The culmination of the house

I'll have to get some more pictures to post on the net, I guess, just so people can see what I'm talking about in entries like this.

But, it's all starting to come together. We got a lot of work done in the yard (though not nearly enough). So, that looks nice. We've gotten a lot of work done inside as well. This weekend will really only be our second weekend working in the house, so I guess that's not too bad. We're planning to start painting, and that should make a WORLD of difference. We've gotten most of the holes patched and the caulking done. Laura's cleaned the kitchen and dining room really well, and even the living room now. We’ll start painting the ceilings first. We’re just painting all of them white.

It’s hard to describe the color that’s in there now. It’s a white…ISH. But it’s like a white that’s been stained by someone smoking in the house for years. Mind you, the previous owners didn’t smoke, so the house doesn’t smell of smoke or anything like that. That was just their choice of colors. It’s so drab, it’s boring. All of the trim in there accentuates the yellowy of the walls with a light beige color, imitating an off-white. Not really very attractive.

So, we’re going to put some color on the walls. Nothing drastic, mind you, but something. The ceilings and trim should really pop with the sharp white contrasting against the colors that we chose/choose to put on the walls. It should make such a huge difference to get it painted. I’m really looking forward to it.

TONIGHT, however, Laura’s making me climb under the front porch and deck. We’re putting down some landscaping sheets under both and covering them with a light colored pebble of some kind. Probably going to stop by Lowe’s and get that tonight. That should help to spruce up the front of the house nicely. I’m not sure how it’ll look under the deck, but we’ll see. The deck is a good 4 feet off the ground in some places. There’s a small slope away from the back of the house. *shrug* We’ll see!

:)