James and I continue to make progress in setting up house. Seemed so much easier day dreaming about playing house when I was a kid instead of the reality I find myself in. But I'm having a good time. Just wish I could make everything happen all at once!
We still have unpacked boxes, which is an unintended consequence of not having the same places to hide, stuff, and store items as we did in the last house. So the boxes will have to stay until I have the funds to purchase a piece of furniture to hide, stuff, and store. But maybe I should dress them up by covering them up with sheets or old curtains. At least I wouldn't have U-Haul taunting me all the time.
One piece I decided on to hide, store, and stuff items was a pie safe for our board and card games (we have a lot). I have purposefully been saving and waiting for DC Flea to roll around again to make the purchase. Almost right away I found the most perfect one but it was seafoamish green. Seafoamish green isn't in my house's color scheme so I couldn't justify paying $525 for a seafoamish green pie safe that I would have to then turn around and find time to strip before using. Turns out that the dealer painted it himself using an "antique" color he had found on an old door and had Home Depot color match. Really dude? I flat out told the guy that I would have bought it if it wasn't painted green. (And I don't think he did sell it that day.) Pie safes should not be green. I was pretty lucky with one of my favorite dealers. She had two pie safes that were different but both had the qualities I was looking for. And since it was Sunday and she didn't want to take them home she offered both for $550 and since I had the truck I could fit both in the bed and so I bought them! One is our board and card game repository and the second one is our new buffet in the dining room. They look fabulous! I would share a photo but we still have not located the camera (insert frown here).
HINT: always go to DC Flea on Sunday, never Saturday, as this is when you will get the deals you want. If the item isn't there on Sunday you don't need it. This was how I got a dining room table with sitting up to eight with three table leafs (with their own crate) and an option table support for $550 when the day before was marked at $850.
James and I also tackled a rather inventive endeavor for us this weekend in mounting a TV on the wall. It took about 2 1/2 hours and the TV has power and looks great! I didn't want power cords running down the wall like we have up in the Master Bedroom and it turns out that you can't run live electrical wires behind walls (boo! but I totally understand) so we had to install an in-wall recessed power outlet. Even if we wanted a professional to mount the TV they wouldn't install the in-wall power outlet. And we weren't about to pay an electrician so I did the homework and figured out what was needed. The product we bought gives both power and allows us to hide future cables later on down the road. And again Amazon was to the rescue saving us about $100 over similar products at Best Buy.
The last big item I accomplished this weekend was organizing the laundry room, which also serves as a storage room. What I really want to do is frame up a wall and install 1/2" to 5/8" dry wall so I can install my Elfa 74" closet system (that can't fit in the closets on the second floor) to give me even more room and storage possibilities. But I am very happy with boxes emptied and items hidden, stuffed, and stored as they are now. I have a giant box full of household items that need to go to the dump for proper disposal living in the hallway. But it can stay there instead of the landfill. Maybe within the mouth I'll have time to take them for proper disposal!
No comments:
Post a Comment