tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2008://6 2007-01-22T15:53:10Z Movable Type 4.2-en tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2007://6.903 2007-01-22T15:49:15Z 2007-01-22T15:53:10Z

Since we have sold the house there is no sense in updating here. You can find out what we are doing here: Upon the Ridgetops See you there!...

Upon the Ridgetops See you there!]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2007://6.901 2007-01-13T00:17:04Z 2007-01-13T00:23:15Z

A nightmare has ended. Closing day was the worst so far in our lives. Im glad its over and glad to be gone. I have honestly never been happier to leave some place. But at the same time I am...

A nightmare has ended. Closing day was the worst so far in our lives. Im glad its over and glad to be gone. I have honestly never been happier to leave some place. But at the same time I am sorry to have sold it to selfish, greedy and down right cruel people. All which never came out till the day of closing. We found out the day after closing, the new owners are clearing all the trees on the property. So it will never ever be the same. I'm only looking forward from here....not back. tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2007://6.899 2007-01-07T00:10:09Z 2007-01-07T00:33:03Z

The termite inspector actually came out Thursday morning. His name is Brian Dunn...but he is not my husband. Actually a little background to all of this is one day we received a phone call for Brian Dunn, of course thats...

The termite inspector actually came out Thursday morning. His name is Brian Dunn...but he is not my husband. Actually a little background to all of this is one day we received a phone call for Brian Dunn, of course thats my hubby's name, and the person on the other line started talking about getting Angel's. Now this phone call was received right before the holidays a few years back, and so Brian is thinking Angels like for the top of a christmas tree or something because of the way it was asked. In fact it turned out to be a lawyer for Brian Dunn who was purchasing a pest control company called Angels Pest Control. So amongst the confusion we learned there was another Brian Dunn in Franklinton. Later we found another Brian Dunn who lives in the area. But back to the facts at hand, Brian Dunn came to inspect our house for termites last Thursday morning only to give us the worst news we could hear...yes we have them. And according to him powder post beetles as well, altho when the Orkin man came he did not see any signs of the latter critters. At any rate it would be about 700.00 to get it treated and he could do it Monday. Well we dont HAVE 700.00! So a panic ensued...well actually tears ensued for me. Since I knew the girl wouldnt pay it nor would she buy the place untreated. I just saw the whole thing unraveling! But alas a glimmer of hope came when the pest control man agreed he could just take it out of the proceeds from the house. But 700.00 is a huge chunk of change and we have already sacrificed so much money in this selling that it is beginning to not be beneficial for us. So Brian decided to call our real estate agent and see if the purchaser could pay it, or at least half of it, since after all SHE will be the one benefiting from it, not us. I mean we are already PAYING HER 1200 as an "allowance" for electrical work. So she walks away from closing with 1200 put in her pocket on us, which I doubt she will use to do the electrical. Her reply? Absolutely not! She will not chip in. Figures. But surprisingly, well not too surprising, our real estate agent (which there is a long story behind the motive as to why she probably did the following) decided to chip in half of the pest treatment out of her fee. This was a huge relief all the way around! Lesson in all of this? It never hurts to ASK. Anyway today Brian has been working on getting the kitchen cabinet finished. I'll be staining it soon. We have the baseboards for the livingroom painted and tonight should be put up if all goes well. Plus we will probably, MAYBE, be painting the boys room tonight...we shall see. I'll get some pictures as soon as I finish some of the rooms up or at least tidy them up hehe! tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2007://6.898 2007-01-03T00:41:15Z 2007-01-03T00:53:29Z

Been busy little bees over here. Deadline is Monday Jan 8 to get everything accomplished. Today, we bought some of the needed supplies to finish everything up. Tommorw we will make another run to the store for some things we...

something to forget? Last night we grouted the bathroom floor and painted the entire bathroom. So now all that is left is the countertop to be grouted, then we are 100% complete with the bathroom. We were able to cut a few things off our list since we are going by what is contractual, instead of our "would like to's" since those cost us lots of time. That being the case the master bedroom is complete since we installed the closet doors (and doorknobs) this evening. Tomorrow will be filled with plumbing, replacing damaged exterior boards, and odds-n-ends since, as if things weren’t crazy enough, we will be tied up Thursday thru Sunday with something else. So hopefully tomorrow we can finish most of what is on our list. Oh to squeeze things even tighter we have a termite inspector to come out tomorrow at 1:30. Hopefully there will be no problems with that! I could tell you stories and stories about how things are going, but that would be an earful to say the least! ]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.791 2006-12-22T19:06:01Z 2006-12-22T19:10:18Z

Ok ladies and gent, this is the nearly finished list for the house. It’s down to the wire. Only 19 days till closing and that means 19 days and we will be in Kentucky! =) KITCHEN 1) Refresh paint on...

