6 posts tagged “house”
I better post these while I'm thinking about it. My friend Val asked to see more picture of the house. You can probably guess the layout of the house from them. When taking the picture of the living room doorway into the kitchen (the pic with the wine rack), I was standing almost in the same place I was when I took a picture of the tree in the previous post.
Some seasonal pics of the "bungalow." Those books on the shelves behind Vala? ALL COOKBOOKS. Yeah, we have a problem. heh. Heimdall couldn't stay out of the picture for two seconds, but we love that about him.
As long as I stay heavily dosed with Dayquil Cough Formula, I appear fairly normal. Unless I have to exert myself or talk alot. Then all bets are off and I'm a coughing fool. It didn't slow me down, though.
Managed to go out furniture shopping before all my energy abandoned me and we found leather living room furniture we could both live with. It's sort of a cinnamony leather with very firm cusions. Sofa, chair and ottoman and chaise. I love the chaise. We opted for that rather than the loveseat. Wolfie wanted them all, but I had to talk him down with the reminder that the living room just isn't that big. Wanted a slate-top coffee table we saw under the clearance tent as we went in the store, but when we went back to get the tag off of it, it was sold. :( We settled for an oak gametable top coffee table. Checkers and Backgammon! It'll be fun!
The old leather furniture will go down to the basement in the "entertainment" room. Ha! I never thought I'd have a real Entertainment Room. The rest of the basement got planned, as well. A guest room, a commercial/health dept. approved kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, ENTERTAINMENT ROOM, and the front two rooms with hardwood floors will be service for our Supper Club we have planned. I totally psyched!
The icky, smelly, nasty-ass carpet finally got pulled up this weekend. God, it was gross! We now have concrete floors with dried carpet glue on them, but believe me...that's SO MUCH BETTER.
We found what we think are the original wooden and glass doors that go on the front of the built-in bookcases in the house. The measurements match up at least and I think we can make them work, even if that wasn't their original purpose. We thought they were windows that swung open, but now really believe they were glass doors for these bookcases (the ones that divide the living and dining rooms).
We are so not ready to have a housewarming party, but about 20 people have already RSVP'd so it's a go next weekend and we'll just tell everyone to use their imaginations and tell them what we plan to do. LOL!
Oh, and we have these uber cool windows on the ends of the front porch that swing open, and we cleaned and polished them up today and I cannot believe how much brighter it makes the porch feel!
The last thing we did was hang three doors we found in the basement in the furnace room. One off the kitchen into the hall upstairs and the other two downstairs. I cannot wait to get the basement redone into a livable space! And I don't think it's going to take all that much. I'm hoping it will be our winter project this year.
So, that's all the boring house shit for now. I'm really loving the place and so glad we moved down here. Friday night, driving to this cool jazz bar/seafood restaurant for dinner only ten minutes from the house was awesome! Central Denver rocks!
Here a few pics of the interior of our insanity project. I hate them, but what do you expect from a disposable camera? yes, my SLR was packed off somewhere, thanks to Wolfie's ingenious packing methods, and I couldn't find it. There will be better ones soon, as I have subliminally (THIS IS WHAT I WANT DUDE) told him to get me a digital camera for my upcoming birthday. *g*