tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17028875711003498342024-03-12T21:11:37.181-07:009808Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16156211902321367275noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702887571100349834.post-42944378208426732012013-12-29T14:36:00.001-08:002013-12-29T14:36:24.553-08:00Summer Wedding ~ The Small Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
After six months, SIX MONTHS, some photos from my sister's wedding are finally hitting the blog! I was given the honour of being a bridesmaid as well as being in charge of the overall look of this special day. </div>
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The ceremony was held outside and the feel was to be rustic yet classic. My sister wanted to incorporate our British heritage into the design as well. Many of the touches were either handmade, rented or designed by friends and family members.</div>
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More photos to come, I promise ;)</div>
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So our posts have been few and far between once again. I'm hoping I can stick to a bit more of a regular schedule in the new year. Don't hold me to it though! </div>
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We hosted a dinner over the holidays again this year. D's Mom had gifted us the vintage green and gold tumblers shortly after last Christmas and I had vowed I would incorporate them in this year's table setting.</div>
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All other items are pieces we had on hand around the house. The 'holiday sweets' cupcake toppers have been floating around the baking cupboard for a few years now and green candle holders were recycled from my sisters summer wedding. (I promise that post is coming soon!)</div>
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I would say that the outside of the bungalow has gone through the biggest transformation to date. We have been building buildings and weeding like crazy. We still have a ton of work to do and some pretty exciting plans for the future but for now things are definitely looking a lot tidier. </div>
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And the next three photos were taken the day we were given the keys. You can definitely see a difference in neglect. Clearly the previous owners weren't too concerned about the property after they had finally sold it. The broken garbage can is a nice touch.</div>
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We are finally getting a handle on the weeds out front. They are still scattered through out the lawn and in the grass close to the road but they are far more manageable now. We so far have cleaned up the front porch, re-painted the number sign, chucked the screen door and moved the mailbox to the side.</div>
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We dug out all of the stumps left from the hedging and grass seeded along the front. Planted Mr. Roboto last October and cleaned up the front flower beds. Recently we built a vegetable garden and re-painted the shed. </div>
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The property started out almost fully surrounded by the hedges. The bungalow couldn't be seen from the road unless you stopped to catch a glimpse over the random fence panel. It was entombed in it's own little hedge fortress. Naturally it made the property feel really private when inside and I was initially devastated when we were told the alleged news that the City ordered the front hedges to come down. The neighbours took the hedges down between the two properties a little while before hand. I did get over it and realized that the bungalow gets so much more natural light now and can now stand proud as a member of the street after being hidden for so many years.</div>
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The funny thing is I remember driving by the house on numerous occasions when we were out looking at other properties in the area, seeing the For Sale signs and wondering what the house looked like behind the hedge. It wasn't until our Realtor sent us the listing that I put two and two together and the rest is history! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That doesn't mean nothing has been getting done around the bungalow though. We finally have another free standing building on our property, YAY, and we have been spending loads of one on one time fighting the weeds in our garden and generally trying to make the yard look more presentable. I finally feel like we are winning the war with the weeds but the battle definitely isn't over yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the changing of seasons, we also roll over into our second year of home ownership. D and I celebrated our one year 'house-iversary' at the beginning of this month with a happy one year text and a high five. I felt it was only right to show the bungalow some respect by doing some general cleaning once we got home after work as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One year seems like the perfect time to do a little recap of the bungalow and to show what has changed (and what hasn't changed) over the past year. Our initial phase one goal of our bungalow reno was to make the home feel more like us as well as making it bright and cozy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So without further ado, I present to you the main floor. Before photos from the day we were given the keys to progress photos of last weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing much has changed in the bedroom. It's funny how priorities change after living in a house for a while. I remember when we viewed the bungalow I was very concerned about a small hole in one of the ceiling tiles. I thought it would haunt me and now I don't even notice it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We bought ourselves our first grown up bed last Christmas and ten months later the box spring is still in the plastic. Not something I'm proud of but that is life. This room has also fallen victim to having random accessories thrown in with no real purpose. I made the wooden tree last year from scrap pieces of fencing and hung Xmas decorations from it over the holidays. It's one of my favorite decor pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't posted many, if any, photos of the front room until now because quite honestly I am ashamed of our couches. Don't get me wrong, no offence to the couches themselves. They are extremely comfy and they have served us well for years, and my daughter's grandparents years before that. The problem is I have been meaning to re-upholster them for a very long time now. I have set goals and then let them all pass me by. First it was before we moved, then it was before last Christmas, now I would love to get them done before this Christmas but I'm not putting a lot of weight on that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have never been invited over to the bungalow, it is honestly because I haven't re-upholstered the couches yet. True Story!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also I am proud (not) to note that the frames around the room are still filled with decor I used for my sister's wedding shower back in the spring. At least they add some bright colour to the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the favorite things D and I have done so far was stripping and re-staining the doors in the hallway. I can still remember the excitement of sanding off the layers of paint to discover the natural wood underneath. It was fun times and hopefully we will find some more treasures along the way.</span><br />
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With my sister getting married this summer I jumped at the opportunity to host a bridal shower for her. I love throwing parties, coming up with themes and feeding my desire to source out thrifted items to use throughout the decor. I definitely upped my weekly quota of thrift store shopping on this one! I think I'm going to take a much needed break from the second hand stores for a while ;)</div>
