Showing posts with label project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project. Show all posts

Progress

Well check that off the list! We officially have a bench for our entry thanks to Stefan and Amanda's hard work.

Two coats of paint, some sandpaper and elbow greese and you have this!  The perfect piece to sit next to our new IKEA coat tree. Add a couple baskets underneath and, viola! Entryway storage and seating problem solved.
































Other major progress in the living room includes getting curtains of our choosing hung so that we don't look like we are living in our grandmothers' house. After much discussion and a few sketches by yours truly we settled on using tiebacks instead of the existing drapery pulls. Excellent choice Team Yellow House.

Yup, that's Stefan on the couch, working on his latest blog post.

In other parts of the house things are getting settled and beautified as well.  The basement bathroom (Stefan and Katie's) has been painted Tiffany blue to jazz things up at bit in an otherwise neutral and dark room.  Check out that amazing tile though!!























A quick photo tour of the rest of the house for all of those inquiring minds out there.
The kitchen.  (Note the dueling Kitchen-Aids.) 
Stefan and Katie's Bedroom (at the back of the house)

The Media Room (in the basement)


Brandon and Amanda's Bedroom complete with test patch of paint (front of the house)



Brandon and Amanda's Bathroom (main floor)



The Girls' Craft Room: a work in progress (upstairs)

The Boys' Office (also upstairs)

Stay tuned for more and feel free to comment!  We want to hear from you!


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Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Bathroom Box


Newly added hinges



When Katie and I got hitched we received a Penzeys Spices gift box from some long time family friends of mine. It came in a nifty pine box that we have used to store the spices in the kitchen until now.







In its new home


I took a hacksaw to the lid and added a few hinges to turn it into a storage space in our downstairs bathroom next to the toilet. We still need a knob to open the lid which we will be getting from an old scarf hook that we made a while ago from used knobs from the Re-Store.












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Projects galore!

The Yellow House Project? What exactly do we mean by "Project"?

Well, as Katie mentioned in the last post, we have all sorts of projects going. Some are current, some are next in line, and others are our "let's dream big, yea?" projects.

What's that?

You want a list?

Well, okay.

GARDENING

We are super excited to have this beauty for a backyard.


Please don't mind the lawn chairs under the tree. They were moved when the lawn was mowed yesterday, and well, we haven't moved them back yet.

While I have no idea about the actual size, it's big. Say, the same square footage as the house. The previous tenants divided it up a bit and sectioned off the back 1/4 for gardening. It's a weedy, bushy mess at the moment.

     Projects include:

  • Pruning the plum and apple trees this winter
  • Pruning and relocating the rose bushes this winter
  • Pruning the raspberry bushes back
  • Building a chicken coop for the garden area
  • Buying chickens and letting them go craaazy in the weedy, bushy garden area
  • Building raised garden beds for veggie garden
  • Build compost bin




Generally speaking, this is where Brandon and Stefan reign. They love working in the garden, getting their hands dirty, and turning that weedy, bushy mess into something lovely. 

COOKING

This is where Katie and I (usually, but not always) reign. In the twelve days since K & S moved in, we've cooked up homemade spaghetti and meatballs, sweet potato hash, chicken pesto pasta, chicken & gravy with herbed carrots, and five loaves of homemade bread. (Can I just say- I woke up this morning to the smell of fresh baked bread and it was heavenly.) 

When it comes to food, we love homemade, simple, nutritious, and if possible, organic. Brandon works for a local, organic grocery store and we love their staff discount, so that's where we do most of our shopping. Our biggest challenge is accommodating food allergies. I (Amanda) am allergic to both dairy and eggs, so we try to substitute when possible and put the offending foods "on the side" as much as possible. 

DECORATING

Oh, la, la. We love to decorate. Katie has a degree in Interior Design and Stefan & Amanda learn through osmosis (and Pinterest). Brandon is generally agreeable to whatever we have in mind, unless it involves Victorian floral patterns (too reminiscent of his childhood). He'll usually join in on conversations and will help with the execution of the plan. The last 12 days have been full of decorating, redecorating, organizing, and a growing list of DIY projects. 

We'll be snapping pictures of our progress thus far soon, so stay tuned.

DIY PROJECTS

A few of our short-term projects
  • Make and hang cafe curtains in kitchen
  • Finish bench for entryway
  • Paint Brandon and Amanda's bedroom

WHOLE LIFE

This is the category that isn't so easy to explain. It's a bit nebulous. We're living together, sure, but we're also actively participating in each other's lives. We're not just random housemates, we're close friends who want to honor and respect each other during this time. Everyone can think back to a time when you lived with a friend and realized you were "better friends than roommates" right? Well, we want to be great friends and great roommates. That means we're closely involved with each other's highs and lows; helping each other with dishes and big life decisions. And that's the part we're most excited about. 

Anyone else out there co-housing? Or do you think we're crazy?


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