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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

House: Before and In Progress Photos

First things first.....Bye Bye Popcorn Ceiling!

Spray the popcorn with warm water...needs to be VERY wet to discourage any damage to dry wall underneath. After popcorn is soaked scrape off with a 6" putty knife/scrapper. Work in small areas. Highly suggest this be a 2 person job. Also creates a HUGE mess...make sure you cover the floor, we had everything all taped and covered in plastic before hand.

After popcorn is gone we primed the ceiling, textured and painted!

Ceiling After

This improvement alone made the house look brand new! Amazing what the popcorn does for the look of a house...yuk!

Progress on the rest of the house???? Here's some sneak peak pics!

So far whats on the list:

New paint entire house

Replace all light fixtures

New outlets and light switches

Replace all door locks

Adding some outlets

Installing fan boxes for mounting

New Carpet

And much more....

Still packing, cant wait to start decorating~

Bree and J

p.s. I know some of my pictures suck and are blurry sometimes, finally found my camera so I'll try to remember to take them with that instead. I just rely too much on my phone camera. Now I think of those stupid "beta phone tester commercials" when I take a pic...but sometimes the pictures are awesome and others...well...you can see NOT! But its the convenience that I love! I'm working on it! ;) Found the camera now just gotta find the charger! Baaahahaha!

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Friday, May 4, 2012

Friday Pinterest Challenge

Who's a Girly Girl??? LOL!

Pinterest Challenge:

The Cutest Girl Rooms

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Celebrate Earth Day Week: Friday

Puget Sound Energy is helping us save energy with lots of tips and tricks and new products to help save power, resources and energy. PugetSoundEnergy.com is a great place for resources, ideas, and a great paper less way to manage your bill.

Here are some great ways, some I've never known or heard of, to save...

Heating:

If you have baseboard heaters, turn the thermostat down or off in unoccupied rooms and close the door. Do not do this if you have a furnace or heat pump.

Water Heating:

Install inexpensive pipe insulation on all exposed hot water pipes and on the first three feet of exposed cold water pipe that is connected to the water heater.

Wash clothes in cold water and take shorter showers.

Lighting:

Choose the right bulb for each room. CFL bulbs come in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit nearly every household fixture.

Appliances and Electronics:

Many electronics draw power even when turned off. Plug items like TVs, DVD players and game consuls into power strips that you can switch off when not in use. Special “smart” power strips do this automatically

When cooking, match pots and pans to the right-sized burner. Use a microwave oven, rather than your stove, to heat food whenever possible

Weatherization:

Use inexpensive weather-stripping and door sweeps to reduce air leaks around entry doors. For a no-cost fix, roll up a bath towel and hold it against the bottom of the door with a weight.

These tips and ideas from Puget Sound Energy, Click Here to go directly to the tips and ideas page.

Save some power, money AND the Earth~

Bree and J

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Celebrate Earth Day Week: Thursday

5 Easy ways to get your Kids involved!

1. Turn off the lights! Helping you kids learn about conserving energy through simple tasks like turning off the lights and unplugging unnecessary chargers will conserve your money too!

2. Picking up trash! Take a walk around your neighborhood and make a game of it. Be sure to watch what your kids might want to pick up that they shouldn't! Since their little hands are too small for gloves, try using sandwich baggies instead. It might give you piece of mind too!

3. Turning off the water! Brushing your teeth and washing your hands is very important and we don't want you to stop! Turning off the water while your your brush is in your mouth is an easy example of how to save water.

4. Not wasting food! Lots of communities can now recycle their food scraps in their yard waste containers. Call your local services to find out more information! You can also put your scraps in your own compost pile just remember no meat or dairy to keep pests away.

5. Recycled Art! Our kids LOVE to draw and create with paper of all kinds. Encouraging your kids to use both sides of the paper is another easy way to cut down on wasted paper! You can make collages and other art projects from pass art. We've even made seed starter pots from used pages out of a coloring book!

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Celebrate Earth Day Week: Wednesday

Everywhere I'm seeing cute succulent terrariums. After a failed attempt at making a hanging succulent garden last summer, I was able to salvage a few "chicks".

I started with this Goodwill find. It was actually 50% off because it was pink tag sale day!

I am not a green thumb. The plants I have are what some consider "hardy". These poor Hens and Chicks were all that had survived after being pillaged by children and left sitting in a old terracotta pot by me ALL winter. After washing up the glass bowl I set to cleaning up my little chicks.

I remove anything loose and brown so I can get a clean looking root. Tossed in some dirt I had on hand and plunked them down. I spray them once a week with a spritz bottle.

Before!

After!

This picture is two weeks later! They are so happy and green!

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Friday Pinterest Challenge

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(Jessi is at a memorial service today so our Fridays Pinterest Challenge is alittle different this week)

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