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My sister lives in Prince George and only had a couple of weekends to chose from to come down for the shower. We decided on the Easter long weekend so that she could also get in some required wedding appointments as well. I had already decided to use a soft vintage pastel colour palette for the shower which turned out to happily coincide with Easter as well.</div>
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All of the material used was sourced from local thrift stores. The tablecloth on the buffet is a scrap of fabric that happened to fit perfectly and the fabric panels above happen to be our canvas prints that already live on the wall covered in a fitted bed sheet. </div>
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I wanted to play up our British heritage so I decided have an afternoon tea party. </div>
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I had purchased the mismatched tea cups and saucers last summer from Craigslist and recently picked up the glass punch bowl set at a thrift store. The milk glass vases came from a local online mum's swap.<br />
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I sewed the cloth napkins out of thrifted old bedsheets.</div>
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In keeping with our British heritage, I made the same afternoon tea goodies that we enjoyed at our grandparents house growing up. I had attempted to make a jello mould but it didn't work out so well, only half of it came out of the mould. Possibly because I was in a hurry and didn't let it sit in warm water long enough ;)</div>
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The tissue paper flowers seem to be starting to become a trademark around here :)</div>
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Using the frames we already had on our water ski shelves, I swapped out the originals for scraps of co-ordinating fabric along with tea cup prints.<br />
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Also placed through out the house were small silver frames with ten steps on "How to be a Good Wife" taken from Housekeeping Monthly 1955 edition. <br />
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A few of the steps were::<br />
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<em><strong>No. 2 ~Prepare Yourself:</strong> Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.</em><br />
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<em><strong>No. 6 ~Some Don'ts:</strong> Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared to what he may have gone threw that day.</em><br />
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<em></em><em><strong>No. 8 ~Listen To Him:</strong> You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.</em><br />
To read the rest, go to <a href="http://www.snopes.com/language/document/goodwife.asp"><strong>How To Be A Good Wife</strong></a>.<br />
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The pastel blue cushions I got at a thrift store for 0.75 cents each and the doilies were $1 each. I used iron on tape to affix the doilies to the cushions. It probably took 15 minutes in total to do 3 cushions. Talk about a quick, cheap and easy project ;) I think they are darling and am considering leaving them as part of our decor for a while.</div>
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And finally a photo of the morning after. Bella was doing her best to distract me from cleaning up :)</div>
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One project came to be a few weeks ago as I was sitting on the couch one evening pondering what I should tackle in the half an hour of spare time I had. I was facing the door down to the basement and thought, "maybe I will chuck a coat of white paint on that door quick"....</div>
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Little did I know what I would find once I started the "quick sand" process! We already knew that the previous owners had literally slapped a coat of paint on every paintable surface when the house was up for sale. They even painted things that weren't meant to be painted such as all of the original hardware. Some people, I tell ya.</div>
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As I started my light sand, the first layer of paint began peeling away in chunks, so naturally it all had to come off. After sanding a little deeper I discovered that the door looked like it had been originally stained. This caused huge excitement on my part! After yelling at D to come look, he was pretty excited as well at the prospect of stripping the doors back to their original state.</div>
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Peeling the first layer of paint off was the easy part and quite fun I must say. The older original layers were not as easy and I wouldn't say I had that much fun either. We started out by using the sander and then, which seemed like hours later, resorted to using paint stripper. Much easier and definitely more rewarding.</div>
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After finally getting the door back down to bare wood (I believe it took us about 2 evenings worth of work), we applied 3 coats of English Walnut wood stain and 2 coats of sealer. D did one coat of stain per evening, giving it 24 hours to dry between coats. The entire project took about a week to complete. I should also mention that was only one side of the door. We were in a hurry to get it back up and admire our handiwork ;)</div>
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D and I are super happy with the results. Though it does now emphasize how much the floors need to be redone. One day.... </div>
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Bonus: A sneak peek at our newly "minted" front door! The hardware still needs a coat of paint over there also.</div>
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The new house called for new traditions along with hosting family dinners. In fact we had both sides of the family over for a holiday dinner. We have had family over for dinner in the past but this time it was in our new home, cooking on our 1950's stove and accommodating 8-11 people in our dining room. Everything went well and we are happy to have our first holiday season of entertaining guests under our belts.</div>
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Our first gathering was on Christmas Eve eve with D's family. We were able to fit 11 people, with room to spare in our dining room, which I thought was quite an accomplishment. D prepared dinner with me nervously standing around pretending like I knew what was going on, every time he left the kitchen area to show a newly arrived guest around the house. I have to be honest and tell you I have only turned on our stove a handful of times since being in the house! Cooking is definitely D's department.</div>
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Yesterday was a beautiful winter's day. The unexpected sun was a lovely surprise and a perfect opportunity to finally take some photos of the finished window seat at the top of our stairs. There are still are few things I would like to tweak but for now I am happy with the outcome. It's cosy and relaxing and at the moment decorated for the winter season.</div>
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I picked up the red berries from my favourite garden store down the road a few days before Christmas. Their days are numbered but they still add a pretty winter colour to the neutral palette. The clay planter has been kicking around in storage for a while. I spray painted the bottom half gloss black and the top half white to achieve an ombre effect.</div>
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The cushions are all made from material collected from thrift stores. I should have ironed the fabric first but patience when working on a project isn't always my strong suit. Oh well. The black reading lamp is from Ikea and the little silver trees are from the Dollar Store. The curtain is an old Ikea sheer panel and the silver balls are left overs from a Christmas wedding I decorated last December. </div>
