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<font color=CC66CC>Short Post Man cracks me up!<br
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2001
Within the past couple months I've become a Trading Spaces fanatic (and I think Gene likes it, too). I watch on the weekends and I watch every weekday afternoon.
And now.....
We're re-doing our bedroom! The man who owned the house before us had built a decorative fireplace in the corner that not only took up a lot of space that we didn't have, but also covered up the closet.... so he built a closet out of paneling in another corner.
Well, we ripped out the fireplace yesterday afternoon, no mean feat since it was brick up to the mantle! I never could have done it by myself, but Gene beat the crap out of it with a hammer.
Now, Marvin (the last owner) had cut off part of the closet wall in order to put up the fireplace. Today we took lots of measurements and worked up a plan of attack to rebuild the original closet. (Boy, it's been a long day!) We got up, brainstormed, took measurements, went to Home Depot to look at supplies and get some more ideas, stopped at a carpet place to look at remnants, lunch at Cracker Barrel, back home to do some more brainstorming and measuring. Then.... wait, first... here is my bedding...
Okay, back out to look at remnants at a different carpet store. Couldn't find any we liked but we did see a paint store next door to the carpet store so we went over to look at samples and wound up buying our paint. The walls are going to be Brilliant Blue, about the same blue as in the comforter. Trim and closet will be white.
Then we went back to the first carpet store and bought our carpet - berber with a light bluish tint (the one I wanted to begin with. ).
Tomorrow we tear out the extra closet that Marvin added and work on building up the original closet. We can't do it tonight because....
... Trading Spaces is coming on!!!!
And now.....
We're re-doing our bedroom! The man who owned the house before us had built a decorative fireplace in the corner that not only took up a lot of space that we didn't have, but also covered up the closet.... so he built a closet out of paneling in another corner.
Well, we ripped out the fireplace yesterday afternoon, no mean feat since it was brick up to the mantle! I never could have done it by myself, but Gene beat the crap out of it with a hammer.
Now, Marvin (the last owner) had cut off part of the closet wall in order to put up the fireplace. Today we took lots of measurements and worked up a plan of attack to rebuild the original closet. (Boy, it's been a long day!) We got up, brainstormed, took measurements, went to Home Depot to look at supplies and get some more ideas, stopped at a carpet place to look at remnants, lunch at Cracker Barrel, back home to do some more brainstorming and measuring. Then.... wait, first... here is my bedding...
Okay, back out to look at remnants at a different carpet store. Couldn't find any we liked but we did see a paint store next door to the carpet store so we went over to look at samples and wound up buying our paint. The walls are going to be Brilliant Blue, about the same blue as in the comforter. Trim and closet will be white.
Then we went back to the first carpet store and bought our carpet - berber with a light bluish tint (the one I wanted to begin with. ).
Tomorrow we tear out the extra closet that Marvin added and work on building up the original closet. We can't do it tonight because....
... Trading Spaces is coming on!!!!