Just jawing here. Another day, another post about plans gone sideways.
As you probably know adding value to your home is a slow deliberate process that takes planning, chutzpah, dinero, and faith. In my experience to make anything happen, one must have the patience of Job, sometimes more than his.
When it comes to this house my motto is IMPROVE DON’T MOVE. We love Chez Bean and after a pandemic-related 20 month delay in our home improvement schedule, we’re back to fixing her up*.
Or at least starting to do so, supply chain be damned.
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• Last week we had TOM, the landscaper, extend a stacked stone retaining wall so that next spring we’ll be able to plant some bushes or perennials in our new, dare I say classy, planting bed that frames the front yard.
Look for photos next spring, nothing interesting to see yet.
• We’ve talked with NATE about a new concrete sidewalk that’ll lead to our front stoop. Our current sidewalk is 20+ years old. It’s cracked and crumbling, with many an unwanted, albeit cute, chipmunk living underneath portions of it.
The question now is: do we replace it with what is there, standard brushed concrete, or for a price do we upgrade to stamped concrete?
Opinions or observations vis-à-vis concrete, anyone?
• And then, because we’re finally ready to have our shabby dated powder room and guest bathroom remodeled, we talked with MARTY our previous remodeler** who done us proud.
We hope to bring the bathrooms into this century, thereby making them more usable, with modern amenities like toilets that flush consistently and drains that like to drain.
And wouldn’t that be nice?
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Anyway that’s what’s up here. Anything new, home-related or otherwise, with you, my little chickadees? Chirp away in the comments below.
* Fun fact: 2020 was to be the year we completed our home improvement projects, projects that started with remodeling the kitchen in 2009. We’d hoped to begin traveling in 2021, comfortable in the knowledge that our home, our nest, was up-to-date and ready to nurture us upon our return home. BUT THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN, DID IT?
** Happy fact: Completed inside home improvement projects include the aforementioned kitchen + the primary bathroom + the laundry room + the upgraded fireplace surround. LIKE CHRISTMAS, WE’RE GETTING THERE.