Vacation Time

It's time for Vacation!!!!!

I will be out for a week having a great time.

Here at this place called 

Foggy River Place

This is the house we will be staying in again.

The bottom half of the house will sleep

15 people.  The top half is were the owners

live but you never really see them.

A river view from the boat 

This is a picture of the fog that comes in

right a dusk. It feels so good as we are

sitting outside on the patio that sits right out

over the river. Us drinking our wine

and talking for hours into the night.

Ah...  no phone, no work, no responsibility..

Life is Good at Foggy River Place

I hope you all have a great week 

and week-end. I will talk to

you all next week when I get back.

Until then,

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The Finished Results of the Ugly Yellow House

Finally, the Ugly House is DoNe!!!

Can I get a hooray from everyone???

I hope you've been tagging along with us

as we ventured  through our progress

of remolding this Ugly house to a 

Beautiful Home.

Now, on with the picture show.....

 

This is the New Bathroom.

I say New, because we had to replace 

everything in this bathroom.

This area is kinda small, so getting pictures of

the whole bathroom was really difficult.

The blue tape you see on the wall is there because

we had to varnish the side panel of the cabinet.

(It is now gone and looks good)

This picture was taken from the back bedroom

looking out the bedroom door to the entry of

another bedroom. (does that make sense?)

The stove and microwave will be installed 

when we return from vacation. 

But you can see it with your imagination? Right?

Boomer is my sister's baby and he just 

had surgery in this picture. 

So he tagged along with us for the day.

In this picture, you can see the entry way tile that

 runs into the wood flooring  in the  living room.

Well, that's it folks the picture show is over.

I have to say, I am really glad that this 

project is done, but I did enjoy learning

and experiencing the remodeling 

of my childhood home.

Now, would you like the grand total cost

for this remodel job?

Drum Roll Please....

$6500.00

That's right. 

I think we did pretty good.

Considering we bought a new

bathtub, bathroom sink, stool, 

wood flooring and carpet.

Kitchen cabinets, trim for the whole house,

crown molding for the kitchen, living room and hall.

Dishwasher, Stove and microwave vent hood.

New plumbing, Paint and SO Much More!!!!

We had a budget and we stuck to it.

 

Well, I am now going to pack because I am

taking off on vacation tomorrow for a whole week.

Have a great week and I will talk to you all soon,

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$50 GiveAway from....

Hi All,

I found a really cool blog

that I just had to share with you.

Urban Farm Girl

has the most beautiful pictures and

wonderful ideas for decorating.

Here is a peek of some pic's on her blog..

I absolutely love this kitchen table.

Don't you just want to eat this light fixture up???

And would you know it?

We have something in common..

We both have an obsession over beautiful homes.

Here are a couple she has stalked..

I am so glad I am not the only one on this earth

that will get out of her car and take pictures

of these beautiful homes. Knowing my family

is looking at me as if I am the only one who

does this crazy thing called FaLLing In LoVe...

Now, here is the cool part , Mary

 is giving away a $50.00 Gift Cert.

to White Flower Farm House

So get over there fast as the deadline is July 25th.

Hurry, Go NOW!!!

Could this be 7 Years Of Bad Luck?

I purchased this mirror at a great price

from Old Time Pottery about a year ago.

When my son seen that I had it tucked

behind my bedroom door, he started

begging me for it to put into his room.

After tossing the idea that I Did NoT

want to give it up, I decided I would

let him have it.  He asked if I would

paint the frame of the mirror black.

Well, Of Course I Can....

Spray Paint, Here I come.

After taping the mirror, I took it

outside to give it a paint job.

I set it up on a stool

against the wall to dry.

When I went back outside to

check on it, the wind had knocked

it down and Yep, you guessed it

The mirror had broke into pieces.

What really ticks me off is that

we have not had any wind in weeks...

The temperature here in Oklahoma

has been so HOT that when you

step outside you can't even breath.

And WhaT, Now WIND???

Okay, I'm over it now, I think..

While the mirror was drying and falling

off the stool, I had started to post about

how I have been tossing around the idea of

making an inspiration board to diplay

 my inspirations and future project lists.

So I went on a search into the blogging

world to find some ideas.

When I came across Shanty2Chic

I saw this awesome

Fabric Magnet Board. 

Here is the Tutorial

Didn't they do a great job?
I love the color red and with the
black and white fabric, this is a cool
project that can be used any where.

So... the little wheels inside my head started 

turning and I have come up with an idea.
(Again, thanks to Shanty2Chic)

I am going to carefully pull off the broken

mirror pieces and clean it up leaving me

with the backing and the frame.

I am then going to glue some cork board

and the galvanized metal that

Shanty2Chic used in their tutorial

to make my inspiration board.

I will post it as soon as I get it done.

How about that???

Something good can come out of

something BaD...

Wait,    Does this mean I am going

to have 7 years of bad luck???

