updates
ok. what's happened lately? well, a few things. we received our rugs ... one Friday, the other
Monday. they turned out great! these picture
s hardly do the colors justice ... the lighter (goldish/ greenish) one just belew us away when we unrolled it. we went solely on these pictures so we never knew how well the real thing will look. we were very pleased. we can't wait to see them in the house.last weekend went went to Chrissy's parents place. we visited her Aunt & Uncle on saturday which was a lot of fun. we hadn't seen them in a long
time, so it was a really good time. they live on the northwest side of Chicago, so we stopped at Ikea on the way back. we made some great buys there. we got roman shades for the sunroom and the upstairs bedrooms (15 total). we got lighting for underneath the kitchen cabinets. and, we got a new entertainment center for the living room (sorry everyone, i think the concrete block masterpiece is being retired). best of all, ikea was celebrating their 20th anniversary ... so everything was 15% off! nice.on the hardwood floor front, not a whole lot has really happened. we are nearly finished with a letter we will be sending to the sellers to see what they think about the staining. it's obviously a touchy letter, so we are really trying to get it just right (including enlisting the help of our friend Casey who is in his final year of law school). we're hoping they are willing to help defray at least some of the costs. we think it's only fair since they failed to disclose the condition.
we're still not sure of the exact course of action for the floors. there are 2 options really. tear out the old floor (on the first floor only) or clean it and coat it with shellac (upstairs has to be the shellac option, no subfloor up there and we think the staining is less significant). i got some advice from a professional "disaster" recovery cleaner today who suggested shellac because it seals completely, unlike paint which will emit some small amount of vapor. we're trying to figure out which would take longer ... cleaning and multiple coats of shellac ... or just ripping the old floor out. and we have to balance confronting the previous owners with our schedule demands ... we need to get moving on the floors soon so we can finish before we need to move in. but, if we tear into them, we're essentially destroying the evidence. we do plan on taking a ton of photos of course.
in other plans, we hope to finish the electric work the weekend of the 12th. my dad and bros. are going to bring down some tools for me to use on the floor ... so i'd like to get started laying new floor the week after that. this weekend we will be taking care of the garage remnants. we'll be having a massive bonfire out at the Waldens ... that should be fun! we hope to load up the shingles also and drop them at a transfer station on Monday morning. other than that, this week won't involve more house work. we have a recurring Bible study on Wednesdays, i'm out of town Thursday for a seminar, and a dinner/award program that night ... and then Friday we're having an all-day company planning session at work that won't end until Saturday morning. Chrissy's brother and his fiancee are planning to come down and help this weekend also. ok, back to working on the letter.
posted by Chris and Chrissy Miller @ 8:05 PM
3 Comments:
I like the rugs. Where did you get them? Are they wool? We're on the look out for some rugs too.
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not wool, we had to settle for modern fake (aka cheap) stuff. got them from Kohl's. they have good sales still. check their website.
I love the rugs too! I've been thinking about getting one for my LR. Need to got to Kohl's I guess.
mam
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