KITCHEN 1) Refresh paint on trim work 2) Paint door 3) Fix bottom cabinets/stain, ect 4) Touch up ceiling 5) Build stove hood cover/stain, ect LIVING ROOM 1) Install baseboards 2) Install Outlet covers 3) Refresh paint on trim work BATHROOM 1) Add moldings to bathroom, paint ect 2) Paint bathroom 3) Grout countertop 4) Grout floor 5) Install door, paint, ect 6) Final putty and sanding of walls 7) Build threshold MAIN BEDROOM 1) Paint walls 2) Install closet doors 3) Add doorknobs 4) Change outlet covers BOYS BEDROOM 1) Add sheetrock to wall 2) Paint walls & trim 3) Paint door UTILITY ROOM 1) Add knobs on cabinets 2) Replace door, if can, that goes to bedroom, paint ect 3) Install moldings 4) Build last threshold 5) Paint window trim EXTERIOR 1) Replace some clapboards 2) Finish plumbing for washing machine]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.786 2006-12-18T18:53:16Z 2006-12-18T19:40:34Z

Kaian is sick with a high fever. Explains why last night all he did was wake up in tears. Brian just ran to the store for meds. So here is a quick post while I have a minute... .....Photos to...

Kaian is sick with a high fever. Explains why last night all he did was wake up in tears. Brian just ran to the store for meds. So here is a quick post while I have a minute... .....Photos to come later..... BATHROOM We have the bathroom cabinet all finished except for grouting the tiles. We have the paint, just plain ol' white, for the bathroom. We have the floor laid. Need to grout floor. Need 1 more coat of putty before the final sanding. Need to paint entire bathroom. Need to hang new door. Need to make, paint, and install trim. HALLWAY We have the hallway painted, a light yellow, with white trim. Need to paint the ceiling. BOYS ROOM We have the boys' room door hung. Need to paint the room, the trim and fix the breaker box area [replace sheetrock]. KITCHEN We have put up a couple pieces of small trim up. We have sanded and painted the stove area. We have painted a couple of the other areas in the kitchen that were needed. Need to make a threshold for the kitchen to utility room doorway. Need to finish freshening up the trim. Need to install the baseboards. Need to hang the door to the kitchen/utility room doorway. Need to fix the spots on the ceiling. Need to build hood cover. Need to finish cabinets. LIVING ROOM We have painted the few problem areas. We have added some small trim. Need to install the baseboards Need to buy and install the outlet covers. UTILITY ROOM Need to install the trim. Need to paint the window frame. BEDROOM Need to install closet doors. Need to paint. Need to build threshold. Need to install bedroom to utility room door. tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.779 2006-12-04T04:28:25Z 2006-12-17T23:47:36Z

We have brought the bathroom finish percentage up to being 72% done. Here is our list, updated, that I posted previously: 1) Install sheetrock in all areas which need it. 2) Finish raising tub room ceiling 3) Finish insulating...

We have brought the bathroom finish percentage up to being 72% done. Here is our list, updated, that I posted previously: 1) Install sheetrock in all areas which need it. 2) Finish raising tub room ceiling 3) Finish insulating bathroom (small places which we haven’t got yet) 4) Connect the wall of tub room to the roof (yes the builder did NOT do this!) This will be done by building a small triangular 2 x 4 frame to extend from wall to ceiling. We have all the lumber cut, just need to put together. 5) Add shiplap siding to triangular 2 x 4 frame on exterior wall to get rid of the junk board that was used. 6) Float sheetrock 7) Paint all walls 8) Install new flooring 9) Paint and add molding 10) Install new light for main bathroom area (which we still have yet to get) 11) Hang new mirror (after we buy one - BOUGHT) 12) Hang new door and paint it 13) Rebuild sink cabinet (should be able to do mostly with boards we have around here) 14) Add a new upper cabinet - decided not to do this 15) Move tub water lines to new spot Yesterday Brian finished building the cabinet, and laid the countertop surface down. Between yesterday and today we have laid the flooring for the main bathroom, but the tub room still needs to have the tile laid. We will do that the same time we lay the stone on the countertop. Its actually more of an accent since the countertop will be bordered in wood. He used small planks of red oak that we had around here and put them together via a frame. I painted it and we are supposed to work on getting the countertop on tomorrow. We will see..... Anyway you can see in the above photo the cabinet Brian built.]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.778 2006-12-01T20:14:10Z 2006-12-17T23:47:35Z

