Thanks Comcast, but I don't really want my TV in front of a window!

This is not really a "before and after" project because it looks exactly the same as it did, but it's better now!

You would think that moving cable is a pretty tough process. It's not that bad! Time consuming, and of course, very messy, but not bad. We had to rip off the baseboards from the walls. This was very tricky in places, because the wood stain was applied to the floor and baseboards at the same time. But after some good old muscle was put into it, everything went pretty smoothly. I do have to admit, that I had to ask for man hands a couple of times. Thank goodness Jeff and Kevin were there for that. Because I like my girlie hands. They are just not very useful when trying to pry things off the wall! After sawing about 2 inches off of the bottom of our wall we found out that we have no insulation, and the gap in the wall goes past the floor. Tall wall is tall! The worst part of the project was getting a blister on my pinkie from cutting so much drywall with a blade. I am definitely pretty handy with some things, but I will not count cutting drywall as one of them. If you are wondering, it is not hard to cut through, just annoying. The best part of the project... the nail gun. I need one of those STAT!

This is our den. We needed to move the cable from the pink circle to the blue circle.

Kevin and Jeff working hard at ripping stuff off my walls.

I learned that the tool I am using in this picture is called a PRY Bar. I thought Jeff was calling it a "Cry Bar" the whole time. I assumed it had hurt his feelings or something. But, either way, it was very useful. You just shouldn't make my husband cry. That is not nice!

YUCK! Glad we didn't leave it like this for very long.

Hey, that's me too. I am measuring and cutting drywall.

My best friend, Mr. Nail Gun!!!!!

Now, it looks like it did before. But, our cable is on the correct side of the room. Yay!

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Blog FAIL!

Our first project is done... success, right? Well, I forgot to take pictures... FAIL! Oh well, at least I can tell you about it.

On moving day we realized that our box springs would not fit into our attic, which happens to be our master bedroom. Our problem solving solutions consisted of using another room for the master, buying two smaller box springs, or cutting the box springs in half.

So, we bought a circular saw and chopped it!

Even though I did not do the actual sawing on the box springs, I did saw the boards we used to put it back together, and did a pretty good job. So, now along with being a master staple gun user, I can use a circular saw. I will let you know when I become a master at that.

We have been sleeping on the bed and box springs for about a week now, and we haven't fallen through! I definitely count this one as a win!

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This is before we moved in, and we only have a bed there now, but we will update, and keep you posted! 

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog about our new home in Chicago! Since this is my first blog, and I will have probably around 6 readers (including my cat, Penelope), we will learn as we go! I will share images and stories of our renovations and design of the house, and hopefully get some feedback for decorative ideas. It's a big house, but we have all the time in the world to make it our home! I am glad you are here to watch us grow, and help us along the way! Pip Pip