The upside of the rainy weather here in New England..., the grass is green! Our lawn went from shabby to chic in no time...
... and it looks like a carpet...
... we also planted a little garden in the corner... 
... it's blooming...
... the hedges toward Main road are doing well too...
... just as I said..., like a carpet!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Grass is Green
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Sweeping and more
The usual Spring cleaning...
... sweeping off the sand left from the winter...
... then a future repair awaits..., the cracks in the road along the driveway (to the left)..., but first we'll get a dumpster in and clean out the basement.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Lawn Care -The Big Reveal
Remember this, the Mud Slide Prevention cloth?
Tada! Two months later. The grass is growing, but overall our lawn looks crappy. Not that I'm complaining, it's just what it is. According to our neighbor it will take two years for it to look good. I'll be planting some flowers this week, hope that helps to get some curb appeal.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Recycling Old Wood For Kitchen Island
Taking down all the old wood shelving and partition walls in the basement...
... then recycling the old wood for our new butcher block(esque) kitchen island, which Peter will build...
... seems to be the destiny of this wood which has been recycled before by the previous owner out of crates from local textile mills.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Some landscaping or rather Mud Slide Prevention
Since we had run off problems causing mud slides after the Driveway Construction we decided to put down some gardening cloth...
... the cloth allows the grass to grow through it and over time the sun will break it down and the cloth will disappear on its own...
... but what about all the metal pins that we used to hold the cloth down to the ground, can we leave those too, I wonder...
... for now, we just wait and see.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Do It Yourself Stair Runner Installation 2
After Stair Runner Installation Part 1, here comes part two, the finished project...
... looks like a professional installation, doesn't it? But you'll see it has some Do It Yourself characteristics...
... our solution to the "turn" dilemma that can simply not be solved if you only have a pre-cut/pre-edged roll of stair runner to work with...
... and here on the landing I'm sure you notice (hopefully only barely) the diagonal seam...
... we think it's perfect!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Entry Foyer Done
Nothing out of the box...
... the before: Entry + Stairway..., I just couldn't decide on a color with punch, and if in doubt go beige(ish), right. So that wall ended up just a tad darker then the hallway color and the two cubes give us room for gloves, hats and sunglasses.
Stair Runner Installation
Finally we got around to begin the stair runner installation and cozy up the stairway to the second floor...
... it begins with cutting and stapling on the pads that go underneath the rug...
... and the same for the tackless strips -those pink things with little nails that hold the runner... 
... nice job!
... pushing the stair runner, so it is gripped by the tackless strips...
... et voila!
But we're not done yet, we've got a challenging turn here to figure out..., and in case you wondered..., we followed these Stair Runner Installation instructions.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Entry and Stairway
I'm in the process to finish the entry and stairway..., meaning I'd like to give that one wall a different color than the rest..., add some cube shelves, mount new light fixtures which are ordered and lastly install a stair runner which we still have to find.
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