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More New House Stuff
Jun. 24th, 2013 10:20 amSo, I'm trying something clever to update Livejournal a bit more easily while we don't have internet. I'm typing this up on the my desktop, saving it to a text file and copying it over to my phone, where I'll do a copy and paste to LJ. Obviously, if you're seeing this, then it worked! Yay!
So, the move into the new house has not been without drama. The previous owner ( really didn't want to move out. )
Because of the issues with the previous owner, we've unplugged the garage door openers (oh, yeah... we only got one opener remote from him, with three more out there somewhere. Supposedly, his ex-wife has them and will be mailing them to us, but until we get them, we're not taking chances) and have changed all the locks. We went with the oiled bronze look for the new knobs and are going to slowly work at replacing all the knobs in the house with that (and getting rid of the shiny brass). Even though we tend to prefer brushed nickel, the bronze fits the flavor of the house much better.
Oh! And we put out some of our area rugs (the ones we bought at a garage sale years and years ago) and our couches... and they look like got them specifically to match the paint colors in the house. It's a bit freaky!
After a fairly nervous day or so, the cats are absolutely loving the house. So many windows to look out and so much space to run around. I think getting the rest of our furniture over here helped a lot, too.
Pretty much every single light in the house had CFL bulbs when we moved in. I can't stand CFLs, and they would all come on at different rates and they all had slightly different color lights. We stopped by Home Depot and discovered that our local power company is helping subsidize a deal for LED lights right now... and we were able to get them for $5 a piece. So worth it!! That's our current project, though... and it's going to take awhile to replace everything with the better lights. We're keeping the old CFLs and are going to offer them up on Freecycle or something, since they all still work.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
So, the move into the new house has not been without drama. The previous owner ( really didn't want to move out. )
Because of the issues with the previous owner, we've unplugged the garage door openers (oh, yeah... we only got one opener remote from him, with three more out there somewhere. Supposedly, his ex-wife has them and will be mailing them to us, but until we get them, we're not taking chances) and have changed all the locks. We went with the oiled bronze look for the new knobs and are going to slowly work at replacing all the knobs in the house with that (and getting rid of the shiny brass). Even though we tend to prefer brushed nickel, the bronze fits the flavor of the house much better.
Oh! And we put out some of our area rugs (the ones we bought at a garage sale years and years ago) and our couches... and they look like got them specifically to match the paint colors in the house. It's a bit freaky!
After a fairly nervous day or so, the cats are absolutely loving the house. So many windows to look out and so much space to run around. I think getting the rest of our furniture over here helped a lot, too.
Pretty much every single light in the house had CFL bulbs when we moved in. I can't stand CFLs, and they would all come on at different rates and they all had slightly different color lights. We stopped by Home Depot and discovered that our local power company is helping subsidize a deal for LED lights right now... and we were able to get them for $5 a piece. So worth it!! That's our current project, though... and it's going to take awhile to replace everything with the better lights. We're keeping the old CFLs and are going to offer them up on Freecycle or something, since they all still work.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
