tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37381692017647115232024-02-02T12:16:37.782-08:00We Pray to the Snow GodsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-83927283687284191712014-05-23T11:45:00.000-07:002014-05-23T11:45:00.768-07:00Moving...AgainAnd....here we go again!<br />
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After less than 8 months living in Idaho, Scott and I are on the road again!<br />
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Due to the closure of the company I worked for, we made the decision to sell our house in the beautiful Sandpoint, Idaho. When one door closes, the other one opens - we can't wait to see what our next door and adventure will be!<br />
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When the house was purchased, we fully intended to nearly gut it and do an extensive remodel including removal of walls and altering the layout. Because of time and money constraints, when I lost my job, we did a remodel that kept the same layout, but updated all the necessary components.<br />
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Here are a few AFTER pictures - before pictures to come!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-59343525941841235652013-10-07T21:17:00.000-07:002013-10-11T13:14:29.810-07:00And... We have a new house!That's right! Scott and I closed on October 2nd on a house in Sandpoint, ID! The movers dropped our stuff off on Friday and since then it has been a whirlwind. We are not even close to being unpacked and settled. And in the back of my mind with each box we unpack, I know it is something we are going to have to deal with when we remodel.<br />
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Yet again, we purchased an out dated fixer upper! The difference this time is we picked a fixer upper on a gorgeous 8 acres!</div>
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Meet our new home!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-52277541863103072002013-09-27T22:17:00.000-07:002013-10-11T13:13:37.306-07:00Goodbye Denver!<div>
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In a little under 2 years, the house went through a major transformation. My husband is pretty dang amazing!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-27381714368173201592013-08-01T16:14:00.001-07:002013-08-01T16:14:58.776-07:00Big Changes!So much has happened that I don't even know where to start!<br />
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The first big news that Scott and I have is that we are MOVING! Yes, that is right! I quit my job and we are taking an adventure to Idaho! We are so excited and couldn't be more happy with our decision.<br />
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Since we are moving, that means we are selling our house. Man oh man have we been able to accomplish so many things now that I'm not working. Scott's dad also came down to help us prep the house as well. Our goal is to have it on the market on August 8th so we can start our next adventure.<br />
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The biggest change we made so far is to install granite into the kitchen. It was the one project our realtor said we had to do (because of the neighborhood we live in) so we ordered some!<br />
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We also did all sorts of little projects including refresh painting doors, hinges, and our vanity. We also installed 2 new light fixtures and 2 fans to replace our brass fixtures.<br />
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One of my favorite easy projects was painting our door. We had a dark purple door and with the ORB hardware, it just didn't look good. So we painted it red! It is so cheery and fun and I think will be a great welcome to any potential buyers.<br />
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We are on our last big project to make our 8/8 listing date deadline. Scott and his dad are working on tiling our kitchen. We replaced all the floors on the main level with new wood floors, but had held off on this room so we could pick between tile or slate. Well, since we are moving, we are going with generic and buyer friendly, so we picked tile.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-51771053643251184272013-06-03T18:00:00.000-07:002013-06-03T18:00:01.730-07:00Spring with the Wilcox'sSpring in Colorado always means it's time to get back outside. And boy have we ever! It's so nice being able to sit outside, eat outside, lounge with the dogs outside, etc. <br />
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And the boys have been taking advantage of the warmer weather as well!<br />
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I think we are "that family" on the block. You know, the one where everyone talks about behind their hands? Yep. It's GOT to be us because the boys have taken up to fishing...on the golf course...with the golfers. <br />
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They hike themselves out there, get in to the water in their chest wadders, and proceed to catch and release fish almost every night. They're silly! I'm just waiting for the day when I get some sort of complaint! <br />
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On other news, I threw a bridal shower with the other bridesmaid for my friend that is getting married in Seattle this summer. It was a blast! I flew in for the weekend and we frantically got everyhting ready. The party came out absolutely wonderfully thanks to the help of all the girls and the brides mom! <br />
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The party was shoe themed due to the brides love of shoes! Here are a few pictures!<br />
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Fast forward about 6 months, and Baker came home with us. After a couple of accidental times when he slipped his way off his cable system in the backyard, we'd find him running madly around the golf course about 3 holes up. After one too many escapes, we decided it was finally time to build a fence. And then winter came and we had to wait. It seemed as if each time we went to get materials to start building, a snow storm would come. Finally in April, we figured it would be time to build the fence, seeing as how it's spring and all. But nope. Mother nature had other plans. We were hit with 7 snow storms since March 1st, each preventing our much wanted fence from being built. And despite our 80+ degree weekend, we have another one on the way tomorrow.<br />
