house – Page 12 – ~HB ADVENTURE~

September 27, 2009

Kitchen Chaos

We have had a day. A DAY, I tell you. Turned out our garbage disposal decided to break and work with the dishwasher to flood our kitchen and spew bile-like water in our sink.

Disgusting.

Really disgusting.

I might have mentioned before that I don’t pride myself on being super handy, but today I helped install a spankin’ new disposal. I also made delicious Chex Party Mix using Pioneer Woman‘s recipe for a super fun football party we were planning on attending. We didn’t go because we were combating chopped up food and weird smells.

It was sad.

Really sad.

Now Barry and I are busy eating as much Chex Mix as our bellies will handle while rehashing our electrical melt down and disheveled kitchen.

We’re glad today is over.

Really glad.

September 10, 2009

Wall Wash

Flip came down and gave our wall a final touch up.

He soaked the rocks with a special acid wash recipe.

It is hard to imagine, but our wall looks even more beautiful now. Yippie!

September 4, 2009

It Just Feels Awkward Now

The other day I was sweeping the floor and got it into my brain that our front room needed to be moved around. Now it just feels awkward, but I’m not ready to push and shove things back into their original places. Change is good, right?

Right about where Sydney is in the above photo is almost exactly where the awkwardness begins. That space needs a little something-something. Maybe the whole rug needs a little loving, come to think of it.

I moved the shelf that my dad made us next to the fireplace and one of our comfy chairs to attempt to create a reading nook. It is difficult to get any reading done because….

Sydney thinks it is her designated look-out spot. No worries, there are plenty other awkward other places to sit in this room.

Coming down the hallway from the bedroom this is what you see. The fireplace is blocked with the other huge chair mostly because the fireplace is not centered. Oh, the awkwardness!!! I’m all for sitting by a fire to get cozy, but this moves into the realm of being a fire hog.

Looking at the room from our ‘dining room’ it doesn’t feel so awkward, but it certainly doesn’t come together and feel cozy. What to do?

Before I move everything back to how it was, Sydney wants to spend some quality time in the awkward area. She embraces the awkward. Maybe I need to work on that.