Saturday, May 29, 2010

Before and After - Pavers on the front sidewalk


These are the original pavers, as looking from the front door.  The edges were all tipped up, crooked, and very loose, and caused a few trips and stumbles.  My John being the safety guy, realized this should be our first repair.





John and his crew from Evergreen Landscaping brought in loads of new, wider pavers and explained how they would be jointed together at the edges to prevent the pop up.





The crew began to tear out the old pavers, level by level, and scraped and resurfaced the base.





Things are already taking shape with a much cleaner curb appeal.





These guys were so good they even kept their dirt clean and tidy!  They took extra care to not mess up our grass.





Looking good!  This only took them a couple days.





Another view from the front door looking down.  You can see they just have one more level to finish.





 Finished!  Beautiful work.  Thank you John and Evergreen !

Friday, May 28, 2010

What I see in the tree


I have looked at this tree for weeks and I swear I saw what looked like a pair of eyeglasses formed by the twisted branches.  Then I would look again, and I saw nothing.  It was like a "Where's Waldo".





There they are!  I am not crazy!  I found Waldo's eyeglasses!  Then I had to get John involved, he's such a good sport.





Nice glasses John!  But I think you should leave them outside.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Before and After - Hummingbird Tile

Remember my vision for the Hummingbird Tile in the guest bathroom?  Now the vision is a reality!  Thank you to Collett Pruitt, Regional Manager at Wall 2 Wall , who was able to obtain these last 8 Italian hand painted tiles in the United States!





First we ripped out the existing backsplash.  The original backsplash was bright yellow.





Collett printed color copies of the bird tiles and I cut them out and taped them to the countertop for placement ideas.





I stood on the potty to take this one for a better visual.





Once I decided this was what I really wanted, had all the tiles torn out.  It was scary ugly.





When the new tiles arrived we practiced placing them before the glue and grouting began.  I panicked.  I called Collett.





The almost finished product.  Just need to trim the top.





As my sister-in-law Luciana would say, "I love!"

Friday, May 14, 2010

Before and After - Living Room


This was the living room as we first saw it.  




We had a vision.  Big TV!  Let's put some holes in the wall!  Let's get some wires in there!




This looks like a secret - What's behind the curtain?!  Look!  They patched the holes in the wall!




All the holes are gone and now we have a monster bracket for the monster TV.




The monster TV!  I like!

Monday, May 10, 2010

Sherrerd and Wall Construction



Huge thanks to Bill Sherrerd of Sherrerd and Wall Construction.  Bill and his amazing team (my favorite is John) remodeled, built, created, landscaped, designed, directed, carpeted, painted, and worked together to transfigure a beautiful house to our beautiful home.  Thank you Bill.