I so Hope Not.

Talk to you soon,

Trim Mirror Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to use

 trim on a wall that will hold your mirror in place.

First, you will need to purchase your choice

of trim. There is trim that you can purchase

that is already white, but I chose trim

that I painted myself.

Also, the trim I chose has a 1/8in

edge on the back of the trim.

This will help hold the mirror onto the wall.

Be sure to take the mirror off

the wall so it is easier to work with.

Next, you will need to paint your trim.

I use some left over paint we had.

(Interior Latex Semi-Gloss  White #5.)

I applied two good coats.

Next, you will want to measure your mirror.

Once your mirror is measured, then you can measure

your trim and cut to fit.

(measure corners so the trim will have a miter fit)

Place the trim on top of the mirror to make sure

 you have a good fit before attaching to the wall.

Now, attach the bottom piece of trim to the wall.

We drilled a hole first and then nailed

the trim to the wall.

Set the mirror down inside of the trim.

Attach the sides and then the top piece last.

You will then want to set the nails into the wood

and rub a white caulking stick over the holes.

This will hide the nail holes.

You can buy the caulking stick at Lowes,

it will look like a white crayon.

Then apply another coat of paint to your trim.

Here is the mirror before

And here is the mirror after.

That's it.

It's a great way to dress up any room

 that's in need of a mirror.

Odd's and End's

Hello again,

This week-end we got alot done

at the Ugly Yellow House.

Starting Friday night, We double checked

all plumbling and hung the cabinet up

in the bathroom. We also hung the

mirror back up but it just didn't look right.

The mirror was a little ruff around the edges.

Here is a picture of the mirror 

This is the top of the mirror and the edges are

turning black. So we bought some trim

from Lowes and painted it white.

We then attached it to the outside of the mirror.

It made a world of difference.  Even the guys liked

the look it gave the room. Good thing, since

they are the ones who did it. Jacque and I

just told them how we wanted it done.

I snapped this picture of the guys as they

sat down on the edge of the tub.

They were talking about how glad they

we're that the bathroom was finally done.

The bathroom project was the biggest

challenge for all of us. Starting from

the house that had to be leveled in the

bathroom area before we could even

put a new sub-flooring down

 to replacing everything in the bathroom.

SaTurDaY

Saturday's work day was a success too.

We had a couple of odds and ends to attend

 to and then one big project to accomplish.

We had to drill holes in the doors for

the door knobs for all three bedrooms.

So the list went like this:

Door knobs drilled  -  check

Door knobs installed  -  check

Gas line hooked up  -  check

Make box to cover gas line -  check

Touch up walls with paint  -  check

Caulking windows and sinks -  check

Started clean-up  -  check

Here is the gas line that was put in. As you can

see, it runs through the bottom of the cabinet.

So Lance made a simple cover out of wood inside

the cabinet so when items are put into the

cabinet it will not be hitting the gas line.

Something that simple will help out in the long run.

This picture is how the hallway looked forever.

As we were remodling everything.

But NoT now...

 I

All the doors and door knobs are on.

I love this picture....

The next time I post,

I will show pictures of the whole house.

I guess now, we can't call it the

Ugly Yellow House.

Until Then....

Updated Kitchen

Hello there,

We have been pretty busy trying to get the

house done before we go on vacation.

We leave at the end of July and time

just keeps creeping up on us.

The Kitchen, however, is Done.

Well, all the hard part anyway.

We only have to plug in the Oven and the

Microwave that will sit up above the oven. 

But....

take a look at the cabinets that are now in.

Oohhhhhh.. Ahhhhhhh...

Sink and dishwasher are hooked up and even the

window has been painted with new trim.

Here is the other side of the kitchen. The oven

will go in between the two cabinets and the

microwave will sit up above the oven.

I am so glad to see that the kitchen,

living room, hallway and all three

bedrooms are done.

The bathroom is the only thing left to do.

But, we do have the flooring in and

after a long time waiting we can now

use the restroom...  LOL

YES

The most important part of the house

has come home. 

We put in a new stool and sink.

I love this sink. 

It has made the bathroom look even bigger. 

Before, there was a sink and cabinet

 that took up a lot of room.

Next, we will hang a new cabinet up

over the stool and put the liner up

around the bathtub.

Oh and of course, make sure

all the plumbing is working right. 

I also need to mention that for the most part of

the renovation on the house we have had

no Air Conditioner.

Yea, I know.... HOT

But David, a friend of ours, is now

back in town from vacation and

came right over to help us out.

He fixed the air conditioner.

God Bless Him.

I told him I was taking a picture of him

and putting him on the blog.

He laughed and wanted to give me his

good side but I told him, that it  probably

wouldn't be wise since other bloggers

would be watching...

So here is his oThEr Great side.

Thanks David for all your help..

Well that's it for now.  We are so close

to being done I can just taste it.

So until next time, I hope everyone

has a great week.