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Yup, we made a headboard for our bed & are now onto the nightstand from the left over wood. Then we are painting the porch & staining the floor of the porch, then we are on to rehabing our half bath! Busy at our house!
My house is in need of sprucing (and finishing reno's) but it will have to wait until after the wedding :)
@Ella1978: Busy and fun!! The headboard project sounds fun! We have been meaning to do that for a while but our bed doesnt really work with a headboard right now - so that will wait! So is your husband doing most of the work and you are just providing the support and the water or are you getting down and dirty too!?
@mishelleez: Well its not too far away!! And winter is a good time to do stuff because there is plenty of time off!
I am the designer and co-constructor. I had all the details drawn, so that construction was easy. My husband made all the cuts with the saw, but when it comes do drilling, gluing, stapling, I was right there with him!
The headboard was something we have needed for years, our pillows get stuck behind the bed by the end of the night. But it was going to be over 500 dollars to get the one that matches our frame.. and then it was going to be around 150 for another night stand. We will have the upholstered headboard & new end table for 125 total :)
We bought our house a year ago, and did some sprucing initially, but once the holidays rolled around, we were done! Summer came along and we started on the outside - and that turned into a full summer project! Now that fall is here again, we've started on the inside again. We put a fresh coat of paint in our living room and bought some furniture for it finally! We have a family room as well, so we don't use the "formal" living room all that much. But it's exciting to make things your own! The previous owners left some pretty hideous window treatments! It's amazing what a fresh coat of paint and new curtains can do to a room!!
Do you have any pictures/pointers on building the headboard? I saw it on young house love and Ive been thinking about doing it.
@Clarebee Sounds like fun! We are going to be tackling a lot of stuff in the upcoming months, too. (We plan to sell our townhouse in 1-2 years and move to a single-family just like you) We are excited to get started, but first we need new windows throughout the house so that comes first. After that, we'll move on to the fun stuff. Kitchen needs painting, new floor, new counter...going to be a busy winter for us. :)
@Jenn23: new windows will help for the winter!! Do you guys plan to do all the work yourselves? I love painting! And demolishing things :-)
Ooooh! We just began renting a new condo, and the owner allowed us to paint, so we painted the bedroom Sandstone Cove by Behr and and one accent wall in the living room Burnished Clay by Behr. It was a lot of work (I had never painted before, so it was a fun first thing for a us to do!), but now it feels much more cosy, as the rooms were a stark white before!
@Valhalla: YAY for color!! I hated our white walls! It made it feel so boring and empty even with all of our STUFF! Now it looks like a home and feels comfortable :-) I just want to curl up with my current book just thinking about my couch!
@clarebee: We plan on painting the kitchen walls and cabinets. We're going to have somebody do the floor and counter. We are also getting new appliances (YAY!!). Our kitchen is the only room in our house that is outdated, but we have waited since it's also the priciest to renovate. Now we're ready. This should help us sell our house when we're ready soon. Oh, and I HATE painting unlike you. My arms hurt, I always splatter...argh. I wish I could learn to like it like you do! Demolishing sounds fun though!!
@Bostongrl25: You know, we haven't taken a picture of it yet!
We had a wood frame that it would attach to, so we went from there. Made two 2x3 legs that started at the ground (slightly above the existing frame feet) and went to 2" below the top of the headboard.
We had a piece of MDF that was the height we wanted & 2 inches wider than the frame.
We got 2" thick high density foam, batting & fabric to cover the MDF (the fabric needs to be large enough to wrap around all the sides, and have room to staple in the back.
We drilled 4 holes into each 2x3. Two to attach to the frame at the bottom, and two more, each 4 inches from the top and bottom of the headboard at that location. We attached bolts thru the MDF & glued them in place. Making the headboard removable for re-upholstering.
We spray mounted the foam to the board, and the batting to the foam. Then we wrapped the MDF with the fabric & stapled. Then we slid on the 2x3 legs & bolted them together. (We countersunk the bolts so that they wouldn't stick out and scratch the wall). So it just looks like a simple fabric headboard, but we love it!
