Our House

This is the place to be if you only want to see posts about the remodeling that we are doing on our house.

Avalisa Wool Rug

Last modified on 2008-09-23 14:55:41 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

If you remember a while ago we got a new Avalisa 5 x 8 rug for our living room. We had originally wanted the bigger 8 x 10 size, but had settled for the smaller one. After much deliberation we finally realized that the scale of the smaller rug didn’t quite fit the room. We were able to work things out with Avalisa and our new rug arrived just a few days ago. We were relieved to see that the scale really does work much better for the room. While the $1360 price tag can be hard to swallow I just keep reminding myself it’s only $16 a square foot Our bare floors do look much better now that they have a large rug, and the quality is such that I’m sure it will be around for quite some time.
Rugs available from Avalisa from $310 - $1360.

Industrial Outdoor lighting

Last modified on 2008-09-22 14:14:52 GMT. 3 comments. Top.

We used to have two big spotlights on a motion sensor on our garage. Over the last month or so the motion sensor has gotten progressively worse until it was almost non functional. This weekend we finally got around to replacing the whole light fixture. We found these nice weather tight industrial lights in the “barn section” of Sutherlands, a local hardware store. We ended up buying one for the front of the house, and one for our back porch. I love the look of them, and love the $18 price tag even more. The one in the front we added a little bit of hardware to make it turn on and off automatically depending on the amount of daylight. Needless to say, we are quite happy to be rid of the two huge, non-functional spotlights.

Starting on the kitchen

Last modified on 2008-08-11 13:19:02 GMT. 7 comments. Top.

kitchen from Creede on Vimeo.
We have been in our house for almost 6 months now, so it’s inevitable that I finally got some demo work done. My wife was out of town for the week and had no idea what I was up to. The whole thing was very inexpensive, less than $200. It took me about a week working on it when I got home from my 9 - 5, and on the weekend. The worst part was really all the cleaning. I swear I spent as much time cleaning up my mess as I did making it. The video shows the progress as I knock down two walls, move the electrical, add some new lighting and start putting it all back together. This is the first phase in our kitchen remodel.

A new project begins…

Last modified on 2008-08-05 03:56:40 GMT. 9 comments. Top.

Well I guess it was inevitable. It seems that I have an affinity to knocking walls down. Last week while my wife was gone on vacation I decided it was a perfect time to redefine some spaces in our house. This picture is just a sneak preview, I’ll go over the whole story as soon as I get all my pictures together. Needless to say it was a huge dusty mess, and my wife was very glad that she wasn’t around.

Trying to beat the heat

Last modified on 2008-07-02 12:39:16 GMT. 6 comments. Top.

Things are heating up in Utah. It looks like we should be hitting triple digits this week. Unfortunately for us our house has neither central air or a swamp cooler. We have been blowing cold air from our basement up the stairs to try and keep things cool, and it definitely helps. To make sleeping a little bit nicer, we decided to buy some ceiling fans. We went with the cirrus hugger from modern fan. It’s the same fan we had at our last house, and we loved them there. Installation was a breeze (luckily our boxes were already braced for a ceiling fan) and they look great in our room with our new Malm bed and dresser.
Cirrus Hugger Fans available from Y Lighting starting at $304

Malm bed and dresser available from Ikea $149 - $199

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