Good-bye FishBowl

This weekend, the long awaited window treatment for the living room went up. Take a look here to see how close we came to the intended idea. I think we did pretty well. It was a true team effort. Greg had to drill eleven hole in the ceiling, and screw in the brackets which hold the track to the ceiling. If you ever need an opinion on which toggle bolts work best, he can tell you. My mom helped me mark the length of all the vertical panels, which I trimmed. Greg added the top and bottom rails to each panel. Jeff stopped by last night and got to stand with his arms above his head for a considerable amount of time while Greg fastened 11 set screws to secure the tracks to the brackets in the ceiling. My mom and I clipped the drapery clips on and hemmed the purple drapes to the right length. And finally, we get to it back and enjoy it all. 

This shows how flexible the system is. Here, the center of the window is open, while light is filtered thought the panels at the sides. 

It’s hard to see the pattern in the center panels in the photos, so here’s a peak at what it looks like from outside. 

And here’s an evening shot taken by my mom of the two of us enjoying our transformed living room. We have one major project left in here, which is to create the new storage to the right of the fireplace which ill have some display, as well as house the components for the television. I think we might take next weekend off though. Whew!

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CHRISTINE

LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

Monday, February 21, 2011 - 09:19 PM

Miss Scarlet with the lava lamp in the library

Another task that was accomplished after the arrival of Task Master V on Saturday afternoon was the population of the library. We unpacked dozens of boxes of books, some of which had been stored away for years. 

Greg carefully planned where each book should live. What is a library without categories after all? We still have some fine tuning to be done, but for now, I am thrilled to have the library wall I’ve been dreaming of for years. Not to mention the fact that our storage area on the other side of the basement is much better organized, not that it is not full of books that are waiting to live on a shelf.  

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CHRISTINE

Wow - this looks great!

Monday, February 21, 2011 - 09:14 PM

Good-bye Fishbowl

This weekend, the long awaited window treatment for the living room went up. Take a look here to see how close we came to the intended idea. I think we did pretty well. It was a true team effort. Greg had to drill eleven hole in the ceiling, and screw in the brackets which hold the track to the ceiling. If you ever need an opinion on which toggle bolts work best, he can tell you. My mom helped me mark the length of all the vertical panels, which I trimmed. Greg added the top and bottom rails to each panel. Jeff stopped by last night and got to stand with his arms above his head for a considerable amount of time while Greg fastened 11 set screws to secure the tracks to the brackets in the ceiling. My mom and I clipped the drapery clips on and hemmed the purple drapes to the right length. And finally, we get to it back and enjoy it all. 

This shows how flexible the system is. Here, the center of the window is open, while light is filtered thought the panels at the sides. 

It’s hard to see the pattern in the center panels in the photos, so here’s a peak at what it looks like from outside. 

And here’s an evening shot taken by my mom of the two of us enjoying our transformed living room. We have one major project left in here, which is to create the new storage to the right of the fireplace which will have some display, as well as house the components for the television. I think we might take next weekend off though. Whew!

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CHRISTINE

LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

Monday, February 21, 2011 - 09:19 PM

Bathroom Progress

Last weekend was a busy weekend around here. In addition to chasing mice and squirrels, hanging up the TV, and putting the living room back together, Greg also made some progress on the hole in our bathroom wall. Next step, tiling. 

And a reminder of what it looked like before Greg put up the cement board.


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VP

The home improvement never stops. This record of it all is an amazing historical document!

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 07:44 PM

Garage Door Fail

Wednesday night, we made a trip down to IKEA to pick up some book shelves for the basement. When we got home, we were tired, and the shelves were heavy. So, we left all the packages in the garage, and left my car outside. We were watching a little TV before bed, and we heard the horrible noise. It sounded like a shelf had fallen on top of a kitty or something equally as bad. We looked around a little, sound both boys and they seemed fine. Greg peaked in the garage and none of the packages had fallen. By the next morning, we’d forgotten about it. Since both cars were outside, we went out the front door, instead of the garage like usual. It wasn’t until I got home that night, and the garage would only open halfway that I discovered what had made the noise. 

One of the springs had broken. The force was so great, it sheared off the bole holding the angle into the ceiling, and bent it backwards. 

The pulley was left dangling. And the spring was useless. 

We are now considering getting a brand new door instead of just replacing the springs. The door is old. A new one will have much more insulation. But, it’s yet another thing we weren’t planning on spending money on just yet. 

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VP

That's a shame.

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 05:17 PM