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Despite all the set backs, the boys FINALLY were able to get the fence complete!<br />
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The dogs are happy. The humans are happy. Everyone is happy! The fence was finished just in time for our BBQ this upcoming weekend to celebrate my graduation. That's right, I am officially graduating from college! 4 schools, 2 states and 6 years is all it took to earn 2 bachelors degrees ;-)<br />
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Better late than never!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-29944868301497524702013-03-18T07:47:00.002-07:002013-03-18T08:02:39.169-07:00New Fridge!Phew. I really am a bad blogger. I can't even remember the last time I posted something. But, I realized I haven't had a whole lot of a house related things to post about. We ended up basically taking the winter off from doing any projects as we spend all of our time snowboarding. Now that the weather is getting nicer, we are getting back into the remodeling mood.<br />
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On Saturday, Scott and I were running errands and ended up over by the Sears Outlet (our favorite appliance shop EVER!). Since we were so close, we decided to stop in with no plans of buying anything. We like to browse and keep and eye on their deals so when the right price is available, we can buy it. Well, turns out our fridge that we had wanted was the right price this weekend. We have a KitchenAid range and dishwasher and knew we wanted to stay with the brand as we have been so happy with them so far. Sears never seems to get many KitchenAid appliances into the outlet, so we figured we'd have to pay full price.<br />
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We lucked out! Nestled in between rows and rows of fridges, we found the KitchenAid we have been looking for! With a 29 cubic feet and a list price of $2,900, we would have never been able to get a new fridge had it not been from the outlet.<br />
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Some other random things that have happened in the months since we I last posted...<br />
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We got a new rug for the family room and my mom passed us down a wonderful set of furniture! Ignore how dirty the rug looks in the picture...it was new and still shedding!<br />
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Scott's best friend moved in with us from Washington. Meet Russ!<br />
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We got a TON of snow...over and over and over again.<br />
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My mom came and visited. We walked around Red Rocks and it was absolutely gorgeous!<br />
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Scott's mom, sister, brother in law and their kids came and visited for almost 2 weeks over New Years. We spent most of the time up in the mountains. <br />
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Scott and I went home to Seattle for a visit in January and made some new friends...<br />
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and I got to catch up with my baby brother.<br />
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It's been a busy few months! We are excited to get going on some of our spring projects now that the weather is (almost) getting nicer!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-28218140747794164502012-12-12T07:42:00.003-08:002012-12-12T07:51:07.430-08:00Happy 2 Year Anniversary!I can't believe it's been 2 years since Scott and I were married in Sun Valley. To this day, it has been one of the greatest trips I've ever taken. Even though our wedding was small (40 people) it was perfect in every way. Now for a trip down (picture) memory lane...<br />
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Our first look at the <a href="http://www.sunvalley.com/golf/clubhouse/" target="_blank">Sun Valley Club</a>:<br />
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To this day, I can't get over how grateful Scott and I are that so many people traveled such a distance to share our special day. Everyone that attended and has supported us reminds us of how much love we have in our lives. Thank you to everyone that attended in person and attended in spirit! <br />
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After the wedding, we were even featured in Sun Valley Magazine. Here is the link to the online article: <a href="http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Blogs/Hitched/Fall-2010/Scott-amp-Lindsay/">http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Blogs/Hitched/Fall-2010/Scott-amp-Lindsay/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-38582563829146755872012-11-19T14:34:00.002-08:002012-11-19T14:38:48.029-08:00My Weekend in PicturesWe actually accomplished quite a bit this weekend on the house. So instead of showing pictures of that, I will show pictures of everything BUT the house. I'm just that way sometimes.<br />
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Friday, I stayed home sick. I must have ate something bad because there was no way I was making it too far from my house (or a bathroom!). TMI? <br />
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By Saturday afternoon, I felt IMMENSELY better. We had plans with our friends to celebrate my birthday and another friend of ours that is on the same day, so we ventured out for that. My stomach issues earned me the title of DD for the night. There are worse things in life. The bar we went to had GIANT JENGA made out of 2x4's. Scott officially decided he is making a set for our backyard. <br />
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Mom - you can "meet" my friends. I labeled all their names in the 2nd picture for you :-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I am washing my hands in that picture. Bree came in and decided she wanted a picture in Kaela's bathroom RIGHT THEN! </td></tr>
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On Sunday, I went shopping with Kaela. While we were at Target, we found the most FANTASTIC sweaters. Dog sweaters, that is. We both purchased one for 2 of our pooches. Doesn't Baker just look SO handsome?<br />