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I have to say my pride and joy in this area is definitely the tree stump side table. I had snagged the stump from my Dad's wood pile last summer and left it in the basement to dry out for a few months. It was covered in thick bark and moss but I saw it's potential right away. It was love at first site. Actually I grabbed two stumps and am hoping to make another side table for the family room in the future. The second stump has a special characteristic so stay tuned.</div>
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After this stump had dried out I took a hammer and chisel to it and spent a couple of hours removing the bark as best I could. Then I spent a few more hours sanding it down. The wood was quite soft and sanded easier than I expected. Finally I sealed it with two coats of semi gloss wood sealer.</div>
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The two vintage books belonged to my Mum. The silver tea light holders are a Dollar Store find. The white ceramic bird is one of a pair I found at the thrift store a few years ago, along with the grey glass ashtray turned candy dish.</div>
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Apart from the accessories and decor, we also painted the old ugly wood panelling in this area white, caulked around the window and gave it a fresh coat of paint, repaired the ceiling tiles with dry wall filler and painted them a light grey, found the ceiling light cover in the shed, and finally added moulding around the ceiling. </div>
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Reading Light - Ikea = $11.99</div>
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Faux Sheepskin Rug - Ikea = $12.99</div>
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Tree Stump - Dad's garden = Free</div>
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Cushion/Window Seat materials - Thrift stores = Less than $20 total</div>
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Cushion inserts - Reused from old cushions around the house = FREE</div>
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Window Seat Foam - The Foam Shop = $46</div>
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Clay Planter - Reused = FREE</div>
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Silver Xmas Trees - Dollar Store = $1 each ($3)</div>
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Silver Xmas Balls - Reused = FREE</div>
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White Ceramic Bird - Thrift Store = $4.99/pair</div>
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Grey Glass Ashtray - Thrift Store = $3.99</div>
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Silver Tealight Holders - Dollar Store = $1.50 each ($3)</div>
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Canvas' and Picture Frames - Dollar Store/Walmart = Less than $20 total</div>
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White Sheer Curtain - Reused = FREE</div>
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Black Wooden Letters - Walmart = $1.99 each ($10)</div>
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Paint for walls and ceiling - Had on hand from other projects around the house</div>
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Total Cost = Approx. $135.00! Not bad for a functional and attractive little nook.</div>
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Over the past few months there just hasn't been anything worthy or interesting up for grabs. I find that the same items are listed over and over again which makes my time spent quite boring. I have honestly said out loud to myself a couple of times, "will someone just but that _____ already!" </div>
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Even though it's the Christmas season and not really the 'right' time to be spending money on things that aren't presents for others, I did come across a few items today that caught my attention.</div>
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Wooden desk chair - $25</h4>
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This isn't too bad of a price for this vintage wooden desk chair. I picture it in an old study where the walls are lined with the classic worn novels and the lucky owner is sitting behind a large desk, wearing cosy slippers and sipping a hot mug of tea.</div>
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Vintage Small Wicker Purses With Decorative Metal Clasps - $15 (Burnaby)</h4>
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I really like these little wicker purses! I'm not a purse person normally but I could definitely see myself proudly carrying these for a night out on the town. They kind of have a rockabilly feel to them. I may just buy these as a Christmas present for myself. <br />
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Laundry or bakers table - $25</h4>
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If you can look past the junk surrounding the table, you will see that it is quite fabulous. Even though we don't really have room for it at the moment, it would look great either used as a kitchen island or in the laundry room as a folding table. It would also be perfect as an office desk. Hmmm....<br />
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Antique Dresser - $75 (PNE)</h4>
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The price is a little above my limit but I love love this dresser. The photo is pretty dark and you can't see the drawers but the shape, size, mirror and legs are exactly what I dream of in an antique dresser if I were ever to pick one up.<br />
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Shakespeare comedies and Tragedies - $15 (Abbotsford)</h4>
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Speaking of old studies lined with novels...this Shakespeare set caught my eye. I definitely have a thing for old worn books but never pick them up when I see them as I have no idea of their real value and what I should pay for them. Anyway these would be good to use for staging or to have out on a side table for when one is in the mood for some light reading.</div>
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BANK MONEY BOXES - $45 (CHILLIWACK)</h4>
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These president brass money banks were produced for promotional purposes in the States around the 50's to 70's. I think one or both would be such a great addition to a bookshelf and/or as a conversation piece. I don't know if I would pay $45 each for them but after doing a bit of research some are selling online for quite a bit more. These two kind of remind me of Night at Museum 1 and 2. If you have seen the movies hopefully you will understand why.</div>
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I notice a theme taking shape in today's Craigslist window shopping installment...Do you? Maybe because the winter weather has me dreaming of cozying up with a good book by the fire with a hot cup of tea :)</div>
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We had quite a discussion about what type of lights we were going to use. I am pro all white lights (I think they look very classy) and D is pro multi coloured lights (he says they are the true Christmas light). I was initially going to try and stand my ground on the white lights but I am also very anti-LED bulbs. Even though they are the better option energy wise and the way of the future, I really don't like the look of them and they kind of hurt my eyes. So after much debate we decided to come to a compromise and go with the old school (energy guzzling) multi coloured Santa-Lites (yes they still sell them). I didn't get stuck having to stare at LED's and D got his coloured bulbs.</div>
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We bought 5 strings of 25 bulbs each which ended up covering 3 sides of the bungalow. It's a modest start but we plan on adding a few more strings each year. I would love to wrap the front porch, dormer window and possibly even Mr. Roboto, our Japanese Maple next year. </div>
