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Some Work and Some Play

We had a busy weekend. We've been working on finishing the basement. I'd say working hard, but sometimes we go...

Bootleg and a Baby Shower

As an update on our bedroom door crisis..... we purchased 4 doors and 4 new handles for the upstairs. As...

Basement Remodel

So, we decided to remodel the basement. This is the one project we thought we'd never do in this house,...

Deck Stairs Finished

Over the past weekend we were able to finish up our deck stairs as well as put in a temporary...

Deck & Patio Furniture

With the addition of our deck and the warm weather that we are now getting we decided it was time...

Deck Stairs Started

Now that it's finally warm again, I decided it would be a good idea for us to put some stairs...

Cedar Rocking Bench

Lisa came across some plans to build a cedar rocking bench and thought that it would be fun to build...

Kitchen Backsplash Day 1

David took a 1/2 day to work with Dad Slighter on the kitchen. Lisa also gave a hand once she...

Kitchen Sink Installed

Lisa's Dad is in town for the week. He's taking a class over at Calvin. This is great, we get...

Stove & Dishwasher In Place

So, last night David tried to put the new stove in place and when we slided it back we had...

New Kitchen Countertop

We got the counter top in place today. It took a while and a good bit of patience, but it...

New Cabinets Installed

YEAH! So, today the cabinet installers came to install our new cabinets. They started around 9am and were finished by...

New Kitchen Wall Color

Ok, we finally got rid of the pink primer. The pictures aren't the best representation of the new color, it...

It's Not Pink!

Before we get too far into this post let me say one thing IT'S NOT PINK! Ok, with that out...

New Cabinets Arrived

Our cabinets have arrived! Sad news is that 2 were slightly damaged and needed to be reordered. Which means that...

New Kitchen Ceiling

We've got a ceiling again!!! We hired a guy to do the drywall work so that we could not only...

Kitchen Wiring

Last night was a long night. We finished up all of the work that needed to get done before the...

Kitchen Ceiling Gone

Well, we tried to figure out the best way to run the new electrical lines needed for the kitchen remodling...

Kitchen Remodeling Started

We started the kitchen remodeling by tearing out the old cabinets and the soffit. We had Nate and Jill over...

Last Windows Installed

We had the last of our windows installed today. We also had one window in the kitchen replaced with a...

Crown Molding

David finally sold his monstrosity of a stereo and now as we look at our family room, it looks very...

Master Bedroom

Well, we finally found a bedroom set (comforter & sheets) that Lisa absolutely loved. We also managed to find the...

June 2004

Lisa's parents came out to visit us for a week this June! David was still on short-term disability from work,...

Week 1 In The House

Well this is the end of week 1 in our house. We've managed to get some stuff done, but not...

Moved In!

We moved today!!! With a lot of help from a bunch of friends we packed up the apartment in just...

Home Ownership

Now starts the work of home ownership. We started bringing boxes over to the house as well as some tools....

House Keys

We got the keys to our house today!!! We met our realtor after work and picked up our keys and...

Home Inspection

Last night we had the home inspection. It went very smoothly and the house is in really good condition for...

Accepted Offer

We have an accepted offer on the house we like!!! We will be doing a home inspection on the 29th...

House Hunting

We met with our real estate agent today! Yep, that's right we are looking for a house. We're pretty excited...