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4159. arkymalarky - 4/20/2008 5:24:01 PM Haha! Yep, that's about right. We spent about twice what we originally planned, but we have about that much more house than we had planned, as well. I spent the least on the floors, because I knew they weren't for the lifetime of the house, I have to have very short-pile, tight-weave carpet which was cheaper anyway for the carpeted parts of the house, and we were at the end and money was short. One other thing I didn't spend much money on that lots of people I know did was cabinets and countertops. I tried to make sure that if I really wanted it and knew I couldn't get it later (like enlarging the windows considerably from the floor plan, adding a balcony and french doors on both floors, widening the wrap-around porch two or three feet beyond the plans, etc) that it got done. Something else I did that I'm happy about (we got lots of good advice on little things that we never would have thought of on our own) was widening my living room window sills so that they're actually shelves. 4160. arkymalarky - 4/20/2008 5:35:07 PM IOW, we were on a tight budget of borrowed money, so where we had to cut money, we cut it on things we could change later. After 11 years, the floors are the thing I want to change first, and I'm thinking about cork with very washable area rugs for our bedroom. 4161. thoughtful - 4/21/2008 1:41:00 PM That's good thinking arky. It is very difficult to prioritize, and i think the idea of permanent vs changeable is a good way to do it. On widening the sills, we'll be doing that in the dining room and the window juts out in a box. I want to make that surface stone or something water proof as I'm sure it'll be a great place for my orchids. We are also running the kitchen counter top deeper into the kitchen window area which also juts out so that the counter top becomes the sill. I'll be using that area for herbs in small pots so I have a year-round supply.
We met with architect on windows on saturday and we've agreed with him on the style...which unfortunately is the most expensive option. Naturally.
Well, it's only money... 4162. judithathome - 4/21/2008 2:57:14 PM Anybody want a rock?
My son! If there were a way he could get up there and haul that thing back, he'd take it in a heartbeat.
He has a rock garden in the backyard and one near the curb next to his driveway...last week before his surgery, he chiseled his last name on a big chuck of sandstone that he'd hauled from the Big Bend area...luckily, he has a five letter last name...everyone thought it was rather morbid, especially after he started calling it his tombstone...ha!
4163. thoughtful - 4/21/2008 4:43:30 PM J@h...he can have it...for free! All he has to do is come and get it! I wonder what the shipping charges are on 10 tons...
:-)
So glad he's doing well. 4164. robertjayb - 4/21/2008 6:40:23 PM Hummingbird sighting yesterday, about a week later than usual. But they returned today with a party for lunch. 4165. thoughtful - 4/21/2008 7:09:29 PM Hummingbird don't fly away, fly away, do do do do...
4166. arkymalarky - 4/21/2008 10:31:59 PM I think I saw our first hummingbird a couple of weeks ago. We need to put up feeders. Things have been blooming around here better than I remember them blooming for years.
4167. arkymalarky - 4/21/2008 10:34:12 PM We are also running the kitchen counter top deeper into the kitchen window area which also juts out so that the counter top becomes the sill.
That sounds really neat. 4168. magoseph - 4/22/2008 8:12:40 PM The robins are here, the robins are here! 4169. thoughtful - 4/26/2008 1:01:19 PM What do you do when you hit ledge?
 4170. thoughtful - 4/26/2008 1:02:35 PM You get out the big hammer!
 4171. thoughtful - 4/26/2008 1:03:26 PM 
4172. thoughtful - 4/26/2008 1:04:08 PM Note the mountain of material these machines are sitting on...they've had to extend the silt fence all the way to the barn. Yow! 4173. wonkers2 - 4/26/2008 1:11:00 PM Moving dirt and rocks around ain't cheap. 4174. thoughtful - 4/27/2008 3:18:07 PM Ain't nothin' cheap about this house, wonks! Just as my wallet!
How big a mess can we make???
 4175. thoughtful - 4/27/2008 3:19:51 PM Here's thoughtful on the machine...
 4176. thoughtful - 4/27/2008 3:21:46 PM Here's hubby with just some of the mountain
 4177. thoughtful - 4/27/2008 3:25:00 PM So we're over there practicing onanism...spreading the no-mow grass seed around the pond in the hopes that some of it will take, and the next thing we know, a whole passel of vehicles pull up...ken, joe and 2 trucks with wood planks and portugese guys...they're framing for the footings already!! Wahoo!
 4178. thoughtful - 4/27/2008 3:27:21 PM Oops..that was supposed to be "Just ask my wallet!"
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