The living room was ugly. REALLY UGLY.I mean it. Look.View as you enter from the front doorThe main part of the living roomThe far end of the living roomLiving room view into kitchen/ dining roomSeriously ugly. The carpet was likely original (nearly 20 years old... cringe), the walls were that lovely flat beige Kroger bag… Continue reading Chez Westy – Living Room
Tag: Make it work
Chez Westy – Fireplace Remodel
Remember how dated the fireplace was?Big block ceramic tile. a mantle that wasn't even as wide as the tile around the fireplace (that we discovered wasn't mounted properly and shouldn't have been weight-bearing at ALL),... I don't have a closer-up photo, because it was just so bad.This is after we took down the sketchy mantle… Continue reading Chez Westy – Fireplace Remodel
Chez Westy – Half Bath Remodel
The half bath was an easy thing to tackle. It was small. Everything had to be pulled out (if only temporarily) when we installed the new floor. And it was ugly. It was also the first room we completely finished.I don't know who decided that using a paint gun to paint the entire house with… Continue reading Chez Westy – Half Bath Remodel
Chez Westy – Dining room/Crafting Area Remodel
This 'dining room' was fraught with issues. WAY too much light (when the sliding door curtains were open, still squinting at curtains over a sliding door... it's just fussy) and then WAY too dark in the corners. The 'cherry hardwood' floor was peeling up... good try, realtor dude... the light wasn't in a good place… Continue reading Chez Westy – Dining room/Crafting Area Remodel
Happy Chez Westy-versary!
A year ago, we closed on our first home together.Home is where LaFonda the Honda is.It's been quite the journey and it's still not totally where we want it, but we are definitely making progress! Over the next few weeks, I'll share some posts with pics of what we've accomplished. Since we still aren't ready… Continue reading Happy Chez Westy-versary!
Donita2017 – Q1 update
Here we are, the end of the first quarter of 2017. While I've been short on words the last few months, I've not been short on FOs. I've finished 3 sweaters in 3 months! It's crazy! I decided that I really had so many nice sweater quantities of yarn, with so many nice patterns… Continue reading Donita2017 – Q1 update
Chez Westy – Kitchen
The kitchen was a lovely white on beige on wood grain on wood grain on black theme when we bought the house. We are functional cooks (not foodies by any means) at this point, so the kitchen was functional, but bland. Distinctly forgettable and not cohesive at all. We set out to fix that. The… Continue reading Chez Westy – Kitchen
Isolationist, against my will
One of the hardest things about chronic illness is the isolation.First of all, there's the emotional isolation. This comes in all flavors. The feeling like doctors and other medical professionals don't believe you when you try to communicate your symptoms, the constant implication that this is all psychosomatic at best or an attention grab at… Continue reading Isolationist, against my will
UPDATE: Chemical Warfare
A few weeks ago, I shared a post about some Regia yarn that won't quit bleeding. At the time of this post, I was quite put-out with Regia's customer service on this issue. I contacted them through the contact us link on their website on January 10, 2017. At the time of this posting, I haven't gotten… Continue reading UPDATE: Chemical Warfare
What was old is made new again
This fall, I (finally) made time to wash, block, and de-pill all of my sweaters. It took a few weeks to accomplish, between contact time and drying time. This was long overdue and was well worth it! It made me excited to wear my sweaters again... except one. I made this shrug back in 2010,… Continue reading What was old is made new again
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