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Baker was in an exceptionally photogenic mood last night. I think it was the sweater. While I was doing my homework on the floor next to the bed (that's where my bright lamp is) Chewy and him decided they wanted many pictures taken of them.</div>
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Then they were wrestling.<br />
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After I told them to look CUTER - I got this gem.</div>
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Don't be fooled by those cute, innocent faces. Those 2 are double trouble. You can't see in the picture, but Kaya is under the covers behind Baker. She wants no part in the wrestling and would much rather be under blankets sleeping. <br />
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Vail Resorts has a really neat program called <a href="http://www.epicmix.com/" target="_blank">Epic Mix</a>. The program essentially turns your season pass into a loyalty card (like a grocery store) and "tracks" what you do. You can see how many vertical feet you traveled in a day, how many lifts and which runs you rode on. There are also photographers stationed all over the mountain that take pictures of you and your group that link back to your pass. Last year, each picture was $19.95 to purchase (ouch!) This year, they have a new package that for $30, you get the digital file of unlimited pictures for the season! Needless to say, I thought that $30 was well worth it! <br />
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This past weekend, we went up to Keystone again. This time, we stayed overnight on Friday night in River Run Village so we were first on the mountain. We ended up only riding for a few runs because it was SO packed. No fun at all! After I got pushed over by a nasty skier and had the wind knocked out of me, we realized it was time to drink wine and sit in the hot tub instead :-) Scott was talking to ski patrol and was told that the resort expected over 6,000 people to be on the mountain riding the one run. Eek! We are taking a snowboarding break until Keystone opens another lift. <br />
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I spent Sunday working on the upstairs guest bathroom. I will hopefully have some reveal pictures very soon! It looks like a <em>completely</em> different space already. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-22494702664232837382012-11-04T15:29:00.001-08:002012-11-04T15:29:40.424-08:00Living Room Progress!I'm SO excited for the progress in the living room. I will let the pictures tell the story.<br />
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I am still deciding if that rug is the "right" one, but we already had it so it's certainly good for right now. We keep changing around the pillow combinations, too. The end tables that are black will be painted the creamy white color that the dining room table is (probably). The mirror that is set up behind one of the wing back chairs will be hung horizontally on that wall over the chairs. <br />
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We are making progress!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-19835836042565471282012-11-01T09:08:00.001-07:002012-11-01T09:08:15.204-07:00Happy Halloween!Being as this was Scott and my first year in our new house, we had no idea what Halloween would be like as far as trick or treaters. When I was at the grocery store one day, I grabbed a bag of Tootsie Pops to have on hand "just in case" some showed up. The night before Halloween, Scott decided that was unacceptable. "No kids like Tootsie Pops." So back the store we went where he picked out 5 bags of <em>other</em> candy. His assumption was that he would get it all when we nobody came to our house.<br />
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Scott called me frantically at 5:45 when I was on my way home from work because of the sheer number of kids wandering around our neighborhood. He witnessed a giant SUV come and unload almost 10 kids and a van do the same right behind him. It wasn't even dark yet!<br />
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Our candy lasted until 7. In less than 1 hour, we went through 6 bags. For fear of our house being egged, we turned out all the lights and went and met some friends for dinner and drinks. Let's just say I'll be buying multiple bags from Costco next year!<br />
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Every year we dress the puppies up. Scott refused to let me buy a costume for Baker, so he went au naturale. When we were taking puppy pictures, I think he started to regret his choice. Maybe he learned his lesson so I can get Baker a costume next year.<br />
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On a very sad note about my pictures, I took some AWESOME shots of the dogs. They were so cute. Then when I went to put my SD card into my computer, the card slot was empty. My damn camera never once mentioned this to me during the 25+ shots I took. Canon FAIL! So we had to snap some temporary pictures on our iPhones, so excuse the quality.<br />
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Aren't they just the cutest??? :-)<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-28427172137728956772012-10-29T07:53:00.001-07:002012-10-29T07:53:52.979-07:00This past weekend, Scott's mom came into town for a short "hello" visit. It was great, but like all trips, the end came way too fast. I asked Jeanette for some help in my living room. I had the 2 chairs I bought from Target and my 2 project wing back chairs, but hadn't been able to put this look together. We spent all day Sunday trying to find the right accessories like rugs, end tables and lamps to hopefully make the space work. <br />
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We had a really good game plan and things were coming along nicely. Until I went to World Market. The second I went in the door, I knew why the living room wasn't visually working in my space. <em>I had the wrong chairs</em>. In fact, I really didn't want 4 chairs, but wanted a couch/love seat and 2 chairs. <br />
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Meet <a href="http://www.worldmarket.com/product/oyster-harper-banquette.do?from=Search&cx=0" target="_blank">Harper</a>. <br />
