Countdown..

The movers are going to move stuff to the house this Wednesday, Veterans day. Looks like I might be aero-bedding it at the apt. through the end of the week.

Next set of photos will also feature stacks of boxes, but here are some updated pics from earlier today. As you can see my new/old oven and dishwasher have been installed....but thats about it so far in the kitchen. The room with the yellow paint is the master bedroom.

Who will live at this address?: Part 2

Errol, the cat. He will be giant one day and unfortunately may no longer fit in the house.

He is stupid loveable and more puppy than cat. I still have reservations about having a cat at all....but he is pretty exceptional.

LIVING ROOM.....I can almost live in it.

EXTERIOR SHOTS

EMPTY BATHROOM

Somehow I ended up with a gutted "master" bathroom.

This was not in the plans, but I found some black mold...

Run over your mail.

Previously at the house there was a mail slot cut into the garage door.

Which means that if you hoped to one day actually use the garage and say even have a remote that would open the garage door upon your arrival home...you would have to drive up, open the door, get out of the car, pick up your mail off the floor of your garage, get back in your car and park.

I did not find this scenario appealing.

A new garage door was installed. I have a remote.

This means that there was no more mail slot.

A new mailbox was put up and will look much more at home once the exterior is painted.

NEW TILE PICS

This 18x18 gray tile now covers the floors in most of the house. I love it.

FOUND #3

Today as Nick began painting the ceiling in the living room we found something awesome.

There is a planter high atop this brick wall in the entry way;

and inside of that planter was a newspaper from 1968.

Palette

Here you can get an idea of the color palette that is developing at the house....

A sampling from Nick's collection of painted Deb pics....

TILE TILE TILE

This past week I finally purchased all the flooring for the house.

Thank you home depot credit card.

Almost 1,000 sq ft of 18x18 gray tile,

54 sq ft of 12x12 white tile,

and 181 sq ft white wash laminate from IKEA.

At this moment the house has NO flooring in it,

it has been cleared out down to the concrete slab,

the "master" bathroom is completely gutted,

and somehow I am feeling better about everything.

FOUND #2

FOUND #1

Things found at the house.

1. Awesome old soap

2. A FOURTH!!! layer of tile in the kitchen!!!!!

House Day 2009

I took this past Friday off from work to have some appointments at the house.

This is what my schedule looked like:

8am-12pm Bug Service

9am Electrician

11am-1pm Garage door service

12pm-3pm Roto Rooter

2pm Furnace Service

2pm ADT installation

At the end of the day I had a new water heater, a new garage door on order, my front and back doors talk when they are opened and closed, several new grounded plugs (including the one for the fridge that had never been grounded!), and I learned that my gas had been turned off.

Who will live at this address?: Part I

Loyal friend and elderly guinea pig, Olli, will hopefully live at this new address.

He is from Los Angeles, CA and moved to Texas with me in a UHAUL. He is approx. 6yrs old. He has recently lost alot of weight and has begun balding; but overall seems pretty stoked for the move.

Least exciting thing I have ever spent money on.

Fancified access to the back of the tub.

PINK ROOM

The second bedroom will from here on out be referred to as the "pink room."

This room not only came with bars on the windows but also with some great ceiling damage; a gift from IKE. The photo above shows the freshly patched ceiling.

Look Ma! No Bars!!!

Major progress finally being seen at 1045 Gardendale. I hired my favorite contractor, Martin Brahm, to remove all of the burglar bars from the house, and do some of the important repairs inside. Also hired someone to grind the stump in the front yard. Here is a before and after shot.

CLOSING....CLOSED.

I closed on 1045 Gardendale today at 4pm.

Handed over my cashier's check, signed way too many papers, and got the keys.

The fun begins now.

No house is truly complete without this....

So I bought it.

It will replace that awesome fixture in the

picture below.

Knobs....

Sorry this may become a bit boring, but for now I am without keys and just itching to get in there; so I am doing some shopping.

I found these knobs on ebay for the hall bathroom.