Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The A-List


The A-List changes to my new/old house are finished. The foundation was good, but unfortunately, the original roof could not be saved. So I got a pretty, shiny green roof. The jungle of a yard has been cut back to a manageable level (still needs a LOT of work). Livingroom have been replaced and other walls repaired. All walls and woodwork are painted. Kitchen, bathroom, and laundryroom floors are replaced. Carpets removed and old wood floors repaired and refinished. And the furniture is in place.

Now I move on to the B-List. I need to start working on closets (repainting, cleaning up the floors, adding shelves where possible), the yard (I have an over-abundance of yucca in the front yard), fence (some places are falling down, others are too low to contain an enthusiastic golden retriever, curtains for bedrooms, and refinishing furniture. Plenty to keep me busy.

Last week we had the old wiring removed. While they were in the attic, we asked the electricians if there were any animal nests. They reported that there were a couple of birds' nests and offered to remove them. It took 9 construction trash bags to get the 2 nests out. They were waist high! Our vents now have hardware cloth over them.

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