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I don't know if I've ever loved a piece of furniture like I've loved this couch. And I knew the second I saw it, I had to have it. All of a sudden my room started coming together!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-4546711829361016652012-10-26T10:32:00.000-07:002012-10-26T10:32:52.044-07:00I Just Found...I think I may have found something that makes me more excited then I have been in a long time. <br />
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I need to back up a little bit. Awhile back, I did a post about some granite transformation paint that I was going to try in the <a href="http://wepraytothesnowgods.blogspot.com/2012/08/bathroom-redo-ideas.html" target="_blank">upstairs guest bathroom</a>. The bathroom is rarely used and I figured that it would be an inexpensive way to update the room. I had plans to have Scotty lay some economical tile down there, change some fixtures, and call it good. Unfortunately, Scotty has requested that I find some projects that don't require him to do everything. So alas, I was on to finding an alternative for the bathroom floor. I've been forbidden from using power tools. It's a house rule. And I haven't ever earned the ban. But whatever. So I was Googling the other day and heard about this vinyl wood flooring. Now I LOVE wood floors. I prefer them over any other types, especially dark and rustic ones (like we laid in our downstairs). The big rule is to never put laminate in bathrooms so I never even thought of wood in there. Some GENIUS out there created vinyl wood plank flooring. It's a peel and stick tile that you lay right over your current floor. I am seriously stopping at Home Depot on the way home to pick up a box of this stuff.<br />
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Would you even believe me that the picture above is vinyl and not actual wood? How unbelievably cool. I'm not too worried about longevity of the product, either, because truly, the bathroom only gets used when we have people in from out of town. The reviews I'm reading do appear to say that the product holds up well, but that is just an added bonus if it does happen.<br />
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I found <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/Flooring-Vinyl-Flooring-Resilient-Flooring-Resilient-Vinyl-Planks/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbzjz/R-100595232/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051#BVRRWidgetID" target="_blank">this</a> great product at Home Depot that I can't wait to see in person. And the grand total it will cost to do the floor? About $50. Can't beat that!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-76401147102604383082012-10-06T18:10:00.001-07:002012-10-06T18:10:10.673-07:00Art on the WallsThis afternoon, I dedicated a half hour to getting some art hung on the walls. I started in the guest bedroom. I found these great, vintage skiing posters on eBay and thought they'd be perfect in the room. <br />
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Each of the posters is a special place to Scott and I. One is from Sun Valley, Idaho where we were married and the other is Stevens Pass, Washington where we did the majority of our riding and had our first date. We are still looking for Mt. Baker, Washington where Scott grew up and Breckenridge or Keystone, Colorado, which are our new mountains.<br />
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I also did some art re-arranging. I had this piece hanging in our family room, but really didn't love it there. I moved it to the upstairs hallway and look it much more now that I don't have to look at it constantly. <br />
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In it's place I hung 2 of the 4 animals canvases. I still have to make 1 each for Chewy and Baker. Once I do, I'll hang them above the 2 that are already there, making a square.<br />
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Maybe tomorrow I'll actually do some of the work I had intentions of doing today. :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-84128624474281995882012-10-05T10:34:00.002-07:002012-10-05T10:34:16.618-07:00Snow!We woke up this morning to our first snow of the season! It was just a dusting and nothing exciting at all. I didn't take a picture at all, but here is one I found on the news website that looked like my back porch.<br />
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It looks like it is time to bring the patio furniture in! Oh but wait. Maybe it's not! It looks like we are back up to 70 on Monday. Only in Denver will you see swings like that!<br />
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I've decided that this weekend is an all work, no fun weekend. I've been slacking on finishing up some small projects. The small (but seemingly huge) project that I keep avoiding MOST is finishing our banister. The whole thing is primed and just needs it's paint and polyurethane to be completed. After that (or while coats are drying) I'm going to finish painting the 3rd guest bedroom. We are leaving that room blank minus some paint to use when we need the room for blow up beds. <br />
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Hopefully my camera and I will get some fun shots this weekend to share early next week. Happy Friday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-82254351016492338212012-09-29T17:09:00.000-07:002012-09-29T17:13:52.512-07:00New ChairsThe living room chairs were delivered Thursday and I put one together last night and the other this morning. I decided to wait over night to make sure before I took the time to assemble the second one.<br />
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I've decided I love them! And I got check off approval by my assistant house decorators.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We also finished the upholstery on the dining room chairs. I absolutely love how they turned out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chairs - $41 from </span><a href="http://denver.craigslist.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Craigslist</span></a></div>
