Sunday, June 06, 2004 :::
david's gonna be moving in to his grandmother's old house.
it's a real fixer-upper, and I'm stoked!
I get to decorate a whole house!!!
oh and he won't be paying rent since he'll be fixing up the place.
and the dogs'll have a yard to play in!
I've already made plans for what I'm gonna do to the living room - right now it's got floral wallpaper, floral curtains, and maroon carpeting. David's got some beige couches so I wanna put in different wallpaper with beige in it, possibly like the wallpaper we put in my mom's dining room back home. Also I'd like to put a wallpaper border up around the ceiling - something with a bit of maroon in it. Then we'll need to buy different throw pillows for the couch - maroon ones to match the carpeting.
The kithen right now is yellow. I'd like to paint it predominately white, with colored trim. I haven't decided what color, though. His dishes have green lines on them, so because of that most likely the kitchen trim would be green, unless he's willing to buy new dishes.
One of the bedrooms has blue carpet and white walls. I'd probably just add a border and different curtains. And a new ceiling fan. And possibly track lighting, depending on what gets put in the second half of the bedroom.
The bathroom - replace the shower curtain with a door, put in new sink/shower fixtures. Also new light fixture. Replace the linoleum and paint it.... I'm not sure what color, but I do know I'll finally be able to buy that duck border I'd been looking at.
Another bedroom is great - it's covered wall to ceiling to wall with album covers. Like, vinyl album covers. I love the way it looks.
I didn't really look at the other bedroom, so I dunno what I'd do about that.
There's also a utility room. I'd like that painted a pale blue, with new linoleum that has a bit of blue in it. And some shelves added. It'll be a nice place to keep the dogs.
The front yard... with a little paint the little swinging bench will look amazing. We'll need to buy grass, for both the front and back yards. I'd like some shrubs under the window there in the front, and some running along the fence all around. there's a bit of the yard that's outlined w/ decorative rocks... the rose bush growing there is in dire need of some care.
The back yard. There's an old basketball hoop that needs to get taken down. Again we'll need grass. I'd like shrubs along the fence here too. And at some point I'd like a little tool shed to keep the lawnmower and other tools. Also a couple of little houses for the dogs.
Of course since this is David's new house it's all gotta go through him, but this is a general direction to go.
I think we're gonna take before and after pictures, in which case I'll be posting them.
Gawd if I had a job I'd be picking out wallpaper and paint already.
For now all I can do is plan.
::: posted by tinafish at 6:43 PM :::