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Remember those pictures I promised, of our completed basement project--a guest bedroom, bathroom, and a storage room carved out of what began as a huge unfinished storage area? ("Before" pictures here.)
Finally, after working through all my camera issues--(my camera is fine, but my psyche has issues with learning new cameras, new uploading procedures AND new photo software)--here they are.
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 10/23/2008
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Welcome to our basement storage room.
This was the original view into it, from the basement family room.
Looking left, after stepping through that doorway, here's how much extra room there was in there:
Enough room for a guest room and maybe a tiny bathroom, don't you think? That's what we thought.
We searched all summer (on and off), fruitlessly, for a plumber. Finally, our hero, Mr. A,
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was looking forward to accomplishing a big project that weekend, and I am finally posting pictures of it!
This is our basement family room, BEFORE. Note the angled walls behind it--this is right underneath the eat-in kitchen's dining area, which is the same shape.
Also in the basement family room, this wall has been covered with boxes ever since we moved in.
When we moved into our new house last May, with hardwood floors and a high ceiling in the living room, one of my first thoughts was how we were going to keep this house from being too NOISY.
Our last house, despite low ceilings and carpet, was bad enough. And not so much because of the kids, but because of MY voice. With kids' bedrooms in the basement and upstairs, I was constantly yelling up
Last week I posted mostly about my formerly-homeschooled teenagers' adjustment to public summer school...but I didn't mention what the rest of us were up to!
To kick things off, since the ground was soft from rain and it wasn't too hot (yet), on Monday and Tuesday Bantam13 and I weeded and mulched ALL the landscaping across the front of our house. It was a huge job I had been dreading doing
As promised...pictures!
Here's the way the schoolroom/office looked for many weeks:
(Too many boxes there containing "J's Office Misc"!)
And now...
Ahh, much better--though still much to be done.
See the little table by the window? I found it at a charity resale shop for a great price. It was exactly what I wanted--not too big, but big enough to seat six if needed. Ideally, I didn't
My husband left first, with all our kids, to deliver them to a friend's house and an Oliver rehearsal. Bantam17 stayed behind to help vacuum, while I touched up the dusting, the bathroom, the mirrors and windows. We had just shown the house a few days earlier, so things were still in pretty good shape. Hey! I have time to Magic Eraser the marks off the basement walls, I bet, before this
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 4/22/2008
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..As promised!!!
Oh, I do wish I could post a picture of the front of the house. It's so pretty. But for security reasons, I shouldn't.
So let's go right on in to the house, shall we? Here's the "eat-in" part of the kitchen:
And here's the view to the right:
That's a half-bath straight ahead, and the formal dining room, which we'll use as a schoolroom/office, through the open doorway to
Thanks, everyone, for all the praises and good wishes on the last post!
As for the house itself...
It's one of the few five-bedroom houses we saw. Since so few are available (or else very expensive), we were mostly looking at four-bedroom houses, with the intention of adding another bedroom in the basement, if there was a den/office on the main level, or adding two rooms in the basement.
Plus,
WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!!!
We didn't have to wait till midnight after all, because their realtor told our realtor tonight that their final decision was not to drop their contingency. So the house is ours--pending the paperwork, of course. We're closing in under 4 weeks. Yikes!
We won't have to move right away, though, since our current home isn't sold yet. The first thing we want to do is have
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 4/14/2008
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Well, we did find a house yesterday... It's smaller, overall, than the other one we liked so well--but we're far more comfortable with the price of this one.
And today we're making an offer.
So this is the day that one second-guesses all day long. Are we doing the right thing? Will the dining area be too crowded? What about with guests? Will the main living area be big enough when we have
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 4/12/2008
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This afternoon, we have someone coming to see our house--for the second time!
Whether they turn into buyers or not, it is very encouraging, in this market, to have a second showing.
The house is in pretty good shape because we just dusted and cleaned bathrooms and all that for the showing we had on Wednesday. But I'll still spend my afternoon touching it up--oh, and hanging pictures in my
Paperwork piling up? Having trouble finding time to sit down and Get Stuff Done?
Try keeping your To-Do items in a handbag, along with a folder containing envelopes, stamps, return address labels, a snack baggie of paper clips, a spare pen, and a few blank notecards.
You can grab it anytime you're headed out somewhere where you might be waiting, or when your spouse is driving (if he's the kind
So yesterday after church and a lovely lunch out with my husband's parents and brother, we looked at a few more houses. We were just going to go straight to the one that we are so interested in, but one thing led to another, and we thought we "might as well go look" at a couple other things on the market.
In-laws and brother loved the one we've picked out. We talked in detail about how we'd
Thanks everyone for all your well-wishing on yesterday's post!
I don't know when I'll have pictures of the new house, but I will share them when I do!
On the financial front, we didn't get very far yesterday--Father Rooster and the loan officer were unable to connect, but hopefully will today.