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Fast forward a few days, we discovered there is a camera store by our house going out of business. We decided that if they had the camera I wanted, we'd buy it. If not, we'd return the one I had been using and wait until another date to buy my "dream" camera. I'm telling you, it had to be fate. We walk into the store and they only have 1. They had two cameras that were body only of the model I wanted, but I decided I liked the kit lens the bundle came with.<br />
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We didn't buy it right that moment because I wanted to actually think about the decision. I didn't expect the camera to be there, so I was caught slightly off guard. I also wanted to make sure their price was in fact fantastic.<br />
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Turns out, it was. But even better, the prices dropped the next morning. I went running up there on my lunch and purchased this bad boy. I absolutely LOVE him. Love, love, LOVE. It is even BETTER than the XSI I was using. And what's even better is we got a slamming deal on him!<br />
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And just for some random fun, Baker has been home almost 2 weeks. This is his new favorite hobby.<br />
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Cute, right? Only not so much. He drips ALL over the floor.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-91456759115787747702012-09-24T11:49:00.000-07:002012-09-24T11:49:03.857-07:00Gallery WallMost of the weekend I spent dying from accidental gluten intake. Let me just tell you, if I had any temptation of ever wanting to cheat, I am completely over that now. Worst. Pain. Ever. Ok, probably not EVER. But it really did suck. It was about 3 days of miserable-ness. On Sunday, I was finally feeling like doing something somewhat productive. I worked for awhile on stripping the buffet. That is turning into quite a process. I am now on to the legs and other curvy parts which is much harder to scrape then the flat surfaces.<br />
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Other exciting news - we hung our gallery wall! We had a bunch of random frames we've collected over the years that we wanted something to do with. We don't really have any surfaces to put frames on, so we decided to make a collage, gallery wall. A lot of the frames are empty still, but here is a general idea of what we've done:<br />
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Templeton (the deer) is my favorite part! And the ampersand. I have a slight addiction to ampersands. We also (finally) reupholstered the chairs. We had the fabric and the seats all ready to go but hadn't got around to them. I realized that the picture of the completed chair is on the other camera! Boo! I will post those soon. I LOVE them. <br />
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I ordered some living room chairs (the floral ones won!) and will get those delivered on Thursday. After that, it's on to couch shopping for the living room. It feels so good to finally have some rooms coming together!<br />
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PS - Meaghan Dunklee - do you see those empty frames? FIX IT!! To anyone awesome out there reading my blog, go check out my friend's side business - <a href="http://www.exlibrisjournals.com/" target="_blank">Ex Libris Journals</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/exlibrispaperdesigns" target="_blank">Ex Libris Paper Designs</a>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-46735568290935553262012-09-18T07:07:00.001-07:002013-10-01T14:11:00.906-07:00Puppy!My apologies for my absence. Luckily, you haven't missed anything <i>too </i>exciting in the Wilcox household. We painted one of our extra spare bedrooms and picked up some Craigslist furniture. I have 2 more bedrooms to paint (including the master) and then we are ready to start our 1/2 bath remodel.<br>
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We are working on stripping the buffet we purchased off Craigslist. It's a hot mess right now. The people who we purchased from did a horrible job painting it (lucky for us). They did absolutely no prep work so the paint is peeling off. We are attempting to see if we can get the paint off so we can stain it (ideal) rather than repaint it. This lovely couple (they really were nice even if they were furniture refinishing challenged) also happened to have 2 dining room chairs that looked like ours. They weren't for sale, but I think they got sick of me dropping the not so subtle hints that I wanted them, so they told me for $20, they were mine. SOLD! They <i>almost</i> match the chairs we have, but are enough different that I think it's OK. We needed 2 chairs for the ends of the table. They need new seat covers and a good scrape and repaint, but I can deal with that. <br>
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I also picked out some accent chairs for the living room (attached to the dining room). They're from Target and cheap as hell. I'm sure they're not that comfy, but who REALLY sits in a front room other than Snuffers? Speaking of Snuffers, check out this hilarious photo of her...<br>
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And yes mom, I know she's fat. She also happens to be old, diabetic, a drunk and <i>possibly </i>a huffer. I'm not sure what she was doing on the dining room table, but that's for another debate. <br>
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Back to the chairs. So I found them at Target and with their current B1G1 1/2 off sale, they end up being less than $100 each. The chairs I had snagged for free from a garage sale I <i>believe </i>had been peed on by an animal before coming to my house. The new dog (read on for details on that!) has a weird thing about peeing on the legs of one. Considering he is completely house broken and not done that ANYWHERE else, I'm blaming the chairs. So the chairs now must go. I am choosing between 2 chairs. <br>
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I like them both but lean towards the floral print. The second chair is the exact same fabric as the chair covers, which may be too matchy matchy for my taste.<br>
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For slightly more exciting news, we got a puppy! And by puppy, I do not mean cute, little and cuddly. I mean large, energetic and NUTS! But that's OK. We already love him.<br>
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Meet Baker!<br>
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They're such a handsome group!<br>
