine whine!!! That's pretty much what we heard ALL week! I mean, don't get me wrong, I feel bad- I feel terrible- knowing that he is hurting that much. But come on, the whining is like fingernails on a chalkboard. It gets to me.
On the plus side, Erick finished several home improvement projects. YEAH! He put in new faucets in both bathrooms, new towel holders, and a new kitchen sink and faucet. I am so proud of my handy man! If you know him at all, you will know that he doesn't really know a lot about this sort of thing. My dad is teaching him, which is wonderful and admirable all at the same time. Erick loves learning from my dad and my dad loves teaching him!
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