But on the home front...
The kids were all so motivated yesterday to go through their belongings
Someone is coming this morning to look at our finally somewhat finished, clean-as-we-can-get-it, beautifully manicured and polished home.
And let me tell you, there's nothing like that first phone call to make you realize how many areas of your home still need attention!
Between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. last night, I:
--Magic-Erasered Chicklet's name (written in ink) off her closet door
--cleaned
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 3/27/2008
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Well, our house is officially on the market as of this morning, and I have laundry strewn all over the family room by my rambunctious preschoolers, several nearly-packed boxes of stuff in various rooms, stuff all over that I haven't dealt with because I've been busy cleaning, and generally that "looking-worse-before it-looks-better" thing going.
But hey, our garage is empty (of boxes and
Since last April, we've been hard at work getting our house ready to put on the market. The frustrating thing is...there's always more you can do!
Take our living room, for example. Here's the best I've got for "before" pictures. Note the ugly wallpaper (now removed) and the green walls (now butter tan). Note also the couch position--and the cute children, if you want.
This (below), for
One of my BIG challenges last spring was cleaning out this guest bedroom in our basement--which tends to collect junk! But it was great having a place where I could stash Christmas presents--and wrap them in private--and put things until the next charity could pick them up.
Oh, and we occasionally cleared off the bed for a guest...or even cleaned up the room for a long-term occupant. (We've had
It doesn't make any sense, but I feel all prideful when I read this NY Times article about how Portland is such a great place for food and wine and beer. Twenty years ago I knew plenty of food folks because I worked at Natures, and a lot of the smaller restaurant chefs shopped with us. (Now many of those same folks from Natures are behind New Seasons, a really great local chain.)
But I haven't been a foodie myself for about 12 years, coinciding with the appearance of a certain someone who used to only want to be at restaurants with corn dogs, and now is a vegetarian who doesn't like vegetables, making choosing a restaurant even more interesting.
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The coffee has yet to kick in and I’m a little weirded out by how affected I am by the humidity after the glorious Denver dryness, but, all in all, I’m happy to be back in Portland. The program was fabulous and the people wonderful, but I needed to get back to my own stuff. Dorm rooms don’t really promote a warm environment, you know?
I’m still mulling over the best way to sum up the program because the topics ranged widely over the whole publishing field and I’m not sure that all of it will be that interesting to you. Not to mention if there was a PowerPoint presentation involved and the lights were turned off, I got a serious case of the nods, which is not very conducive to note taking.
I’ve set aside today to get serious with my three-hole-punch to organize my notes into one cohesive whole, so that tomorrow we can launch into the Denver Publishing recap (as well as off-topic discussions on what occurred to me while I was listening to speakers). If you have any questions about the subjects I bring up, or on the program as a whole, please let me know.
Until later then, I must unpack all the stuff I managed to collect in a month’s time. Thank goodness I drove because I hate to think what I would have been charged for trying to get this all on a plane.
If you are in Portland by may come to see my first solo show in this city at The Basil Hallward Gallery in the 3rd floor of Powell's Books (The City of Books). The opening is thursday May 3rd and runs trough the 31st.
My mother has a pumpkin colored bathroom, also! She uses bold greens to offset it. It's very beautiful.Just like yours!
Oh, I'm so glad you can come! I am excited to see you and excited to give you an opportunity to see some of your "old" friends!Taryn
Absolutely GORGEOUS! Congratulations! Organization is like a balm to my soul. May you feel more and more at home with each box unpacked!
Congratulations! The rooms look great =)And good for you on the bold-colored bathroom! I painted my bedroom a deep orange color, and I love how it turned out.
Hi Mama Hen! I love the bathroom color. I was thinking of doing our master bath (the gutting/tiling project that Steve has been working on since January) in an orange-y hue as well. Could you share what the official name of that paint is called? Also, we hope to be in the guest room sometime! Can't beleive it was last Thanksgiving that we got to see you--that was so special. This year we
Wonderful! I love the bathroom colours, and your guest room looks so welcoming too. You ahve all done incredibly well to get so organised so quickly. Have a great weekend!
First of all, I LOVE the pumpkin colored bathroom! It's very warm and inviting. You guys have done an amazing job turning wasted space into living space! Also I love the idea of a lock and key cabinet for gift storage, lol! I hope you guys have a great time visiting and celebrating with friends.Stop by Shore's End when you can to see my new winter layout and learn about a new holiday meme I'll be
Thanks everybody, for delighting in our new space with me!Sarah--The official color name is "Pumpkin Patch"! I can't lay my hands on the swatch right now, though, to tell you what company's color it is. Email me if you end up needing that and I'll maybe have it by then. Or call me! Do you have our new number?So you are homeschooling?? WOW!! Oh, I'd love to chat on the phone with you and
love the pumpkin color! Your house is really shaping up!