We have a new house with no landscaping, so since the wedding we have planted 13 trees, and installed underground sprinklers to our front yard. We are hoping to get our volcanic rock down on 1/2 the front yard, this year, and finish the front yard in the spring. In the summer we will do the back yard (paving stone circular patio, walkways, and planters). This winter we plan to finish the 2 bedroom and bathroom in our lower level (it is framed, wired, and roughed in plumbing, so we just need the drywall, paint, flooring, and trim. Then once that is done, I am going to re-decorate our master bedroom (it is still painted the builders paint, and I want to change the colour).
Lots and lots to do!!
FI and I just moved into a new house; it's actually a rental that is owned by his parents. Part of our agreement to live there is that we would work on fixing it up so that when we move on, they'll be able to get more rent for it. Today we're taking on demolishing the kitchen.. Eek! Well, we're trying to, we already had one false start this morning and he had to go out to Home Depot for some more tools. Once we get it out, we're putting in a brand new IKEA kitchen! Wish us luck!
@Ella1978: Thank you!
We just bought our first house in May and we are busy doing lots of things to make it our own. We have spent the summer working in the yard and now thats its cooler we will be working on the inside-painting, crown molding, etc. I read online that you can make a headboard out of an old door, but I might stick witht he fabric kind. Thanks!
We (DH) started replanting our grass after we killed it off this summer. Also, DH painted the bathroom, replaced the sink and countertop this past week. He's getting really handy around the house. Not perfect work... but he's quick and very budget-conscious. I got busted using 'we' at work referring to 'our' home improvement projects, when it's really him doing 99%. Meanwhile I supervise, choose styles and plan new projects for him.
Ooooh, my goodness yes! I just redid our entire house, I wrote a whole post about it here, http://sprout-graphics.blogspot.com/2010/09/before-and-after-southern-oaks-house.html . We painted every wall, ceiling, and floor as well as building a lot of our own furniture. It's been amazing!
We live in an apartment, but want to buy a house maybe in 2012. I really would like to buy a house sooner, but we can't. So I do all these little things around our apartment to make it feel more like home...such as painting, adding hooks for towels to the back of doors, hanging curtains, etc.
@SandDollar I just saw your before and after pics. Looks great! What paint did you use for your kitchen cabinets? We are going to be painting ours soon. They are already white, but need a fresh coat of paint. Just curious what you used. Your kitchen looks great!
@sand dollar: WOW that is AWESOME! You guys did such a good job! That must have been a lot of work! :-) But well worth it!
@Ella1978: Now I really want to do our headboard!! Take some pictures! Once my house is a little cleaner Im going to post some pics of the new living room :-)
@Ms Mini: Landscaping is fun! My brother is actually a landscaper - he would die over this job!
@808bride: I say "we" too...when its really all the husband's work! hehe but thats ok! I find my husband SO sexy when he is doing handy man work!!!
@clarebee: The landscaping is going slow for now ... DH used to do landscaping before he became a computer engineer - so he has lots of ideas. I just want it done (LOL) I am enjoying pond planning though! I can't wait to get our pond in our yard!
We aren't newlyweds... but we bought our house last November and have been working on it near constantly to get it 'up to snuff' as it needs a lot of sprucing, renos and general tlc.
We tore apart our basement on Labour Day to replace some insulation (our house is like 70+years old, so some things have been updated, and some things are still the original 1930's installations..like sawdust insulation, yuck!)
Yesterday afternoon\evening I finished putting up the fiberglass batts (thank god! that stuff is itchy!) and tonight we will be adding vapor barrier & re-installing our furnace (yay for heat!)
As soon as that is all done I get to go back to fun stuff like painting. :)
@missmouse29: All of that sounds like HARD work! Painting is fun! And pretty!!!
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So we have now been married for a little over 2 weeks and we are enjoying every minute of it. We currently rent a townhouse and have lived in it over a year and plan to stay for at least one more at the same place. Yesterday out of nowhere the husband and I decided we wanted to paint. We just bought new couch pillows, new hangers for our front hall closet, a curtain to hide the front hall closet, curtains for our living room window and then we painted our front hall and one accent wall in our living room. I dont have pictures yet but I will post soon! It makes our house much more cozy feeling!
Any other newlyweds take on any home projects this past weekend? Or anyone's house in need of some sprucing!?