Ok the house just listed Tuesday. Yesterday our agent called us to let us know we had someone who wanted to come and look at the house. Now we have some things that are not finished with the house but...

Ok the house just listed Tuesday. Yesterday our agent called us to let us know we had someone who wanted to come and look at the house. Now we have some things that are not finished with the house but we plan on finishing them. So we were hoping that wouldn’t deter anyone from wanting to buy the place. This morning I took the boys to town, before the people were to come over. That way they wouldn’t be fighting or try to hog their attention as they love to do when people come over. It is a cold & chilly day as noted by the "winter storm" that came in last night. But it’s not a gloomy day either, matter of fact it’s actually a nice bright and sunshiny day, just chilly. So we have the wood burning stove going, the kittens napping in the chair, the house clean and cozy with our cinnamon brooms and vanilla water simmering on the stove. I actually hated to leave this morning. Well I left around 8:30am and Brian showed the house around 9ish. When I got back he went on telling me how it went and that he got a good feeling about it. After awhile we get a phone call from our agent saying an offer has been made for 60,000 so we said sure! Of course we are about to come out of our skin with excitement! Our agent is supposed to come by later so we can sign the offer agreement. Talk about WOW! We know so many things can fall thru but this is so much more quickly than we both thought an offer would be made. tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.777 2006-11-28T21:00:51Z 2006-12-17T23:47:34Z

Our house is officially for sale! We got the sign, gave the key, got a copy of the listing agreement papers. The MLS listing will happen *hopefully* soon. She said she had a few changes to make before she...

Our house is officially for sale! We got the sign, gave the key, got a copy of the listing agreement papers. The MLS listing will happen *hopefully* soon. She said she had a few changes to make before she could post it. We have to hurry and get some vital things done, like get the cabinet finished, and get the doors up. Finish the bathroom, ect. Not to mention replace a few boards. All things we have been trying to get to before we listed but just werent able to. So now its doubly vital.Well thats the update. Have much to get done....after lunch hehe.]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.776 2006-11-23T04:39:48Z 2006-12-17T23:47:34Z

In light of the house being placed up for sale, we went through and did a through scrubbing and packing up all the extra clutter. There is more to be done, but we have the majority finished. I took a...

This was taken while the previous tenants still occupied the place. And now…… It’s nice to be putting the finishing touches instead of the beginning ones!]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.775 2006-11-23T01:01:41Z 2006-12-17T23:47:33Z

We just met with the real estate company today! The agent is coming by Friday to take photos and then we will get the sign to put in the yard. The house listing should be in the system by Saturday...

www.erwinrd.com Jetting out to town so must make it quick. Ta for now!]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.774 2006-11-15T19:18:30Z 2006-12-17T23:47:33Z

We replaced both porch columns with a solid 6 x 6 instead of boards nailed together to make a hollow box. The bottoms of the columns were rotting out, but the left column was the worst off. The cost of...