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I also suggested that maybe we could switch out the lights to the all white option every other year. One year D gets what he wants and the next year I do ;) An added expense I know, but a gal can dream.</div>
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The front of the house is slowly improving but we still have a long way to go. Looking at this photo reminds me that we really must get on taking down the satellite dish and the air conditioning platform from the side of the house. Also the pile of asphalt from the driveway hanging out on the lawn isn't aesthetically pleasing either.<br />
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We were almost at the end of hanging the last strand when literally dozens of crows decided to have a crow convention above our house. I would estimate there was at least 100 of them. The experience was quite spectacular. The dark rain clouds made it quite ominous and the sound of 100 crows cawing at the same time was incredibly loud and pretty intense. <br />
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After a few minutes they calmed down and a bunch of them hung out in our tree for a while.<br />
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A while back I mentioned I was going to be trying out 3 different DIY art projects that I have seen floating around Pinterest lately. The first piece I made was <strong>Tape Art</strong> using a Dollar Store white canvas and some black hockey tape I had in my gear bag. <br />
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Read all about it <a href="http://9808bungalow.blogspot.ca/2012/10/diy-tape-art.html"><strong>here</strong></a>. <br />
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<strong>Second Piece: Abstract Art Using Melted Crayons</strong> <br />
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Crayon art is super popular right now. You may have seen this tried and true classic in your Pinterest travels...... <br />
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Or possibly the classic version with a twist.....<br />
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Whilst browsing through the many bright colourful creations that are out there I found these pieces done by Jenna Brown and her hubby. Check out her blog post <a href="http://jennaleighbrown.blogspot.ca/2011/09/diy-wall-art-melted-crayons-on-canvas.html"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br />
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It's a different spin on the classic by using the crayons as paint instead of taping them to the top and letting the wax melt down the canvas. <br />
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I picked up a 2 pack of canvases from Walmart so I also decided to get D in on this art project as well. <br />
<strong>Crayola</strong> crayons produce intense bright colours when melted and are extremely workable. I have read that you must use the <strong>Crayola</strong> brand. The no name brands don't melt as easily and end up glumping together in a hot mess.<br />
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I'd already taken a crack at a melted crayon piece a couple of weeks ago and though I liked the outcome and think it's pretty, it didn't turn out exactly how I had envisioned.<br />
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<strong>First Attempt (Lisa)</strong><br />
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It reminds me of outer space.</div>
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To get this affect I started out with one colour (I think it was black) and held the crayon a couple of inches away from the canvas. Then I used my heat gun (we don't have a hair dryer) to melt the crayon whilst turning it slowly. The melted crayon will start to splatter on the canvas. The more you angle your heat source the more splatter you get. This can get messy so make sure you cover your work area well. Next I added some teal, then grey and finally white. All using the same method as above. </div>
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My original intention was to keep the background mostly white and to add small bursts of sporatic colour. </div>
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The downside is the more colour and crayon you add, the more the other colours on the canvas continue to melt and move around which makes it hard to keep whats already on the canvas in the same spot. The upside is throughout the whole process your work of art is constantly changing.</div>
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<strong>Second Attempt (Lisa)</strong></div>
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I had a very set plan going into this one and just wanted to use one colour. Unfortunately I only had about a third of a crayon left in said colour so I didn't get as much colour on the canvas as I would have liked but it is definitely closer to my original desired affect. </div>
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I love how the melted crayon produces an ink like affect and that the texture of the canvas shows through in the lighter areas.<br />
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<strong>First Attempt (D)</strong><strong><br /></strong></div>
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D's method was to use the crayon as a paintbrush. He initially started painting line with the melted crayon but as I mentioned above, things change pretty quick once the colours start flowing into each other.</div>
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The other possible downside of using melted crayons to make art is it is hard to know when to stop and call the piece done. </div>
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D came to a point where he was done. The piece looked even more like flowers than it does now. Then we decided to cover the edges with melted crayon to give the canvas a more finished look. Unfortunately the crayon started to drip onto the front so we had shoot it with more heat to get rid of the runs. This in turn changed the original finished look of the piece slightly but it still looked amazing. </div>
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After this D was totally done and went off to watch a re-run of The Office. I on the other hand thought there was one corner that needed to bit more colour.... So I tried to add a bit more but as I said before the more heat you shoot at the wax already on the canvas, the more it re-melts and continues to move around and mix with the other colours. I felt like I had kinda wrecked the one corner I was trying to fix so naturally I continued to 'fix' D's art... </div>
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Long story short it turned out looking like above which isn't really how it looked when D was done with it. It is still totally awesome but not how it was supposed to be.</div>
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Moral of the story.....once you think your piece is done STOP and put down the heat gun! AND don't mess with other people's art projects. My bad.</div>
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That being said I am totally addicted to this type of art and have some ideas for more pieces I would like to try. So there will probably be a Crayon Art Part 2 post coming soon!</div>
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D's is my favorite! It has been moved from upstairs and is now hanging proudly in our bedroom. I think it looks like a watercolour flower masterpiece. </div>
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My sister is getting married next summer and the theme is English Tea Party Chic. I found this mismatched set of pastel coloured cups and saucers on Craigslist last week for $20 for the lot. They will be a great addition to the center pieces and would look super cute with little flowers in them, especially the blue sets. </div>
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They are also great to have in stock for other tablescapes I decide to put together in the future or a perfect excuse to throw impromptu tea parties every once in a while. The bright pastel colours scream Easter and spring time to me which is a nice change from the cold November weather outside.</div>