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I have done most of the kitchen and so far, we LOVE it. <br />
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I forgot to take a picture after I finished more of the peninsula and trimmed it. It looks even better trimmed, but this gives you a good idea. Once we get it all hung (we have 3 more strips to hang and trim), we are going to work on repainting the cabinets after our horrific fiasco with our first round of paint. FAILURE. NEVER buy Valspar. Never. Not even their top of the line "special" paint...No matter what anyone tells you. <rant over><br />
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We also bought the pieces to our 1/2 bath remodel, only to realize that we had to return our sink. I had my heart SET on a pedestal sink set up in our downstairs 1/2 bath. It would make the room feel larger and really elegant (or so I thought). After my delightfully brainiac husband looked under our current sink to see how hard the plumbing would be, he realized the pipes for the water were offset over a foot from the drain. The choices were to re-plumb the pipes (EEK!), have exposed pipes, or buy a different vanity. I let him vote for this one as the work would all be on his shoulders. He told me to pick a new vanity. Sigh. Back to Lowes we go. I swear, we live in the hardware stores around here. <br />
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This lady has had this piece listed for quite awhile (I keep seeing it) but it's missing a door knob on the left door. For the original price she wanted, I just didn't think it was worth it. The piece also needs to be scraped and re-painted, though you can't tell that from the picture. Luckily, I decided to email her on it yesterday and she was willing to cut the price in half. And now that Scott has his sexy new truck (he has named her Goldie Hawn) we have a vehicle to pick it up in. I think it will look absolutely lovely in our formal living room with our wing back chairs. <br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-55670985229178341142012-08-15T17:46:00.000-07:002012-08-15T09:47:15.013-07:00Bathroom Redo IdeasMy name is Lindsay. And I'm a bathroom snob. <br />
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No, really. I am. Don't let my current house's state deter you from believing this.<br />
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When Scott and I bought our house, we knew the bathrooms would need some severe updating. Since that is such an easy fix, we were both OK with it (and still are). We planned to wait a few years and start doing the overhall to the 2 upstairs, full bathrooms due to the cost that is usually associate with bathrooms. Who knew such small rooms would cost so much to change?<br />
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We are having a big ol' group of guests (6 people so far!) coming at the end of December for 9 days. My sister in law is bringing her husband and family and Scott's mom is coming as well. We should have a packed house. Thank god for all those empty bedrooms!<br />
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Due to the guests, I've been trying to think of ways to update the room without spending a ton as we will most likely replace most of the bathroom in a few years. At least, that was the plan.<br />
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I just came across a product that I am <em>dying </em>to try in that seldom used bathroom. It is a <a href="http://www.gianigranite.com/indexcountertoppaint.html" target="_blank">granite paint product by Giana</a>. From what I can tell, you prime your linoleum countertops with their paint and sponge on some other colors in a certain way until it looks like granite. The results look awesome (and the product is only $59 on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Giani-Granite-FG-GI-SICILIAN-Countertops/dp/B0034IGVV2/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1345045744&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!)<br />
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<a href="http://frugalfineliving.blogspot.com/2009/08/budget-diy-kitchen-redo-part-2.html" target="_blank">Frugal Fine Living</a> did a review of the process and the end results and they look AWESOME. <br />
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Obviously she painted her cabinets and added some knobs, too. But for that price (she found it for $39 somewhere) I think I'm going to give it a try. The kitchen looks like a whole different place. Maybe, if we are happy with the results, we will do our kitchen counters in the interim until we can get some granite slab. <br />
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Scotty told me he'd lay some tile down in the bathroom nice and quick (we will find some in the discount area at Home Depot I'm sure since it's such a small room). While he's doing tile, we will probably replace the toilet because it is a water guzzler, and the environment hates those toilets!<br />
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I've been eyeballing this puppy from <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/Plumbing-Bathroom-Faucets-4-Centerset-Sink-Faucets/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbrhk/R-202790488/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051&superSkuId=202793324" target="_blank">Home Depot</a> because it has a high arc. I REALLY hate when I'm washing my hands or face in a sink, and my hands touch the back. Maybe I just have a weird phobia. But at $89, I think it's a great deal. After using our oil rubbed bronze spraypaint (best invention EVER) on the towel rack and toilet paper holder, I think we should be good to go! <br />
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DANGIT! I lied. I need new light fixtures and mirrors.<br />
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I just took a quick peak at the picture from when we were touring the house to see what else I'd need to do. I forgot about the mirrors and lights. I can't see the lights in the picture, but if I remember right they are brass 3 fixture lights. I'll check tonight because Joss and Main is having a sale on a $200 3-light fixture for only $29. Let's hope they don't sell out before I get home. <br />
