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When we had the bonus room built above our garage, I wrote this post. Unfortunately, we've again run into the same problem - getting a contractor to call us back. This time it's the wood flooring guy(s). They need to drop off the wood so it can adjust to our house. They need to schedule […]

Note to future self: When creating an accent wall, choose a color that is about ten times more different than the one you initially want to choose. Interestingly, in the video above, you can see what an effect the color temperature of the light has. Though the iPhone camera doesn't render the colors quite correctly […]

Well, the little one is getting real wood flooring in her bedroom. After considering it earlier this year, we found out that some hardwood floors are actually not much more expensive than laminate flooring. We decided to purchase the following: Century Flooring Style: Cabot Oak Species: Oak Color: Amber Oak Item Number: AO3C Construction: Solid […]

We're looking at getting a new microwave. The one we have has a busted turntable. It'd be the type which acts as a vent for the stove/oven as well. Black, preferably, as our other appliances are black. What's good these days? I don't need my microwave to connect to the Internet ((Though, if there are […]

A few years ago when Carey and I first began painting the rooms in our house, we picked up a Pelican Paint Bucket from either Lowe's or Home Depot. The other day we looked at both stores for some more liners only to find out that our bucket has been discontinued or is at least […]

Two questions for those who may have done this type of thing before: Question One: Cost Is wood flooring - real wood - worth the cost over laminate flooring? We're looking at installing this in a bedroom. Question Two: Ease How easy is it to install wood or laminate flooring? Is one easier than the […]

Following up on yesterday's post, the estimates are: $80 to repair the gutter. The guy who came explained that this was basically a minimum charge. $96 to replace the one bad gutter. $442 (includes $50 coupon) to replace all of the gutters on the entire house. $1590 for a thing that's written up as "LEAF-FREE". […]

One of the gutters on my house has started to pull away from the house itself. Winter is tough on gutters, and this one's been bad for awhile now. All of the clips that hold the far side of the gutter to the near side are broken, so water just collects in the middle and […]

Ikea: yes or no? I've heard conflicting things. The nearest store is a two-hour drive (with the upside that we can eat at Monte Cello's on the way home). P.S. For a seven-year-old's room.

The Millcreek Water Authority came today to install a new meter on the water line in the basement. The new one has a small wireless capability and a digital readout for rate, gallons used, etc. The wireless capability will allow them to "read" the meter while they drive down the street. No longer are we […]

The wife and I have decided that we'd like to buy a recliner. Currently, I sit on the couch and Carey sits on the love seat for reading. I'll slide down and sit on the floor to use my computer, or use the couch table lamps for reading. She'll do everything on the love seat. […]

Yesterday I wrote about replacing a fan with a light bulb. Today I took down the ceiling fan and one of the sets of track lighting to see what the possibilities might be on replacing it all in one fell swoop. The bulbs burn out all the time, they're hot, and we might like to […]

In the great room I have three switches, all of them dimmers (the five-button kind: off, 1/4 power, half power, 3/4, and full). Two of the switches each control one set of lights. The third controls a fan that's in the middle of the room. I'd like to replace the fan with a compact fluorescent […]

Even as recently as a few days ago my wife wasn't sure what kind of car she wanted. That's all over now - we picked up the new car today - a Subaru Forester 2.5x Limited in "Paprika Red Pearl":

So the wife and I visit a Subaru dealer in Erie… we'll call them "Old Motors" to keep it anonymous. 😉 We wander around the parking lot looking at Foresters for 20 minutes. Finally someone comes to see us. We tell him what we'd like, and we test drive a car. Several times he tells […]