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It's been just over a month since I have shared anything here at 9808. Gah time travels so fast!!</div>
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One of the reasons for the sound of crickets around here is I was really starting to get frustrated with our current little point and shoot camera and my photography skills (or lack there of I should say). With winter approaching and the days getting shorter our time spent at home during daylight hours has been becoming less and less. The weekends now seem to be the only time to attempt to take half decent photos. </div>
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D works on Saturdays so the day has become my time to get up early and spend the 8 hours alone tackling small projects around the house. I get so involved with what I'm doing, it's usually by the end of the day after dark that I realize I forgot to take any photos to show you what has been going on. Sundays are then spent working on house projects together and then of course forgetting to document the progress once again. </div>
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So I used the above as an excuse to buy a new Nikon SLR! Makes sense right? We used to have an older model Nikon so we just went with what we were already comfortable with. What it really does is motivates me to spend the time to take better quality photos of our bungalow progress and also forces me to take the time and learn to use the camera and its functions properly. </div>
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This adorable owl planter was picked up from the thrift store for $3.99. He was a pretty hideous yellow colour and has a small chip on his left foot. I primed him and then gave him a couple of coats of white spray paint. Now he is proudly sporting a full head of greenery on our stereo cabinet in the dining room. <br />
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Made wooden stars out of recycled wood from the random fence panel that used to be in the front yard. More on this later.</div>
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And continued working on the window seat area. There is still work to be done. Things need to be moved around, the window bench needs to be upholstered with the grey fabric, and more art needs to be hung on the walls, but this definitely gives you an idea of the final outcome.</div>
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I believe it was Tuesday night that I was flipping through the channels during <a href="http://www.hgtv.ca/"><strong>HGTV</strong></a> commercial breaks and stumbled upon the season premier of <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/"><strong>TLC's</strong></a> 'Extreme Cheapskates' (Season 1). As with most (OK all) TLC shows these days it left me just shaking my head. But the difference with this particular show was that it was still bothering me the next day. </div>
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Now what I am saying is purely my opinion and others may definitely have different thoughts and feelings regarding the topic. Also there are always two sides of every story and folks that choose to become extreme cheapskates I'm sure all have different reasons and mindsets.</div>
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It wasn't that Kate ate dumpster food or that she washed her clothes in the shower. It wasn't even that she never bought toilet paper or used her dishwasher as a storage unit. Some of the things she did to save money I totally agree with. Such as signing up for free samples and jogging to work. I'm all for spending as little money as possible and saving the planet at the same time!</div>
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This is where I start harping on about Craigslist and other sites that are out there with FREE sections. I am always blown away by some things I find that others are getting rid. I have scored many great pieces of free furniture either from friends, family or online (mostly vintage) and I'm damn proud of it. The reason they are free is usually simply the owners don't have the time, resources or energy to hold a garage sale, take items to the thrift store or have a large enough mode of transport. During this last move we put our entertainment unit up on Craigslist for free because it was large, heavy and we didn't want to break our backs moving from one place to the other.</div>
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Now that being said, Kate does live in New York and doesn't have a car but if she put her mind to it she could definitely furnish her apartment for free or close to it with quality items. To add a little decor she could use waste paper from the office to make paper mobiles to hang from the ceiling or pick some greenery from a local park to put in an empty glass jar. </div>
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Nature is actually a wonderful resource for those that don't want spend a lot of money on their home furnishings. An old tree stump can be made into a side table, dead branches can be used wall art, even stray rocks and bricks can be put to use. </div>
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In the second episode that aired right after the first we take a tour through Terence's house who lives with his wife and two teenage kids. This one bothered me even more than Kate's apartment because Terence didn't even bother to acquire furniture for his family. The house was practically bare with a single TV placed in the living room on the floor. The only other items in the room were a small table and single chair. There is absolutely no reason why this family couldn't have found or even made a TV stand using scrap lumber if need be. The kids and wife joke in the episode about how Terence won't allow them to get anymore furniture but I'm sure it's not an enjoyable environment to live in. </div>
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All said and done, I would rather see a show produced where folks' homes are furnished using only recycled and/or free items. Because I love a good design challenge show, such as <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv-design-star/show/index.html"><strong>HGTV's Design Star</strong></a>, you could have two designer's spar off to decorate two homes of families in need with an extremely minimal or zero budget!</div>
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OK rant over ;) And because a post isn't fun without pictures.....here are a few wonderful FREE items I spyed on Craigslist today.</div>
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Sofa (Tsawwassen)</h3>
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Free furniture (White Rock)</h3>
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Our window seat at the top of the stairs is still a work in progress. We have been busy with painting the kitchen cabinets, working on the yard, and um, life in general. </div>
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That being said, I have been working on making some DIY art to hang on the walls in the window seat area. I have three pieces planned. All are ideas I have seen floating around <a href="http://pinterest.com/"><strong>Pinterest</strong></a> lately. </div>
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<strong>First Piece: Abstract Art Using Tape</strong></div>
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I have seen quite a few DIY canvases using painters tape in different formats but I really got excited about trying it myself when I saw Michelle's tutorial over at <a href="http://www.tenjuneblog.com/2011/10/scotchblue-painting-party.html"><strong>Ten June</strong></a>. I loved the grey and white as well as her line placement (neutral colours always speak to me). </div>
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So I set out and bought a $2 canvas from the dollar store and found some painters tape laying around the house. Originally my plan was to reverse tape my lines because I wanted to have black lines on the raw white canvas. The plan was to come up with a pattern, mask off the lines and spray paint them black.<br />
