Thursday, April 23, 2009

GENERAL

+ cut hole in wall for new front door!
+ installed gorgeous front door
+ new electrical sockets and lights
+ moved breaker box from ceiling of basement to wall

FRONT YARD

BACKYARD

+ 10 12 redwoods planted, and counting!
+ 1 2 rounds of most-perfect nature-trail stairs built
+ fig, nectarine, pear, apricot, aprium, apple, pomegranate, meyer lemon, 2 grapefruits and 2 cherry trees planted
+ built the retaining wall to end all walls
+ new patio terrace with drainage system
+ new steps and stepping stones
+ succulent garden started
+ dying vegetable garden in progress 4th edition of vegetable garden bigger and better than ever
+ landscaped the side hill
+ terraced 1/100th of the backyard
+ planted a pepper tree
+ planted to native california buckeye trees
+ planted a natural barrier of blackberries and boysenberries
in the canyon (hope we don't regret this)
+ pruned the almond trees up on top of the hill

CARPORT

+ eh, hung some pretty christmas lights and rigged up a timer
+ moved some electricity around for lights

BACK BEDROOM

+ sheetrock, insulation
+ ripped out sagging ceiling
+ painted beams for amazing lofted ceiling
+ new attic ventilation
+ painted floors
+ new window
+ put in ceiling closet and added some functional bars
+ paint, paint and paint
+ fixed damn closet door
+ fixed damn cabinet doors
+ finally put in a gorgeous wool carpet!!!!

LIVING ROOM

+ door trim
+ baseboard
+ framing, new insulation, sheetrocket my heart
+ painted
+ installed stained glass window
+ revamped the fireplace
+ gorgeous new old ceiling lamp carried back from germany
+ shoveled off nasty cork tiles
+ took gummy goo off floors
+ ripped out '70's shelving
+ knock out fake "window"
+ turned pie window in to doorway
+ made hall door a wall

FRONT BEDROOM

+ nice new paint
+ refurbished windows
+ updated closet
+ the prettiest floor refinishing you done seen
+ baseboards!

BATHROOM

+ painted the green away
+ ripped out old medicine cabinet monster
+ new old medicine cabinet
+ dyed the nasty grout
+ caulked up the wazoo
+ new lighting
+ baseboards!

KITCHEN

+ slathered on paint and then more paint
+ took off cabinet doors for awesome open-shelving
+ installed oven/range hood
+ knocked out pie window and moved door frame
+ caulked to the moon and back

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

OFFICE AREA

+ caulking, priming, painting, etc
+ built custom desk
+ installed wall shelves