As I posted earlier we are redoing our dining room. We ripped the heat registers out of the walls. We ripped the existing floor molding out. We taped and painted a base coat of yellow (3 coats), with the intent of rag rolling a light color over it. Well, we didn't plan well. After starting the rag roll, we realized that the light color is supposed to be first, and that was evident by the result. So after getting that coat on with some yellow showing through the champagne fizz (off white), we realize that we have to treat that color as the base and re-rag it with yellow. So we do that and it turned out really well. Now we have to clear coat it to seal it up, so that we dont inadvertently wipe off the color when we inevitably spill something on the wall. Anyway, that is where we stand on the dining room progress. 5 coats of paint on, and one to go! Then we will put down the new floor molding and repaint all of the molding along the floor, ceiling, doorways and windows.
In other rooms we made some good progress as well. We decided to get a desk for our laptop to sit on in the living room. We looked at 6 different stores before finding the perfect desk today, and we order it. In a month or so it will be in. Also, we purchased 2 very nice rugs. We were looking for a rug for the living room and were considering a regular rug from Lowe's or Home Depot. On a whim we decided to check a few of the nicer places, assuming that they would be very expensive, but hoping to catch some sort of deal. Much to our surprise we stumbled on to one heck of a deal at Cogdill. They have a special sale going on all discontinued rugs, clearing out space for the new stuff. We ended up not buying 1 rug for the living room, but buying 2 rugs; one for the living room and one for our middle room. It was an incredible deal and we're lucky to have outfitted our house so "cheaply". By cheaply, I mean that we paid about 25% of the retail price. More than we'd have paid at Lowe's, but much, much better quality. I'm very happy about it. If you're in the market for a new rug, talk to me and I'll give you more details.
A house is always a work in progress. Right now ours is improving by leaps and bounds and it's a good feeling. It is really coming along. Although I'm sure we'll never be "done" with house projects, I'm very happy with the progress as of late and hope that it continues to go so well.
What store was the one you went to when you bought the desk? I will need one for my new setup as well. And, yes, this whole post is the reason I rent.
ReplyDeleteYou may want to look at Whit-ash, Ashley Furniture, and even Value City. They all had desks that we liked.
ReplyDeleteWe ended up going with Ashley Furniture. We were really just looking for something small due to space constraints. Also, we were hoping for the ability to conceal the laptop when not in use. In the end, we chose a secretary desk. If you are considering these, do not do what we did and assume that the organization inserts are not removable. We passed up on a few of these at other stores because we thought that the laptop would not fit. In reality, if you sit the insert on top of the desk, there is plenty of room inside for the laptop.