Our First Home

A work in progress…



May 20, 2009





We've officially lived in the house for three weeks as of tomorrow. Looking back through our pictures it's hard to believe we've accomplished so much in just three weeks. That said, it's scary to think about how much more work we have to go. It seems a new complication emerges or a new project is added to the list daily. But that's the way of a remodel though, isn't it? It's all very exciting and we hope that our friends and family will share in the excitement (and maybe some of the labor too:)

Our accomplishments so far:

• Refinishing 800 sq. ft of original golden oak hardwood floors (thank you Troy!).


• Repainting most of the interior of the house, including: the entryway, living room, dining room, bedroom and office.


• Liberating 2/3 of the porch from the poorly (and illegally) applied drywall and insulation.


• Removing 100+ 'snoop' nails from porch masonry (think The Wire, season 4).


• Ordering custom doors and windows to replace what the previous owner smashed out.


• Taming the Zoo of Death. That is to say, the back of the garage is now mostly harmless...we've only killed one black widow in the last week. As opposed to the 30 we killed in the first week we lived in the house. Thank you Mr. Pest Control Man.


• Spending ~ $3,000 at Home Depot- at ~$1,000/week I'd say we're doing our part to help the economy!