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I started out by taping my line pattern and then masking the areas I wanted to stay white. The top portion went pretty smoothly but once I was at the middle (where the lines are busier) it was starting to get confusing and a lot more effort than I really wanted to put into the project. After an hour of taping and cutting I was also getting frustrated. <br />
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What was Plan B? Hockey Tape!!<br />
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I always have a roll kicking around at the bottom of my roller derby bag so I ran to go find it. Upon inspection I realized that the black hockey tape was the perfect width and texture of what I had originally envisioned for this DIY abstract project. <br />
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Last weekend D and I dug a hole in our front yard. Why you might ask? Cause we were preparing to welcome a new addition to the family :) </div>
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A while back I had mentioned that we would like to plant a Japanese Maple in the yard. Our previous townhouse had one in the back patio area and it was gorgeous. I loved watching it grow over the time we were there and am hoping our new tree will provide <strike>us</strike> me with the same enjoyment.</div>
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We dug our hole at the tail end of a two month dry spell. It was quite a process as we wanted to transfer the dirt to another area in the yard. D shoveled the dirt onto a tarp and then I separated the dirt from the turf, removing the weeds as I went. As you can imagine the ground possessed rock like qualities so the digging part was hard work. We also don't own a wheelbarrow yet so we had to transfer the dirt one shovel load at a time. We didn't have far to go, but I'm sure we looked pretty funny walking back and forth across the yard a million times. A wheelbarrow is definitely on our wish list for spring!</div>
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We filled the hole half way with water a few times to try to presoak the ground before we planted the Maple. If you don't do this then once the tree is in the hole the surrounding ground can steal the water away from the tree roots. Luckily for us the rain started a few days later and hasn't stopped since. So the ground was nice and moist come planting time. It's funny that now we are home owners with a yard we are trying to beautify, we welcomed the rain with open arms. We were actually quite excited about it :) </div>
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Yesterday was the day we had planned our trip to the nursery to pick out our Japanese Maple. I had practice and a game to attend in the morning to mid afternoon so by the time I got home D was itching to go. It was still raining, quite hard I might add, so I had my doubts about being outside. I also thought the folks at the garden center would think we were crazy for planting in the rain but turns out that it was the perfect weather conditions to plant a tree :)</div>
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So we chose a 3 gallon tree, grabbed some soil and bark mulch and drove the block home with our new Maple sticking out the back of our hatchback.</div>
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We decided to name our tree because we are dorks like that. So let us introduce you to Mr. Roboto, our new Japanese Maple!</div>
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And we have been personifying him ever since. Last night we had a discussion regarding if he was missing his friends at the garden center and that now he can watch the traffic go by ;)</div>
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Mr. Roboto is currently the same height as D. Let's see what the height difference is a year from now. I should also state that the Maple tree is my birthday present (which is today) so we will always know what date to take another comparison photo :)</div>
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The final step was to give Mr. Roboto some root booster. Yes, we need an outside watering can as well ;)</div>
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I couldn't help but share this absolutely amazing little boy's room designed by Nancy over at <a href="http://owensolivia.blogspot.ca/"><strong>Owen's Olivia</strong></a>. The room reveal was featured on <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/"><strong>YHL</strong></a> this week and it is full of many of my favorite design elements. </div>
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This is an excellent example of how a toddler's bedroom needn't be frilly and pink (for a girl) or filled with race cars and blue (for a boy). I am so in love with the monochromatic colour scheme. Surprise surprise ;) Nancy has achieved the perfect balance in the room with the small pops of colour in the art, pillows and accessories.</div>
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It is also a perfect example of how redoing a room doesn't have to break the bank. With resourcefulness and creativity the entire room makeover only cost $305! The majority of the large items were either found on Craigslist or at thrift stores (the dresser was even rescued from the dump), and Nancy made most of the fantastic art herself. A little bit of paint, an excellent eye for detail and a bit of elbow grease can produce magical results.</div>
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Along with the art, Nancy also made the pallet wall, the floating shelves, the chevron curtains, the blankets, pillows and stuffed toys. I truly can't say enough how much I love that crib blanket! It is Ikat, chevron, black, white and grey goodness all piled into one. </div>
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To be honest I could sit here and list off every single item that I love in this room, which would be every single item. To name a few that I feel I can't stop myself from mentioning are....the grey fabric bunting, the acorn pom-poms hanging from the shelf, the pallet wall, the cloud pillows, the antique rocking chair, the nail head art, the Death Cab for Cutie poster, the little brass whale, the.....OK seriously I am in love with it all!</div>
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I just want to stare at these photos all day. Find more photos of Owen's Room Reveal along with the full post <a href="http://owensolivia.blogspot.ca/2012/06/reveal-of-owens-room-yay.html"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>. </strong></div>
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While you are there you will want to check out the rest of Nancy's <a href="http://owensolivia.blogspot.ca/"><strong>blog</strong></a>. She also shares my love of fabric. Actually there are a few things we have in common....procrastination...umm ;)</div>
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I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving! Our weekend was jam packed with awesomeness and so much to be thankful for. Including:</div>
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We've been in our bungalow for a month now and I have been putting off writing about the move. I was initially waiting until the end of September when we had officially moved out of our old townhouse and shop with intention to summarize my thoughts and feelings regarding this moving experience as a whole, but decided not to bore you with the emotional details. Almost everyone has been through a move and knows how it feels right? ;)</div>
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In short the month of September was filled with stress, excitement, exhaustion, long nights, anticipation and a few tears. After taking the first week of October to decompress, relax and really enjoy not having to stop at either of the two old places on the way home from work to pick up more junk or clean, I feel much better about the situation and relieved that it is finally in our past. Instead here are a few photos of moving day.</div>
