What do you think of this house?
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Temps climbed to a sultry 51 degrees and I started cleaning up the yard at Kim’s house. A few highlights:
Hidden in some trees I found this yard art. Paint it? Let it rust?
@Steve-Miller Very cool. I would leave it just the way it is.
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Wow @Steve-Miller that looks like a lot of work but with beautiful potential! We had winter camellias in our house in the south, they were beautiful! The leaves are waxier than rhododendrons, IIRC (we had those too).
And ivy, we had that too, in the back and sides. It looked nice but always made me nervous. I'm glad we don't have any here. (yet! knock on wood and all that)
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Ivy IMO is awful stuff, covers your brickwork and damages it, suffocates your nice planting.
Camellias on the other hand are beautiful evergreens. We were so fortunate in our previous house to have two, planted we guessed in 1952 when the house was built. About 15-20 ft high one flowered near pure white and the other a dark pink, they flowered either side of Christmas filling the garden with a mass of colour. Just fabulous when mature.
I would go out on Christmas day and fill a couple of vases with the flowers. They only last a couple of days once picked. -
Very nice!
20 ft. tall? Yikes! The tallest one I’ve ever seen might have been 6’ tall.
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Always remember, you can prune and bonsai anything(says my wife).
Just visited friends who'd removed their front garden hedge. Turns out it consisted mostly of a bay tree that had been espalier'd 5 feet left and right, rather than growing undisturbed 30feet up!
Who knew I'd be leaving with a trunk of wood for carving
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House update.
I’ve replaced all of the receptacles and switches. Happy to find that whoever wired this house did a decent job.
Installed board/batten wainscot in the living/ dining room. It will be painted kind of a dark sage green. Nice to use my tools again!
https://share.icloud.com/photos/031Bzi4lj4-5CODYyM5E1yc9w
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e0hEagxf1AZ90YB-ctEQ4hQw
Board and batten detail in Jack’s room. Not sure what color it’s going to be. It’s a “Minecraft” room - not sure what that means. You can see some samples on n the wall.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a6HC2Cd77AifJlCkIembdIgw
Kim painted her office walls herself. I call it the Pumpkin Room. The rest of the house will be painted by pros in about a week.
Carpet going in!
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@steve-miller wow, you all are making fast work of it! Looks great!
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House update.
I’ve replaced all of the receptacles and switches. Happy to find that whoever wired this house did a decent job.
Installed board/batten wainscot in the living/ dining room. It will be painted kind of a dark sage green. Nice to use my tools again!
https://share.icloud.com/photos/031Bzi4lj4-5CODYyM5E1yc9w
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e0hEagxf1AZ90YB-ctEQ4hQw
Board and batten detail in Jack’s room. Not sure what color it’s going to be. It’s a “Minecraft” room - not sure what that means. You can see some samples on n the wall.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a6HC2Cd77AifJlCkIembdIgw
Kim painted her office walls herself. I call it the Pumpkin Room. The rest of the house will be painted by pros in about a week.
Carpet going in!
@Steve-Miller Oooh I love the wainscoting. Very nice! I also love the pumpkin color paint. Looking good!
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Ordered a dark stained butcher block top for the rolling island.
Lighting makes the island look a different color but it’s the same color as the cabinets. New sink is a black composite model
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The previous owner built it from four wall cabinets and did a really nice job.
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Grandson Jack’s room. Minecraft theme. Sharon made the Minecraft drapes.
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Laundry equipment came with the house. Kenmore direct drive units some 30 years old and they still work!
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It looks very comfortable. My grandparents' house had wall to wall carpet except the bathrooms and a screened in (and second) Florida room (the first was on the front of the house and was an enclosed office). The screen room had the washer and dryer and led into the fenced backyard. You weren't allowed to wear shoes. The carpet was vacuumed once a day. I wouldn't mind it!
