I'm enjoying your journal very much thanks, Rad! How's the house reno's going? How old is the place? My house is circa 1897 but is due for some work. I'm SO envious of your basement! We don't have basements in our houses in Australia and I've always loved seeing them on American TV...especially the ones full of old furniture & stuff (hoarders dream!) Regards from Australia!
My house is the same age. An 1896 colonial revival (center hall colonial with front and rear staircases) with a symetrical facade - from paired beveled glass windows of paired parlors flanking a central door with beveled glass surround, past the paired second floor bedroom suites with railed balcony, up to the central dormer with a paladian window in the attic. (My wife put a wooden crow in the attic window yesterday, but it's nothing compared to the 4 foot gargoyle outside the dormer 2 houses down or the paired pink flamingo cutouts on the house across the street.)
We get tornado warnings almost every week mid-spring through fall, so a basement was made for safety. Besides, the man who built this house was a master stone and brick mason, I bet he built the basement himself. Since this is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and my most recent indoor project was building an exercise room in the basement, the main living area has been somewhat neglected.
On the first floor, My wife's office (the right front parlor) was painted pink and wood trim was removed, sanded and varnished. It has been furnished with 3 desks (one floor to ceiling), 2 book cases, a storage chest, a short file cabinet, 3 chairs, a grandmother clock, with 5 paintings, a mirror, and a 5x3' laminated area map on the walls. Most of this is furniture from 1880-1920 or in the style of that furniture purchased at auction, Total cost for the room refurbish and furniture, about $900.
Behind it, the formal dining room has been converted into the New Orleans room - a themed combination of bar, crafting room, and altars to ancestors. The walls were painted purple and floors cleaned up, but the woodwork was mostly serviceable. It is furnished with a 1920s 8' dresser with full length mirror (a wedding gift from Al Capone), a Georgian era carved wood sideboard with a Victorian mirror, 2 other mirrors, 4 tables, a built-in floor to ceiling cupboard, and a 6x7' wrought iron baker's rack. Besides the mirrors, the walls contain 13 pieces of 2-D art from New Orleans and Haiti and and 13 free standing shelves full of meaningful photos and items. The dresser, sideboard, LED lit beaded doorway curtain, 18 light 'monastery candle' chandelier, and paint cost about $450.
On the left hand side of the first floor, the kitchen will get a light once over (permanently mounting a pot rack over the center island, installing a wine rack, and maybe build a wine glass rack) before we start work on the Living Room (left front parlor.) The living room will be repainted in gray. The floors will need some heavy sanding and varnishing, and the fireplace tile skirt will need heavy cleaning. We've already purchased 2 wing chairs, 2 antique parlor tables, 2 mirrors , a bookcase, and paint for about $100 - so the only foreseen expense is to replace the modern futon we use as a couch with something more in keeping with our antique store style decor. (The map of Middle Earth stays, it's an antique story
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Our home had previously been occupied by a hoarder, and we purchased a rather full basement and garage of stuff. We also got to know and recognize several hoarders going to auctions over the fall and winter months. At this point, we have acquired a wealth of indoor and outdoor furniture, but it is all in use or staged in the basement for refinishing/repainting. We have a rather large hoard of object d'art, but my wife rented a retail space where she has been selling off her unused household goods for a modest profit (12" David and Venus Pudica sold the first day, The Three Graces three weeks later.) Rather than hoarding, we have been buying and selling with a net reduction in "stuff" this year.
There is enough work on the house and yard to keep me busy for many, many months. I try not to look too far ahead. The man 2 doors down (with the gargoyle) says he just got to the maintenance stage this winter after 10 years in his 1897 home. 20 years ago this neighborhood was a slum. Now a transitional neighborhood, we purchased the home at slum prices but are considered to be on the 'jewel' street in the 'jewel' neighborhood of our little city. Just in the last month, our home has become presentable enough to be comfortable for company when they come over.
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You apparently released a pent-up torrent of pride in my home remodeling and furniture moving accomplishments.
Thanks for asking Annabannana. How is your house?
And, oh yeah, I need to prep and paint much of the outside.
I'm not sure which seed places are best; but I'm loving Black Domina and it seems to me that it fits your specifications
yea rad I jus had to let u no I thought I didn't get any black domina but it turns out I did lol I thought I clicked it out of the check out basket but it must have been a different one lol I tell ya those stoner moments catch u off guard at times lol and well my memory is already shit lol and smoking jus makes it worse tryn to remember shit..... wait what was I talkn about again lol.....
but yea figured id come back and correct myself from one of my other posts sayn I didn't end up getting it but I did and jus forgot appearntly lol
Black Domina has been on my mind a lot the last few days. I won't be buying seeds until I KNOW I have space in the rotation to raise another strain, or I decide to replace a current strain. I'm very happy with the strains I have sampled so far this grow.
Nice lol shit i wish i had tht gud of smoke or maybe its my tolerance is 2 high lol it cud be im jus used 2 street weed so my tolerance for tht is to high but get i bet now im doing better with my los kit or if i were to get sum hibrix weed thn i cud maybe feel like tht lol
Don't go up against my wife in a weed tolerance contest. I've seen her smoke 8-9 grams before 5 pm, meet friends for dinner, and after a couple of glasses of wine her friend said "You seem both happy and tired tonight." When she went all Grateful Dead light show today, I noticed that something was up because she seemed to be more interested in her son and I talking about the differences in how nations approach technology and participated more in what she would normally consider a boring conversation.
She is a master at keeping her shit together and has instilled that skill in her kids
Speaking of kids, the 18 yr old girl is graduating soon. She has been digging deep into her closet to unearth vintage 1930-50s skirts and dresses, and mixing it up with 1960s skin tight clothing at school. Today, she dressed as pretty much a fairy pirate in high heeled black boots and a lacy white corset. She is driving the boys crazy. A very healthy goodbye to high school - in my opinion.
Great job buddy.
Basements and hoarding take on a whole new level when you add plants.
