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jillithianTwo things that are making me smile:
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I am about a third of the way done with Thank You cards. My hands hurt, though. I hope the pictures from Coborns turn out ok. Some photoshopping must have been done for the super-sweet slideshow DVD, but I don't think they were done to the real pictures on the photo dvd. So, hopefully that one turned out ok.
Tim took me to see the house he and Scott bought. It's definitely an oldie, but still a good one. At first I was incredibly nervous to go in there (it's 140 years old!) and I still wouldn't want to be in there alone at night, but after I figured out the original layout of the house and it became more homey in my mind's eye, I got less frightened by it.
Yes, old buildings can freak me out sometimes. I am a wuss.
So, walking through the place, I figured out the original layout. I don't know what kind of crack the last owners were on when they renovated, though. As in, they cut a hole in the wall of the dining room to put in the front door and the original front door (which is now in a "bedroom") now opens to pink insulation. No, I'm not joking. I was confused by this small room to the side with built in cupboards until I realized it was the original kitchen. When you step into the new kitchen from the former-dining-room-now-living-room, you can definitely tell a difference in "aura". Seriously. Call me a freak, but you can definitely relax more in the new kitchen. The original part of the house is brick and the added on part has wood siding. The new kitchen has brick siding on the south side and wood siding on the north side. Strange. When we were in the backyard, I noticed that there is a brick chimney sticking out of the wood siding side, but there's no fireplace inside. The chimney is behind a wall in the water-heater closet. Strange. And a flowerbed in the backyard is in what looks to be an old bathtub or sink. In the ground. The garage doesn't have garage doors anymore. Instead its been walled up and a closet was installed. There's also a pot-belly woodstove in the garage now. Brand new shed, though, and a nice big double lot. (or, lot and a half). The house next-door is also a 140 yr old brick house, but unfortunately had a fire in it a year or so ago and the old woman who lived there went into an assisted living facility. That house has "unsafe to occupy" signs on it, but the nice lady across the street said that squatters had been in and out regardless. She also said the house was now being donated to a church. *shrug* I like stories. :)
Tim got it for a very good deal, and once the wiring is updated (and so is the plaster) and working lightbulbs installed, I'll be eager to help fix the place up. For now, old worn-down house with many light-switches that aren't turning lights on freaks this wuss out. I think the original kitchen could become an office quite easily. Just need to fill the hole in the wall where the sink used to be and get some plug-ins in there. It already has a window overlooking a garden. The "new" kitchen is in pretty good shape. The appliances are about as old as I am, but the cupboards are in better shape than the ones at my last apartment. The bathroom (only bathroom) is in the wood siding part of the house and probably needs the least amount of work. The front porch needs to be removed entirely as it is already falling off on one end.
I think my dilemma is at what stage should we stop updating the house? It is currently livable right now (but I wouldn't live in it willingly). I don't know how much they will be updating it. If I were to live in it, I'd update some things that probably don't need updating, like putting full windows in the brick window holes instead of standard size windows with wood filling in where they aren't big enough. But the current windows were recently added so they are new and fine. And I'd want newer appliances, but it looks like the fridge and stove both work and they are white, which is better than my current avocado colored stove in my own homw.
Even Tim is wussy at times. heh. There's an attic in the wood-siding part of the house, but he didn't want to open it, either. ;)
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uvaspinaI am about a third of the way done with Thank You cards. My hands hurt, though. I hope the pictures from Coborns turn out ok. Some photoshopping must have been done for the super-sweet slideshow DVD, but I don't think they were done to the real pictures on the photo dvd. So, hopefully that one turned out ok.
Tim took me to see the house he and Scott bought. It's definitely an oldie, but still a good one. At first I was incredibly nervous to go in there (it's 140 years old!) and I still wouldn't want to be in there alone at night, but after I figured out the original layout of the house and it became more homey in my mind's eye, I got less frightened by it.
Yes, old buildings can freak me out sometimes. I am a wuss.
So, walking through the place, I figured out the original layout. I don't know what kind of crack the last owners were on when they renovated, though. As in, they cut a hole in the wall of the dining room to put in the front door and the original front door (which is now in a "bedroom") now opens to pink insulation. No, I'm not joking. I was confused by this small room to the side with built in cupboards until I realized it was the original kitchen. When you step into the new kitchen from the former-dining-room-now-living-room, you can definitely tell a difference in "aura". Seriously. Call me a freak, but you can definitely relax more in the new kitchen. The original part of the house is brick and the added on part has wood siding. The new kitchen has brick siding on the south side and wood siding on the north side. Strange. When we were in the backyard, I noticed that there is a brick chimney sticking out of the wood siding side, but there's no fireplace inside. The chimney is behind a wall in the water-heater closet. Strange. And a flowerbed in the backyard is in what looks to be an old bathtub or sink. In the ground. The garage doesn't have garage doors anymore. Instead its been walled up and a closet was installed. There's also a pot-belly woodstove in the garage now. Brand new shed, though, and a nice big double lot. (or, lot and a half). The house next-door is also a 140 yr old brick house, but unfortunately had a fire in it a year or so ago and the old woman who lived there went into an assisted living facility. That house has "unsafe to occupy" signs on it, but the nice lady across the street said that squatters had been in and out regardless. She also said the house was now being donated to a church. *shrug* I like stories. :)
Tim got it for a very good deal, and once the wiring is updated (and so is the plaster) and working lightbulbs installed, I'll be eager to help fix the place up. For now, old worn-down house with many light-switches that aren't turning lights on freaks this wuss out. I think the original kitchen could become an office quite easily. Just need to fill the hole in the wall where the sink used to be and get some plug-ins in there. It already has a window overlooking a garden. The "new" kitchen is in pretty good shape. The appliances are about as old as I am, but the cupboards are in better shape than the ones at my last apartment. The bathroom (only bathroom) is in the wood siding part of the house and probably needs the least amount of work. The front porch needs to be removed entirely as it is already falling off on one end.
I think my dilemma is at what stage should we stop updating the house? It is currently livable right now (but I wouldn't live in it willingly). I don't know how much they will be updating it. If I were to live in it, I'd update some things that probably don't need updating, like putting full windows in the brick window holes instead of standard size windows with wood filling in where they aren't big enough. But the current windows were recently added so they are new and fine. And I'd want newer appliances, but it looks like the fridge and stove both work and they are white, which is better than my current avocado colored stove in my own homw.
Even Tim is wussy at times. heh. There's an attic in the wood-siding part of the house, but he didn't want to open it, either. ;)
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Date: 2006-06-01 12:01 am (UTC)