Browsing Tag: basements

Trimming the Edges

So this is what the floor of the basement looked like over the weekend… Oh yeah, the baseboards were getting some action. I painted twelve 12 ft baseboards [four were already being used when I took this picture]. I gave each piece two coats of semi-gloss interior paint, and then Tim and his Dad went […]

Paint. Check.

Oh my goodness, we have made some major [and I mean major] progress on the basement in the last two weeks. Like… • Primed • Painted • All electrical outlets are installed and light switch cover are put on • Installed all ceiling lights • Installed two of the four in–ceiling speakers • Installed two […]

Kitchen Island: Found; Basement: Halted

So we ended up finding a kitchen island/cart the same day I posted about us starting to look for one. We waited a week to order it, but finally did so last night. The island is actually from JC Penney—a place I always forget to check out when looking for home goods. Not sure why…I […]

Walls are Going Up.

Tim and his dad were able to get the first few pieces of drywall up on the walls last week, so now it’s starting to feel more like a room and not just a bunch of studs. Behold…the start of walls! In this picture my back is to where the TV will be mounted, and […]

We Have a Ceiling!

Before I dive into this post, I must say that the pictures I shot for this post will be the last from my little point and shoot Samsung camera. It has lived its life, and now it has passed (you’ll see why in the coming photos.) I plan on doing a full blown memory post […]

This & That

So not much has happened here in the last week…only a big storm that came through Wednesday and some parts of town got softball sized hail. My boss actually gave all of the employees the option of leaving work early that to get home before the storm hit [his mom asked him to let out […]