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We were extremely grateful to have my parents, D's parents, our friends Jon, Ben and Linc, D's sister Cindy, Willow and her bf Dustin help us move. We couldn't have done it without them. The amount of help we received was truly a gift. The day went incredibly smooth and our family members went above and beyond just carrying boxes into the house. My Mum provided lunch for everyone and after the truck was unpacked all family members went to work either cleaning, arranging or tackling the weeds in the front yard.</div>
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This photo will be a great reminder of what our driveway looked like before the garage was built (which should be happening very soon)! Permit application is in and our concrete friends are coming to do a pre assessment tonight. <br />
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Also do you remember me mentioning the new fence panels the neighbours bought <a href="http://9808bungalow.blogspot.ca/2012/07/beware-of-killer-cats.html"><strong>here</strong></a>? They ended up at the end of our driveway. Unfortunately they were installed before we had our survey done so they are a little ways over onto our property which isn't really a big deal. Even so, the neighbours have insisted on moving them into the correct spot once the garage starts to go up.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16156211902321367275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702887571100349834.post-70457804506947690602012-09-28T12:07:00.000-07:002012-09-28T12:15:53.212-07:00Inspiration ~ Window Seat<div style="text-align: justify;">
This weekend is going to be a whirlwind of last minute cleaning, repairing and organizing. We hand in our keys at the townhouse and the shop on Sunday and we still have things to get rid of at both places. </div>
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I'm not going to have time to do any more work on this mini makeover so I thought I would post some inspiration photos for our window seat area in the meantime to give you an idea of what's to come. </div>
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I had mentioned on Friday that D and I would be putting the finishing touches on a small project over the weekend but alas it wasn't meant to be. The project was to give our front porch a mini makeover and one of the final steps was to repaint the concrete steps. D works on Saturdays so I set out to Home Depot bright and early to buy what was needed. The stairs do need to be repaired at the bottom so we didn't want to spend a lot of time and money going through all of the proper steps to refinish the porch at this time...stripping, acid washing, cleaning, sealing, painting, sealing again. We just wanted to quickly slap some paint on them to give the porch a fresher look until we paint the exterior of the house next year. </div>
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So after convincing the salesperson at Home Depot that we didn't want to spend a fortune and yes we knew that they wouldn't hold up for the long haul, she recommended we use a product called 'Restore'. It goes on thick and covers all of the imperfections in the concrete. You do still need to use the 'Restore' cleaner beforehand though and then wait 24 hours before applying the paint. Reducing the steps from 6 to 2 and only needing to buy 2 products instead of 5 definitely seemed much more manageable.</div>
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The salesperson also warned that the paint needed to be applied when no rain was expected for at least 48 hours. Driving home the sky was clouding over and the air felt damp. By the time I had gathered up the necessary tools I realized that painting the stairs or at least cleaning them just wasn't in the cards for the day. To be honest I had also starting losing interest and becoming a little disheartened in the project on the drive back form Home Depot. </div>
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All is not lost, I started on a different mini makeover indoors that seemed much more enjoyable than scrapping and cleaning concrete steps. But as to not leave you in the lurch on the outside mini makeover, here is a pic of the work that has been done to the front of our bungalow so far.</div>
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Repainted the house number and hung it higher.</div>
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Painted the mail box black and fixed it to the side railing.</div>
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Removed the weeds from along the front.</div>
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Plant some greenery along the front and add river rocks as a border.</div>
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Add a couple more fall planters to the porch.</div>
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It doesn't seem like much but when you compare it to the before pic it's quite an improvement.<br />
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Pulling out the weeds along the front was a tough job. Firstly because they were 60% thistles and secondly because the ground was as hard as cement. D's sister and mum very kindly worked on the left side the day we moved in and D finished off both sides, broke up the soil and leveled it off last week.</div>
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Speaking of weeding...D and I spent all of Sunday afternoon pulling out the weeds (again mostly thistles) along the front of the property line in front of the chain link fence where the front hedges used to be. I don't have any photos of this part of the yard, but trust me it was pretty horrible looking.</div>
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Back to the indoor project that was started on over the weekend.....it's soon to be my favorite seat in the house....Yep the window seat :)<br />
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Here is a before photo as a reminder.<br />
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The wood paneling was covered in scratches, marks and quite frankly looked ugly. Too much wood paneling gives me a headache. So I started out by sanding it down and painting it white.<br />
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Such a huge improvement already. I will keep you posted on the progress of this little space that brings me so much joy. Or at least it will when it's done ;)</div>
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This is what may happen if we cut down too many trees! Global warming is one thing, but the dogs of the world may run into a crisis if we continue to clear our forests! We have to stop cutting down trees! This could turn into a serious problem! </div>
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This weekend D and I are putting the final touches on a mini makeover we have been working on. Looking forward to showing you all. </div>
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With the warmer weather sticking around and the sun continuing to shine, we have been spending as much time as we can outside weeding and tidying up the yard. We still have a LONG way to go but we've been working on some projects that will add a little more curb appeal to our diamond in the rough.</div>
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All along I have envisioned what our bungalow has the potential to be. Call me a dreamer but I can see a warm cozy inviting abode through all of the grime and disarray.</div>
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True to my British heritage I am in love with English country cottages and gardens. Here's a little country cottage inspiration for you all......</div>
