Category Archives: House Stuff

Before

But really, this was after the first demo.  There was a very small room in the garage that we took out.  See the small cupboard on the back wall (with glass doors)?  It’s the only thing that remained.

From doorway looking down into Rumpus Room

Eric's 'Garb' wardrobe and kids game area

All images will be bigger if you click on them.  We still need to get a rug of some type….a card table….and a few more storage items.  But the biggest part of the job is done and we will be celebrating that fact this weekend!  Samantha and her family will arrive tonight to help us!  😀

When we got home from church, Hubs hung the quilt in the living room. :)  It was a gift in 1997 from Yvonne Waugh (fondly referred to as “Gramma Vonne” in our home) when we lived in The Dalles, OR.  I love it!  And, this spot is just perfect for it!

And a few shots of our new … what is this called? Awning? Patio cover? Anyone know what to call it?

My Skylight

We obviously still have a lot of cleaning up to do!

The patio project starts today….and some people are VERY excited!

Sissy has the best seat in the house

A bit of company

(all photos can be bigger by clicking on them)

When we moved into this house last August, I had my office in the dining room (aka the schoolroom). It’s centrality (is that a word?) was primo but I could never keep it clean.  And the centrality became a big problem when I could never concentrate on work.  The boys’ school computer was in a small black hutch in the living room and Eric was out of luck….he had no space to call his own.

So with the coming of the rumpus room, many options were discussed about how to handle the workstations. After a quick trip to IKEA we reacquainted ourselves with the corner hutch that we fell in love with last Summer but talked ourselves out of due to money. Yesterday we brought it home and I’m loving it! And, now, I’m in the living room (with wonderful doors to hide any clutter behind), the boys’ school computer is in the dining room (and it’s spotless and hopefully will stay that way) and Eric has taken the small black hutch into our bedroom.

My workstation - open

the boys' workstation

Eric's workstation

Ignore the messy bookshelf, it’s going out in the rumpus room when it’s ready for moving in. Right now Hubs and boys are laying insulation and creating an attic floor in the garage for storage. Then Thursday a couple of guys are coming to build a patio in the back yard so we can have some shade. The next week these same guys are going to tape, mud and texture our rumpus room walls. Then we’ll paint and we can move stuff in.

Also we totally scored at Ikea yesterday. Not only did we get my corner hutch but also a great wardrobe for Eric’s costumes and the bookshelves we wanted in the as-is section – so at least 40% off the original price! Yeah!! I love a bargain!