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I also have a hatred of full wall mirrors. They drive me bonkers. I'll find 2 mirrors at Home Goods or Hobby Lobby and hang those on the wall instead. Which also means I need to paint. Sigh. My small project just got a little bigger. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-31752211264302516502012-08-14T11:44:00.003-07:002012-08-14T11:47:09.210-07:001 Week Gluten FreeIt has been exactly 1 week since I was diagnosed with all my lovely food ailments. And I am HAPPY to report that things could not be going better. I feel better, I have more energy and the bags under my eyes are smaller. Nothing wrong with <em>any </em>of that. This Friday, I am going to a specialist to figure out the extent of my allergies. They will be testing the severity of each of the current things on my list as well as looking at other foods. I am really hoping that my list of "no's" does not get any longer. But if it does, I am confident that it will work out.<br />
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One of the BEST meals that I've made since going gluten free, corn free, soy free, peanut free, pork free and dairy free (I'll just call that GF in the future) was a Sante Fe Chicken Chili. This chili was SO good that even Scott was surprised (and he is a chili and chili dog connoisseur). I found the recipe on the Glu<a href="http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ten Free Goddess' </a>website. So far, her and <a href="http://glutenfreegirl.com/" target="_blank">Gluten Free Girl</a> are my new heros. I'm reading the Gluten Free Girl book and already want the <a href="http://glutenfreegirl.com/" target="_blank">cookbook</a> that her and Chef wrote. <br />
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My favorite thing about these 2 ladies is they took the same approach as I did to this whole gluten thing. They received their diagnosis, had a short grieving and then embraced everything they could. I am trying to follow that same mentality. And while it has only been a week, I have no intention in ever going back to feeling as crappy as I once did.<br />
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I threw everything but the chicken in the crock pot and accidentally cooked it for almost 36 hours. I didn't realize I had left it on overnight (I was sleepy!) and woke up to it being just fine. I just added additional chicken stock and went on my way. The day we were eating it, I plugged in my other crock pot and threw 3 frozen chicken breasts in some olive oil in and put it on low all day. When I got home, I simply shredded the chicken, added the lemon juice and we dug right in.<br />
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To serve this, I put sour cream and shredded cheese on Scott's bowl. I am still using up some of my gluten full foods and haven't replaced these with GF versions just yet. Greek yogurt would have been good, but mine was expired (naturally). <br />
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I imagine if I had felt like venturing to the store to get all the ingredients that this recipe is actually supposed to have, it would have been better. I used what I already had and it still turned out good. <br />
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Nom nom nom.<br />
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I promise I'll do an update soon on the house (since this is a house blog after all). But this happens to be all that we are "talking" about in my house right now. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-5044362146278855942012-08-07T13:53:00.001-07:002012-08-07T13:53:34.903-07:00August 7, 2012Normally I don't title a blog by the date. And normally I try to keep my posts house related. But I have a feeling I'm going to remember this day for a long, long time. So naturally, I blogged about it.<br />
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This morning, I found out I had Celiac disease. <br />
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My mom was here visiting with Scott and I for a few days, and while here she convinced me to go to the doctor to have some of the issues I've been having (belly and weight related) looked into. After a simple blood test (OK, not simple -- I'm TERRIFIED of having my blood taken) we were on our way.<br />
<br />My doctor's office uses an online system where you can get lab results. So I kept checking and checking and checking. And finally, all my labs come in when I checked this morning. This is what I see:<br />
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You know...I really think they should use a result of some sort other than "abnormal." I'm not abnormal. In fact, I have a feeling I am <em>very </em>normal and similar to a lot of other people out there. I happen to have Celiac disease and some other random food allergies (milk, soy, corn, pork and peanuts) to be exact. <br />
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And now, I just received the <em>official</em> call with the results. The damn physicians assistant was so perky about it. "Hi Lindsay. You now can eat no normal food and will constantly struggle with dietary restrictions for the rest of your life." Yeah. I wanted to punch her. I will be seeing an allergen specialist as well as a nutritionist to help me along with some of that. More to come on that...<br />
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I cried this morning. And I cried again after I got off the phone with her. And I've randomly almost burst into tears at random moments today. I'm FRUSTRATED. On one hand, I'm happy to have this mystery solved and (hopefully) feeling better soon. On the other hand, this is a LOT to take in. <br />
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Now that I think about it, I can't honestly remember the last time my body felt GOOD. But now, I'm going to be one of <em>those </em>people that can't eat out at restaurants or other people's houses because I won't be able to really know what they're preparing. Or I'll have to be <em>that </em>guest that won't stop quizzing people. I've eaten out with my granddad before. No one seems stoked with all his special requests. I mean...I get it. It's necessary. Unfortunately I have to eat to live. At this point, giving food up all together seems easier. <br />
