Identify My Yard

This popped up last week. Any ideas? The stalks are about 2 feet high, and they bend over.

Here’s the flowers buds (?).

Lilac Chop

I chopped the lilac that was blocking the front windows.  If it doesn’t survive, no biggie. I’ll put in something else.

Before:

After:

There was a little lilac bush growing where the new front steps will go, so I potted it until we know where to put it.

A window week 1

This week you get to see all the replacement windows, starting with the back bedroom.

Here’s a picture of the old ones:

And with the new:

Walnut or Hickory?

Stephen and I have an ongoing discussion about the type of tree in our front yard, walnut or hickory? Neighbors say walnut. My mom says hickory. I think its hickory, but hope its walnut. Stephen has said walnut from day one. Any arborists out there?

Another mystery

We were scratching our heads over those things under the windows. Vents? Windows? Old heater holes? Who knows.

But they are gone now!

Exterior siding is not on the top of the list. So, we get to look at plywood squares for a while.

But we did patch the interior side.

Kitchen wall

I tried to keep my upper kitchen walls without cabinets. Its the new look. But, I was afraid it might not appeal to a buyer in a few years, so I compromised with half the wall without cabinets. The wall, that would now be visible, was a mess. Here’s the bottom part. You can just see how bad the top of the counter is.

Drywallers fixed it. Pretty.

Heap of junk

The pile is growing.

Better out in the barn, than in my house!

Bathroom

The bathroom is so tiny. Eventually, we will put in a small master bath upstairs, but for now this one has to keep 5 people clean. Here is it when we started.

We had a greyish-brown marble floor installed.

Stephen removed the nasty old bath fan and replaced it with a can light / fan combo. Its great. You can’t even see the fan part.

Stephen discovered all the plumbing in the bathroom was trailer-type plumbing. So, he had it all re-done. Nothing pretty to look at.

I’ve been sanding and staining the vanity a deep ebony. I like the original sink. Its cultured marble that is a greyish-blue with black speckles. And, the original faucet is too cute. But, I haven’t taken any pictures of my projects yet, so here’s one of the plumbing again.

Space for the piano

We decided to re-work the entry on back side of the house. I wanted more wall space in the living room for the piano, and I’ve always dreamed of a wall of black french doors. This is the how it looked when we bought it.

We are closing off the door, and installing french doors in the place of the window.

It won’t be a wall of doors, but its an okay compromise for this house, for now. 🙂

And now there is a home for my piano! The door was removed and closed in last week.

Bye Kitchen Wall!

Now you see it.

Now you don’t!

And, we’ll never miss it.