House Stupid

Red Door New Light Fixture

2010-06-08T19:44:00.000-07:00

We love our door. We went with Red Ink from Dunn Edwards after trying both the Red Ink and Red Contrast. We added a light fixture that has the same 9 lite panel as our windows! Next is putting up the plaque with the address numbers.

Christmas Morning

2010-06-06T17:00:00.000-07:00

The Mister and I woke up to a wonderful surprise. The front of the house was painted! According to Pablo, our house has been stopping traffic all morning and everyone that walks by compliments the color. Our neighbor from across the street that we had not yet met came over to tell us how much he loved it. And it turns out that our next door neighbors who started out pretty apprehensive about "my

Painting Progress

2010-06-05T14:28:00.000-07:00

Here is the progress so far on the house. We went with our first pick, Enchanted Eve. They have done the back and one side of the house. Below are pictures of the progress so far. I love it!

Pablo Picasso

2010-06-05T10:30:00.000-07:00

We have our very own Pablo Picasso here in the Los Angeles area. His name is Pablo, Pablo Soto, and he is amazing. Our siding looked like it had been through a hurricane and back. Pablo took a look a it and said, "I can make it look nice." He said all it needed was a little love. According to our mailman, our house had not been painted in the 29 years he has been delivering mail in our

Painting The Town Red

2010-05-31T12:14:00.000-07:00

We are finally getting the house painted. All the homes in the neighborhood are painted the current color we have on our house except for the one across the street. We decided to have fun and go with color on ours. We are having a tough time deciding between these colors from Dunn Edwards. In the first picture on the far left if Turbulent Sea DE5803, the one on the right is Mica Creek DE5823

And Then There Was a Light Fixture

2010-05-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

We have this amazing Milk Glass fixture that came with the house. We had been dying to get our hands on it. When we re-painted the kitchen, we decided to spruce it up. When the Mister took down the fixture he realized it was in need of some desperate re-wiring. It looked like a fire hazard. So he re-wired and I cleaned up the caked on white paint. The Mister did an excellent job and I fell in

We're Baaack!

2010-05-18T13:40:00.001-07:00

We have been absent for a long time. But it was only because we needed a break from the house. So we took a long sabbatical and actually enjoyed living in our house and not doing much else. We have been entertaining and having friends over and just enjoying life. But now we are back. Since our last update we have done a few things around the house. We painted our kitchen, hung some curtains in

2009-12-08T18:45:00.000-08:00

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2009-12-08T18:42:00.000-08:00

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Curtains for you.

2009-12-08T18:21:00.001-08:00

Curtains

2009-12-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

After Curtains

2009-12-07T19:13:00.000-08:00

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Before Curtains

2009-12-07T19:10:00.000-08:00

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Canister Lights

2009-11-04T12:39:00.000-08:00

Adding canister lights in kitchen for a more streamlined look! Our central air/heat got connected and works. Yay, now I can take a shower and not be freezing when I get out!Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Loose Ends

2009-10-29T09:09:00.000-07:00

So if you check below we had a leak when we returned from our trip. And I don't know if you are keeping up but our contractors are a son and father team. We started the project with Jehovany and then he brought on his dad. But basically through most of the project we've been dealing mainly with Don Jesse ( the father). Jehovany came by the other day with Bill. Now Bill is the guy that

Check Check Check

2009-10-26T21:12:00.000-07:00

Load of laundry? CHECKGrilled whole chicken with an arugula strawberry mint salad? CHECKA good movie on the tube? CHECKCouldn't be happier!Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Washer Dryer

2009-10-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

This is the washer and dryer home when they are not in use!Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Washer Dryer

2009-10-26T17:13:00.000-07:00

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Take A Load Off

2009-10-26T17:09:00.000-07:00

So our power finally got turned on this past Thursday. That means we finally get to use the washer and dryer. After reading the instructions, (yes I do that) we had to do a test run on them before we put a load in. The machine itself is a tank. Tonight we are doing something I have been dreaming about for years. We are popping in a movie, eating dinner in front of the tv while we have a load

Thank You

2009-10-26T17:04:00.000-07:00

I wanted to say thank you to my mom and dad who gave us a wonderful housewarming present, AKA appliances. We absolutely love our kitchen and it is so nice to have appliances that work and that are pretty fantastic. We were living in a place where the appliances weren't ours and not only were they not ours? They never really worked. The fridge never kept the food cold and the oven had a mind of

Opposite kitchen view

2009-10-26T17:02:00.000-07:00

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Kitchen stove view

2009-10-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

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Kitchen Update

2009-10-26T16:52:00.001-07:00

I just realized I had not posted in a while and our kitchen is pretty much done. I wanted to post some pics to show you how it turned out. All there is left to do in there is to seal the floors which we will do once we no longer have people working in the house, add window coverings, and touch up some paint. Oh and our contractor is switching out some of out lighting in the kitchen. Oh, Oh and we

Kitchen Shots

2009-10-26T16:44:00.000-07:00

Cabinets with knobs and pulls!Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile