The Pink Monstrosity is GONE...

This past Saturday, while Anna was hard at work in her private practice, I went to work on the pink room - filling holes in the wall, sanding them, and then painting the room. It went from looking like this when we went on the inspection:

to this:

Since we also had our new bed delivered yesterday, we put our old bed into the old pink room (which is now the official guest room and is open for business) and we're all set.

This weekend, I'll be tackling the "so bright you need your sunglasses" office, so I'll share some photos from that once I get it done.

Have a good one everybody!

We're All Moved In!

So we have moved everything in, and I decided to put together a little before and after show and tell here on the blog. I hope you think the improvements that were made are as cool as we do!

Click here to see the photos. Keep in mind that I have added descriptions to the photos (click Show Info at the top right of the screen), and you can pause the show at any time at the lower left side of the screen as well.

Special thanks to everyone who helped make the move possible, including Bruce's Dad who did much of the painting and faucet changes, Anna's parents who helped us for a number of weekends as we were getting ready for the move by removing wallpaper and cleaning the house, in addition to on the day of the move by cleaning and putting up our bathroom fixtures, and Anna's cousin Liz, her boyfriend Tom and Bruce's brother Joel who were the heavy lifters! We appreciate all of your help!

Sunday, February 1

We were at the house all day today - from 8:30 am until around 7:00 pm or so painting most of that time. We have completed the following:

• Kitchen Ceiling (two coats)
• Foyer ceiling (two coats)
  
• Living Room ceiling (one coat)
  
• Kitchen walls (one coat)

The plans for tomorrow include finishing the second coat of the kitchen walls, and completing the walls and ceiling in the family room. It should be a good day tomorrow - lots of painting and hopefully two completed rooms - the kitchen and family room..

We'll post pictures soon!

Bruce

Day #9 - More Wallpaper Comes Down

Last night, we got more than halfway done with the master bathroom, which was an exciting development. We're moving forward with it, and will continue peeling, even after we are living in the house.

Speaking of living in the house, we are planning to be fully moved in February 7, 2009. However, we will still have the apartment until the end of March in case we do need to back that timeframe up a little bit.

Lastly, we're heading out tonight to look at new mattresses and bedroom sets to furnish that part of the house. That will essentially furnish two rooms - the master bedroom with what we buy and the spare bedroom with the stuff we currently have. Hopefully we'll be able to have this new stuff delivered by February 7 as well!

Thanks for reading, and we hope we can have you to the new house in the Spring or Summer!

-Bruce and Anna

Day #6 - Wallpaper Removal Continues...

So we have finished the wall in master bedroom, and are on to the master bathroom now... Anna and Liz were at the house starting at around 2 pm yesterday and made significant progress before I came to the house after work. Check out the photos below:

Above: Master bath above the tub - DONE!

Above: Where we finished yesterday

Lots more to do, but we're making great progress! Keep an eye on the blog, and we'll keep you updated on how the house is coming along!

-Bruce and Anna

Day #5 in the House

So we were at the house for around 7 hours today. Most of that time was spent peeling wallpaper. The steamer that we bought has REALLY been great, as it has allowed us to get a lot more done at a time. In fact, we finished the master bedroom wall that we have been working on for the past two days today - a big accomplishment. See the photo below...

Above: Anna in the master bedroom with the clean wall...

I also shoveled the driveway and sidewalk in front of the house and cleaned the loft and stairs' woodwork.

We had a good day today at the house, and Anna will be there tomorrow during the day on her day off starting to peel in the master bath. Hopefully it comes off a little easier than the master bedroom paper did!

We'll continue to keep you updated as we continue the work on the new house!

-Bruce and Anna

Day #3 with the House

So we had new carpet installed today at the new house. Because of this, we were there all day. The extreme cold weather caused Anna to have the day off work, as the school was cancelled, and I took the day off to be at the house with the installers. The whole installation took around 7 hours, which seemed like an eternity.

As they were doing their work, Anna and I cleaned the kitchen, as well as the baseboards and windows in around three or four rooms and the basement. So even with carpet installers in the house all day, we were able to get a good amount of work done as well.

The big project that we're still working on before moving in is removing wallpaper from the master bedroom and bathroom. It is not coming off easily, and we bought a steamer to help with this effort. We also have wallpaper in the living room and dining room, which we will likely have to complete once we move in.

Anyway, back to the house tomorrow evening to do some additional wallpaper removal. Should be fun! Thanks for following our progress...

Bruce and Anna