Our New Old House

I thought you might want to see where I blog from.  This is where the magic happens, folks! 

Oh, that’s Zoot the cat in the foreground.  The top of our coffee table lifts up on arms and leaves these two apparently cat sized boxes.

[tags]cats, random, furniture, photos, living room[/tags]

Will the wonders of my kitchen ever cease?  Maybe.  I worry I’ll start to miss the disgusting walls and the gag-me-with-a-spoon froo froo trim.    And then I start pulling it down and the act of destruction solidifies my rage over the tragedy that is the decorating job done to this poor old classic house.  Case in point:

Behold! My kitchen. It sucks. But not for much longer. Here you see the stupid trim (as I’ve taken to calling it these days) on the left and the area where I pulled the stupid trim down on the right.

Some fascinating wallpaper choices. Just fascinating.

Is that strange golden grainy stuff on the wood sap that has oozed out of the wood?

Anyway, trim is coming down and a new drywall ceiling will be going up very soon.

[tags]wallpaper, photos, kitchen, ceiling[/tags]

A few weeks back my friend Gianfranco visited from Chicago.  We had a great time while he was in town and even got a little work done!

We had a picnic in the park!

Franco helped Brandon get started building the shed.

The instructions were confusing.

We went to the Farmer’s Market with Christa and Lars. Christa bought leeks and was VERY happy about it.

There were some herbal delights…

Some alien tomatoes…

And Franco found a booth where he really fit in.

At the end of a long hot day we were all very tired.

The end!

 [tags] farmer’s market, photos, des moines, shed [/tags]

On the same day my cousins came over and drew graffiti on my bathroom walls, they also let out a little adolescent frustration on the tile in the kitchen. 

And a good time was had by all.

[tags]photos, kitchen[/tags]

 Four of my cousins walked down the street from my grandparents’ house this week and I let them draw some graffiti on my bathroom wall. We’re planning on putting bead board paneling on the wall over the graffiti eventually.

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