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I would love to plant a small hedge along the front with a little country gate. Plant a veggie garden on the side and fill the perimeter with wild flowers and flowering shrubs including <a href="http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/forget-me-not.htm"><strong><span style="color: black;">Forget-me-not</span></strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/foxglove.htm"><strong><span style="color: black;">Foxglove</span></strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/lavender.htm"><strong><span style="color: black;">Lavender</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: black;">, </span></strong><a href="http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/viburnum-snowball.htm"><strong><span style="color: black;">Viburnum</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: black;">, </span></strong><a href="http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/kerria.htm"><strong><span style="color: black;">Kerria</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: black;">, </span></strong><a href="http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/grape-hyacinth.htm"><strong><span style="color: black;">Grape Hyacinth</span></strong></a><span style="color: black;"><strong>, </strong>and<strong> </strong></span><a href="http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/daisy.htm"><strong><span style="color: black;">Daisies</span></strong></a><span style="color: black;">.</span> Soon I hope, but I know slow and steady wins the race.</div>
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Before we moved the furniture into the bungalow we decided to try and get a head start on painting the kitchen cabinets. We got as far as removing all of the cabinet doors and hardware, giving then a couple of coats of Behr's Pure Ultra White paint, and getting one coat on the uppers. Painting cabinets definitely takes longer than we anticipated! So we have now decided to continue chipping away at them when we have a free minute here and there between other projects.</div>
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Over the weekend we finished painting the open cabinet (the one on the right in photo below). True to the nature of everything else the previous owners had "DIYed" around the house, this section looks like it had started life out as a two sided open cabinet over a peninsula in another kitchen. The top and bottom edges have plastic runners where glass panel doors would have slid back and forth on either side. We know they were glass panels because we found two of them in the basement and the other two out in the yard.</div>
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I had initially intended to paint the back of this cabinet a dark grey (the kitchen walls are soon to be light grey) but whilst I was at Walmart picking up some drawer liner for under the kitchen sink, I found this absolutely perfectly patterned drawer liner. On the spot I decided it would be a much better way to liven up our open cabinet than to paint the back. I snatched up 2 rolls and beelined to the checkout (grabbing some double sided tape on the way). </div>
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As I'm not that great with commitment I didn't want to glue the liner to the wall behind the cabinet. Instead, I chose to use the double sided tape as that way if we get sick of the pattern it can easily be taken down and replaced with something else. </div>
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Installing the liner was super simple and took under 15 minutes. We roughly measured the width of the cabinet and cut the liner to size. I knelt on the counter and positioned the liner in place whilst D cut 1 inch strips of double sided tape and passed them up to me. I started on the left side and placed a strip of tape about every 5 inches. When I got to the other side I just creased the liner into the corner of the cabinet and trimmed off the excess with an Xacto knife. </div>
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I love it so much I'm thinking of doing the same to the rest of the upper cabinet with doors to give us a pleasent surprise when we open them up. </div>
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Definitely a great, easy and inexpensive way to add some colour and interest to open cabinets without committing to anything long term or spending a ton on a roll of wallpaper. </div>
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2 rolls of drawer liner from Walmart - $6.97 each</div>
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1 roll of double sided tape - $2.97 each</div>
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Here's a quick run down of what we ripped out and evicted from 9808 last week.</div>
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As D and I were walking up the stairs to call it a night after sweeping the basement, I wondered out loud how hard it would be to pull up the carpet. "Let's see" said D and within 15 minutes the gross stair covering made of dog hair was history.</blockquote>
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<li>The weed garden along the front of the house and attempted to tackle the weeds on the right side of the front door. The ground is as hard as cement which makes for back breaking work.</li>
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<li>The ceiling fan on the deck.</li>
<li>The leaky kitchen faucet.</li>
<li>The leaking pipes under the kitchen sink.</li>
<li>The carpet in the basement.</li>
<li>The random fence panel in the front yard.</li>
<li>Attempted to fix the leaking bathtub faucet (we need to order a new part).</li>
<li>The gross discoloured Plexiglas panel above the bathroom counter.</li>
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Those of you who have been paying attention may remember that I posted about our <a href="http://9808bungalow.blogspot.ca/2012/07/stairway-to-heaven.html" target="_blank"><strong>Stairway To Heaven</strong></a> a few weeks ago. The main floor staircase in the house acts as a focal point. It's steep, original and worn from years of use. The risers are high and 80% of the stairs creak underfoot. It definitely needs to be sanded and re stained in the future but for now I love it just the way it WAS!</div>
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For reasons we can't begin to imagine, the previous owner decided to carpet the staircase before we moved in. Please note that this was done AFTER we closed on the house. So the last time we saw the staircase it was happily carpet free. </div>
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The weird thing is they went to the trouble and time to do the installation properly. Well as "properly" as everything else in the house has been done. By doing this they have now shortened the timeline in needing to refinish the staircase. They took the time to nail in tacking strips and glue down underlay. They didn't take the time to remove any debris from the stairs before fixing the carpet down though. D found used Xacto blades and strips of staples sitting on top of the underlay under the carpet. Oh Jeez! In all fairness, they may have wanted to carpet the stairs in order to protect them when moving the furniture down but I would imagine using a piece of capeting or blanket would have worked just as well.</div>
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So my once beautiful (to me) stairs are now marred with nail holes and glue residue (and the odd missed staple here and there). But at least they are back to being carpet free.</div>
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To give you an idea of what you are looking at the basement is made up of 7 thrown together rooms (8 if you count the makeshift kitchen area). The previous owner seemed to have a method of finding a scrap piece of wood or building material and haphazardly screwing it up here or there. Not one single square inch of downstairs has been finished properly. The same rings true on the top floor. More on this phenomenon later. </div>
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The basement is definitely our diamond in the rough (with rough capitalized in bold and underlined a few times)! I envision a beautiful 1 bedroom basement suite in our future though. First I need to track down Scott McGillivray from <a href="http://www.hgtv.ca/incomeproperty/?categoryid=8639303761479173541" target="_blank"><strong>Income Property and HGTV Canada</strong></a> ;)</div>
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