Faith, Trust, and a little bit of CONCRETE DUST!
OK, it’s taken me a while to actually document the painful progress on our concrete floor project. It’s disappointing… not what we expected. The concrete grinding is good in theory, but definitely much more dirty than we thought.Here’s the...Glass is in!!!!
The glass finally arrived this morning. It’s in and beautiful. Now all we need is a good squeegee… or better yet, a house keeper that does windows (’cause we’ve got a lot of them now.)Hen-pecked peckerwood…
Steve’s been singing this Dave & Deke Combo song all day… He mostly mumbles under his breath, but every so often I catch the line: “…but she had other think’in, she wanted me to panel the house!”OK, it’s true. I never...Let’s swim!
We were able to drain most of the water in the pool with the small electric pump we found in the shed. However… the last few inches, leaves and all, will need to be taken out by hand. We will hook up the wet/dry vac tomorrow to suck up the rest of the water. But...Cork floors are done!
They are beautiful!We applied two layers of water based varathane to the cork planks and the result was amazing. Just need to stay off of them for three days.Two things I learned:1. Read the label! Make sure that both cans are the same finish… I’m a...THE PROJECT
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THE FLOORPLAN
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(the only thing we’ve changed is the basic layout of the kitchen)
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?!
Steve – Writes commercials, plays drums and tennis (often with vintage rackets), and digs MCM style.
Haley – Is an amazing graphic designer and lady-boss, is developing an obsession with travel, puts up with noisy band practices, and also digs MCM style.
Steve was born in SoCal, raised in NorCal and has lived in the Great Pacific Northwest for many many years. Haley was born and raised nearby in NE Portland.
Together they’re attempting the seemingly impossible; to bring this great house back to its MCM Grandeur and raise two nutty kids (who are now adults!) …and not drive each other crazy in the process!
Life is kooky, but always a fun adventure!
PLAN B… THE TRAILER
Just in case the whole home restoration thing doesn’t work out! We have a ’56 Airstream Safari that we’re restoring in our spare time. 🙂
Check out our trailer adventures HERE.