Well, it's been 10 days since we took possession on 82nd street. So far, there has been some major clean up. Including the landscaping. The boys have cleaned up alot of the dead stuff and some things that were completley overgrown. I see looking at this picture that the palm needs some more love. Daniel has spent alot of time cleaning the Koi pond and trying to get it so that the little fishes can see something other than green sludge.... 
They also cleaned up around the playset that I get to make new again...this is actually the view from the side of the house where we put a new block fence to and have added a wrought iron gate. It will be nice to see the kids playing and to be able to enjoy the Koi pond by just walking through the new gate.
The front yard has also been cleaned up and the trees trimmed to look better and to let lots of light in. I noticed today that the yellow rose bush beside the Koi pond is flowering now that it is getting light. So pretty.
On the inside, the new wires have been run to update the wiring, the pot lights in the kitchen have been put back in working order, and the old light fixtures have been removed and redrywalled. Also, where ever we opened up door ways needed to be fixed up. The interior walls here are kinda spackled, so where ever there was a repair or refurbish, they had to go over and respackle it. That's what this fellow is doing. 
This is the master bedroom that we opened up the small door leading to the masterbath and then to the hallway. The house was orginally built in 1960, so the house had a lot of small rooms and spaces. We wanted to bring it into this century, so we eliminated some of the doors that had no use and enlarged some to make the house appear to have a open concept.
We also guted the bathrooms. The tile that was in there originally was either too small for todays times or was UGLY. This is the new tile in the master bath....I like the accent tile in here. Lots of pretty different colors. Trust me, we are definately painting the whole inside too. Yuk on that orange!
This is the second bathroom. The shower seems quite small, so we put in larger tiles and added some accent and also raised the showed head up so that people over the height of 4 feet will be able to shower without bending down to rinse off!!!
That's all for now...Ciao
They also cleaned up around the playset that I get to make new again...this is actually the view from the side of the house where we put a new block fence to and have added a wrought iron gate. It will be nice to see the kids playing and to be able to enjoy the Koi pond by just walking through the new gate.The front yard has also been cleaned up and the trees trimmed to look better and to let lots of light in. I noticed today that the yellow rose bush beside the Koi pond is flowering now that it is getting light. So pretty.On the inside, the new wires have been run to update the wiring, the pot lights in the kitchen have been put back in working order, and the old light fixtures have been removed and redrywalled. Also, where ever we opened up door ways needed to be fixed up. The interior walls here are kinda spackled, so where ever there was a repair or refurbish, they had to go over and respackle it. That's what this fellow is doing. This is the master bedroom that we opened up the small door leading to the masterbath and then to the hallway. The house was orginally built in 1960, so the house had a lot of small rooms and spaces. We wanted to bring it into this century, so we eliminated some of the doors that had no use and enlarged some to make the house appear to have a open concept.We also guted the bathrooms. The tile that was in there originally was either too small for todays times or was UGLY. This is the new tile in the master bath....I like the accent tile in here. Lots of pretty different colors. Trust me, we are definately painting the whole inside too. Yuk on that orange!This is the second bathroom. The shower seems quite small, so we put in larger tiles and added some accent and also raised the showed head up so that people over the height of 4 feet will be able to shower without bending down to rinse off!!!That's all for now...Ciao
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