Can we discuss?

This is our master bathroom. Let me give you the tour. To the right, LOTS of closet space. To the immediate right is the stall shower, then the vanity with sink and then the toilet alcove. Did I mention the blue tile? Do I have to mention it? And that wallpaper border? Oh isn't it wonderful.

I had this exact tile in the bathroom I grew up with. I hated it. Loathed it. In fact I celebrated the day I moved out. And then again the when I moved out again. Oh and yes, again when I moved out for the third time. And wouldn't you know it.. it's come back to haunt me and it's doubled. Pros: it's in really good condition, it's not on the floor and it's not SOO much that I can't work with it.

Cons: It's blue tile. That has haunted me since childhood.

This picture here is once we moved in and added the shower curtain that sort of downplays it. I have really great dark wood pieces that I got for my shower (thank you Nicole & Joyce). I would like to paint the walls a nice warm chocolate brown (not poop brown) and make it a little more hip. But the husband is having a hard time with that.

Eventually the horrid wallpaper border will go down and most likely everything will get a nice coat of white. Then we'll see.

PS. Yes, the floor is linoleum tiles.

For Sale: Nests & All...

Yes, we are the proud owners for a 1950ish Hotpoint Stove. That, cleaned up could be a really gem. They are going for 1k on Ebay and I've seen them as high as $3400 fully restored. I did crack ours open this past weekend and um, it's not pretty in there as it is apparently become an animal condo....

For 1k... I may just de-nest that thing.

I should note, this is not in the HOUSE, it's in the cabin.

Progress!

Slowly but surely we are making progress. The GIANT bush on the right is a Holly. Oh yeah, a Holly! No, not Oh yeah, oh ugh. It completely blocked that side of the house and while we did for a very brief moment consider cutting it back and shaping it better, that wasn't an option as it's all sticks inside.

So, we took it out...
Completely.

I'm going to do some black eyed susan's and hydrangea's most likely, and make it a little smaller than the patch is now. Ahh...progress.

Thank you!!!

Dear Previous Owners:

We truly appreciate that you think you cleaned before you left, but really didn't. We also appreciate that you masked a lot of things. While we are on the subject of thing you didn't do, can we discuss why you just half-assed things? No? Okay.

I am really writing though to say thank you. Thank you for removing the beautiful, most likely vintage RED shag rug that was in one of the guest room prior to our arrival.

Really, it's the little things like this that make us overlook the fact that the fridge SUCKS.

Love,

New Owners.

Another sneak peek...

Wallpaper in the kitchen... oh how I can't wait to part ways with you. The paint is already bought, the wallpaper remover steamer thing is in the house... soon. Oh so very soon.

And that switch and switch plate... say goodbye my friends, (unless anyone is interested in it, i'd be happy to send it...free of charge and free shipping!!!).

Okay, just a peak...

This is from when we had our home inspection...

It's the upstairs guest bathroom. Isn't it beautiful, or um, we'll go with different. The shower curtain(s), window treatments and everything else is gone. The wallpaper will be gone someday but for now we Layla our kitten is taking up residence in there.

How does one get to this cabin?

You take the bridge across the creek.

How do you get to the bridge??

Down the LONG winding concrete staircase.


Remember this was in February.

So there's less moss and leaves. And somehow it isn't nearly as dangerous as this picture makes it out to be. We go down there often. On the list of projects...clean up the stairs a little more. Oh and fix the 1-2 spots where the railing is compromised.