Tuesday, September 30, 2008

habitat for humanity ReStore

... cool name for a store aye?

ReStore













today we made a short trip to see what the pasadena site had to offer... nothing for our home reno today... but lots of ideas for christmas presents... and other crafty things...

unforchantely they will be moving to Azusa in October... so they will be a bit farther away...
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I'll be heading back there in the next few weeks... let me know if you want to join in the scavenging fun!?!?

Monday, September 29, 2008

progress

new sewer line
new plumbing
concrete stairs to basement ... gone.
mostly ready for concrete pour





Thursday, September 25, 2008

our master bath tub.


check.
By Hydro Systems, we're just doing a tub no fancy extras...
it will be 66"x36"x22"

I found it at a significant discount ... which always makes me smile...

$851.67

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Bathroom rework



We decided to tweak the bathrooms a tad...

the "kids" bathroom... to save money (7k) by not moving a load bearing wall...

the master just a little moving of plumbing...

here's a peak at some of the ideas we had to chose from...

I HAVE SOO MANY PHOTOS FOR YOU ALL!!!

You should be very very excited...

Thursday, September 18, 2008

tile tile tile!

Master Bath Tile ($12 sq ft)



Kid Bath tile (cheap per sq ft) ;)
We'll use a white subway tile... of from this sample board...


Tuesday, September 16, 2008

building permits.

are paid for... 7k

we're business folks.

this week I MUST pick out

WINDOWS (a major part of the budget)
Master bath tub

all before they can get concrete in....
didn't happen today... won't happen tomorrow...

thursday. I will kick ass... and make some BIG ticket choices...

ps. new favorite website... homeclick.com

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

I'm not updating this site ...

because there is no new news... damn it!