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I don't mean to complain. It could be a lot worse. There are millions of people who are experiencing far harder obstacles in life than a simple dietary change. But do you KNOW how bad Americans eat? I consider myself a good, clean eater. But as I'm slowly making may way around google (as someone said - I'd "google the shit" out of Celiac everything) I'm realizing how "dirty" I've been eating. <br />
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So to all you (few) readers out there. Tonight when you're eating your dinner, enjoy it. Because chances are, I can't eat it anymore. And that is depressing. I'm all about free choice. And hearing I "can't" do something makes me want to go out and do it that much more. <br />
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But I won't. Instead I'll sit here in my depressed state and feel sorry for myself. Just for today. Because when tomorrow comes, I'm ready to take this new lifestyle on 150%. Maybe I'll even share some things that I learn along the way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738169201764711523.post-39829862502244408202012-07-08T19:03:00.000-07:002012-07-18T11:34:02.126-07:00Dining Room Furniture ProgressA long while back, Scott and I bought a hutch for the dining room. The lady we purchased the piece from was such a nice lady and ended up giving us a beautiful dining room table that had some big paint smears on it. No big deal, we figured we would refinish it anyways. <br />
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And then months pass until FINALLY - this weekend. This weekend became <em>the </em>table/dining room weekend. On Thursday, I had found some chairs on Craigslist that looked like they would match great with our table. And considering they were only $45, I knew that made them even better looking in my eyes. <br />
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Off Scott went on Friday to check out the chairs. It was quite a trek out to them, but overall he was happy with the shape they were in. Since he only had 20's in his wallet, he asked the lady if she would let them go for $40 instead of the $45. Well she must have enjoyed being difficult because $40 would not do it for her. But $41 would. So Scott had to scrounge up another dollar to appease the crazy lady. Oh well, $10.25 each for chairs? I'll take it! Now if only this lady would have had 4 more, I'd be even happier.<br />
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So I pulled the seats off the 4 chairs and went to sanding. And sanding. And sanding some more. Originally, in our dining room inspiration picture, the chairs we liked were white. Because our Craigslist chairs ended up being in such great shape, I decided I wanted to stain them instead. Little did I know what kind of work actually went into getting all the varnish and stain off chairs. So I sanded and sanded and sanded some more.<br />
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I made it through a good HOUR of sanding and still hadn't finished a whole chair. I did get close to the point where it was time to start hand sanding as the orbital sander could not get into the inner areas. I believe I looked over at Scott and said, "f**k stained chairs" and went off to get some primer.<br />
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I lathered on the primer and within less than an hour had the 4 chairs primed to be painted. I should have followed my original inspiration picture. I still need to hook the paint sprayer up to the compressor and get to spraying them then putting some poly over the paint. That may not be a project until later this evening as I have no idea how to turn the compressor on.<br />
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While I was working away on the chairs, Scotty went to town on the table to get it ready to be stained. Luckily, he is a better person than me and did not give up part way. So the table top still will be stained. <br />
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First, he put stripper on the table to break down some of the poly coat. And scraped, and scraped and scraped. Someone REALLY wanted this table's shiny coat to last forever.<br />
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Then he busted out the heavy duty belt sander and got most of the stain off.<br />
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He touched up the sanding with the orbital sander and the table ended up looking gorgeous.<br />
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The table is officially ready for staining! I had every intention in staining the table today, but got to thinking after all the work Scott put into it, I'd hate to mess up. I may leave him in charge of that job since I've never stained before and SO many hours went into the table prep.<br />
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I did, however, prime the legs to be painted. Under the table top and the leg will be painted white to match the chairs. You can call me lazy, that's OK. I just can't imagine trying to get all the stain out of the leg detail to re stain it.<br />
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Phew. I'm exhausted just thinking about all of that. I am once again reminded of how much my husband loves me when he allows me to cause so much work for him. Each idea and project I have I truly do have intentions of completing myself. However in retrospect, I don't know that I have ever completed anything without his assistance and expertise... He's a handy man to have around. <br />
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After some grocery shopping today and getting ready for the week, I think I'll prime the dressers to be ready to be spray painted. I have 2 dressers that my brother and I used growing up. I ended up with the set and can't bear the thought of ever getting rid of them. The dressers will go in each of the guest rooms. Since both rooms have white furniture, the dressers will be getting their first face lift <em>ever</em> and be painted creamy white to match. I also may mosey my way down to the fabric store to check out the fabric options for the chair seats. I want whatever fabric I get to match (or at least compliment) the wing back chairs that I will eventually be reupholstering for our living room. I went with Scott yesterday and his taste just wasn't cutting it so I gave up "including him" in the fabric choice and we left.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0