What have you done to spruce up your home lately?

[femmedem]

I bought a curtain rod today.

I'm no longer holding the kitchen curtain up with vegetable peelers. :)

[datasuspect]

1. i cleaned the abattoir

[femmedem]

3. That must have taken a lot of bleach.

You must play a hell of a game of Scrabble.

[EFerrari]

2. I opened the blinds so I could paint.

:shrug:

Not much! Oops!

[femmedem]

4. I painted the living room a couple of days ago!

At night. By morning it needed a second coat.

[Connonym]

5. I'm selling mine so I've been doing EVERYTHING

It never looked this good while we lived there! I've been waxing the wood floors, painting, cleaning the woodwork, washing light fixtures and literally scrubbing the bathroom with an old toothbrush. It's very sparkly and I really don't want anyone even breathing in it for fear it will get messy again.

[AlCzervik]

6. we had plantation shutters installed. Love them and they are really helping

out on the heating bills, hopefully that will be the same this summer for the electric bill.

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Would you mind posting or PM me details on brand, approximate cost per window?

I want to install them but the SO is unconvinced. I hate our tired old mini blinds and they need to be replaced with something -- shutters would mean we could do without much in the way of drapes too.

[AlCzervik]

9. i will pm you the info, i'm going to find my receipt package--ok?

i would rather it take few minutes so you have accurate info.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. Thanks! n/t

[AlCzervik]

11. check your pm and i included pics of my house.

[blondeatlast]

15. Would you mind doing the same for me? I just love them! nt

[AlCzervik]

17. ok i'm gonna cheat and cut and paste what i sent Guss.

[blondeatlast]

14. Those are so pretty. Maybe in a couple of years for me.

My neighbor has them and I'm dripping with envy. I have wood blinds now and they are pretty nice too, though.

[AlCzervik]

21. ok check your pm.

[Breeze54]

7. Took out the trash

and getting organized to start massive removal of useless objects.
Waiting for the warm weather and school vacation to start! ;)
I need help!! We're moving...in November.

[mainegreen]

12. Cleaned up the cat puke.

:7

[idgiehkt]

13. lol

I laughed so hard when I read that in the spring cleaning thread I'm glad you gave it a thread of it's very own.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

There's nothing wrong with being resourceful. Vegetable peelers have many uses. :)

[blondeatlast]

16. Bought an entirely new one! nt

[fudge stripe cookays]

18. This, for starters...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=287x4701

We also are finishing up our major bathroom renovation (not quite finished, or I'd have posted pix already). And also finishing up the painting of our master bedroom.

We also painted our office! We've been bizzy!
fsc

[crim son]

19. Nothing. I'm saving all my creative/organization skills for the next house.

I just want to sell this one and move on!

[Shell Beau]

20. Couch, loveseat, coffee table, 2 end tables, new comforter, lamps

That's about it! Next on the agenda: new TV (has to be at least 51" since that is about what ours is now and it is hard to downsize after being used to that) and a new dining room table!

[LaraMN]

22. Bwahahaa... you really want to hear about it?

Ripped down wallpaper in:
-Kid #2's room
-front entryway
-dining room
-downstairs hallway
-upstairs stairway

Painted:
-Kid #1's room
-Kid #2's room
-living room
-dining room
-front entryway
-upstairs stairway
-downstairs hallway
-an assload of wall trim, window trim, shelves, and built-ins

-built a shelf/ pot rack for kitchen
-installed new toilet
-mounted flat screen t.v.
-mounted master bedroom t.v. (on an arm)
-ripped out carpet
-installed/hung new blinds/curtains
-misc. repairs and odd jobs too numerous to detail

And the list of to-do's is still a million miles long.
We just bought the house about three weeks ago, hence all the work. I'm trying to capitalize on my psychotic degree of ambition; I'm afraid I'll become complacent all too soon, and nothing will get done!

[wildhorses]

23. i bought 3 lamps for the inside and

flower seeds for the outside :bounce:

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. I asked matcom to go home.

:rofl:




Oh, God, I kill myself!!

:rofl:















Seriously, you people should be paying me for this stuff.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. Thought about using my nice tax refund....

to get the bedroom and hall in my condo painted. I've lived here less than a year, and the the egg-yolk yellow is getting to me. I look like shit in that color.

Planning to ask the building maintenance man, who paints and does other stuff in his spare time. I'd like to throw the bucks in his direction.

Other than that, I am thinking about having the ugly vinyl floor in the kitchen that shows everything dropped on it replaced with a laminate (Pergo-type) wood look, and getting new countertops.

[TommyO]

26. I bought a new throw rug for the entry.

I found it last night at Kohls and it has all of "my colors" in it. It's a perfect way to tie everything together at the front door.

[liberal renegade]

27. added on by 1600 square feet

new master suite, 2 smaller bedrooms,office, laundry room,family room and guest bed and bath. Prior to that we gutted the existing house down to studs,replumbed, rewired, new sheetrock, doors and trim,new windows, new roof, new siding, new yard. and for doing all that for wifey, I got a new shop.