Sunday, January 17, 2010

Settled In / Sort Of

Since my last update, I have actually moved in and been living here for almost two weeks. There have not been any major changes since my last post have made some progress in a few areas:

1. Refrigerator: In an effort to save money, I'm trying to cook more meals at home which required a fridge. After realizing how much new fridges cost, I found a nice used model for sale that works just fine and has an ice maker to boot. However, in my search for a fridge I realized just how small appliances were back in the 1950's and this unit (which is pretty small) just barely fits in the space. I'm not sure what kind of options I will have going forward for a larger fridge or will I have to redo the kitchen cabinetry. Picture of the fridge below.

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2. Electrical: This falls into the category of necessary evil upgrades on 50+ year old home... My electrician was great and made some key updates including grounding multiple outlets, installing new outlets in key areas, and running CAT-5E for ATT Uverse. The big benefit for me is being able to put some of my electrical equipment in the right places in the house. In the living room I will hide all of my AV gear in this built in cabinet and have no visible cables at all. I will have a similar setup in my master bedroom.

Setup Now
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Where Everything But TV Will Go
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Below are a few pictures of how the house looks right now:
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Family Room (Need To Do Flooring / Any Suggestions?)
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Master Bedroom (Platform Frame For Bed To Come)
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Backyard (Rye Grass Is Growing Like Wildfire)

More updates to come...

3 comments:

  1. Your family room is gorgeous! I say go for wood or cork, both are period-appropriate.

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  2. Your new home is fantastic. It was worth the wait. Just found your blog and am looking forward to watching the progress.

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  3. Your house is looking good, my friend. My suggestion for your bedroom's flooring would be to use a dark maple wood stained flooring, you can keep those light stained ones. You just have to stain it with a dark maple wood stain to make it more, well, darker. With this, it would make your furniture's designs more visible whenever a person enters the room.

    Terence Watthens

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