You can see the worst off column sitting on the ground since he changed that one out first. The new column stands there waiting to be put in place. It was strange to see the porch with one column missing. Rather scary too since one mistake and the front of the porch could have fallen in. I'm much happier now knowing the porch will not just fall in on itself now since we have solid wood up there. And everything went smooth with no problems. You can also see from these photos what the house colors were. The exterior of the house is now in the process of getting a fresh coat of paint. We have one side and the front nearly finished. We chose an off-white color called ‘Ocean Mist’ and the trim color is called ‘Cinnamon Stone’. It definitely stands out now. We have everything painted on the front of the house, except the front part of the porch that extends outward, which is still brilliant white at the moment. The whole house was brilliant white and sky blue for trim as the previous photos showed. Blech! We never liked it but never got around to changing it till now. The off white is a warmer shade than the brilliant white and the trim color adds to the warmth. We also painted the front side of the door the same color as the trim….Cinnamon Stone. We haven’t decided which color porch paint we will use. We are trying to avoid white or battleship grey. Perhaps a charcoal would be better…or a grayish green? Choices…choices….. So anyway we would have been finished with the house had it not been for the bad weather that was coming through the area. That and we got some sort of stomach flu. But the sun is shining again so back to work it will be. Once we finish painting the house we will be 38% finished with the exterior things.]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.773 2006-11-07T03:57:49Z 2006-12-17T23:47:33Z

As of today the utility room is now 67% complete. We have all four walls painted now,the paneling hung and painted for the one wall, the new light fixture was installed, ceiling floated and painted, and the new floor was...

67% complete. We have all four walls painted now,the paneling hung and painted for the one wall, the new light fixture was installed, ceiling floated and painted, and the new floor was laid down today. All we have left is to lay the thresholds, make/paint/install the molding and baseboards, add hardware and put the two cabinet doors back in place, put up the door leading to the bedroom and kitchen, then do some light painting and we are through! These "stick-on" tiles were on clearence at Lowe's. They are a good quality and they were cheap. The door in the photo used to be where the kitchen door entrance was. But since we replaced that was an interior door, we used this door to replace the back door which was actually an interior door. Besides this door, the one with the three panels of glass, used to be the original back door. These upper small cabinets had a new coat of bright white paint and some new handles. Here is the door that leads into our bedroom. It will be replaced. We picked up this $5.00 can of opps paint from Ace. The utility room used to be a porch before the previous owner walled it in. So it slopes downward. Also you can see the original wall siding. I rather like the look so I chose to expose it rather than cover it over.]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.772 2006-11-03T00:44:05Z 2006-12-17T23:47:33Z

Last Thursday we had gutted the bathroom. This was a job we were NOT looking forward to. Save the worst for last ~ know what I mean? So anyway Thursday, Brian had someone over so he could haul what we...

This is from the "tub room" looking into the main bathroom area. The entry way used to be so narrow and made the tub room look more long and narrow and an obvious add on. By moving those two posts over almost flush with where the shiplap siding wall is gave between 6-12 inches or so of more room. Making it much roomier in the tub room and tying the two rooms together much better. You just never know what you will discover when you start tearing down walls in a previously owned home. This area looks directly in the back of our closet, but because that used to be the exterior wall of the house (they didn’t even take it down when he added our bedroom on) you can still see the back of the shiplap siding. This area was built up for a window, so evidently before the bedroom add-on, the bathroom had a window in it, something we didn’t know. I almost decided to leave it open and put shelves on it, but since its such a narrow space in the bathroom I was afraid things would get knocked off too much so I am just going to cover it and let someone else have the pleasure of discovering it later in the future. =) Here you can see the junk board I was referring too. It says "Stafford" on it. Not sure what it was, but looks to be some kind of sign. Anyway just a shameful job he did of adding the tub room. You see above the window it should attach or join in some fashion to the ceiling...however it does not. That is the area Brian will build the triangular piece to actually ATTACH the wall to the roof. Sheesh....You can see I have the lights hung that I did up in this post. I just need to scrub that wall down and then paint it.]]> tag:farm.vcdesignconcept.com,2006://6.771 2006-10-08T20:54:29Z 2006-12-17T23:47:33Z

The utility room now is at 41% complete! Yesterday my brother graciously came over to help Brian install the sheetrock ceiling for the utility room. Previously it had panel ceilings, which ended up with a leak in the roof and...

The utility room now is at 41% complete! Yesterday my brother graciously came over to help Brian install the sheetrock ceiling for the utility room. Previously it had panel ceilings, which ended up with a leak in the roof and unbenounced to us caused the ceiling rafters to rot away. So as they were installing the sheetrock, they discovered that only to have to fix the rafters before they could finish installing the sheetrock. A job that should have taken only a few hours took about 7 instead. That was rather disappointing, but at least its up now! Thats one more thing off the list! =)) Thanks bro!