Tour of Remodeled Sunroom - FINISHED!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Mom & Dad Visit
Here are some pics from when Mom and Dad Christensen were here!
Red Wings/Avalanche Game
Going to buy tools!
Celestial Seasonings...of course!
Avery Brewery in Boulder
Took a mountain drive up in the foothills west of boulder...snowy that day
Christensen's
Dad's favorite (not!)...Ethiopian food!More House Updates/Remodeling
Mary and I are on fall break this week, and we were VERY lucky to have mary's parents visit us. They flew in on Saturday, and left wednesday am before all the snow started coming down. Dad and I were very excited to buy lots of tools, and make (lots of) trips to home depot. They told us they came to denver to work, and they weren't kidding! Although we did get to sight see and enjoy a Red Wings game while they were here, very fun!
Below are a few pics, and a NEW house tour with all the updates. They are pretty self-explanatory. Mary and Dad planted lots of bulbs for the spring, Mom and I raked lots of leaves. We had the sprinklers blown-out, and I even got Dad down to go down in the crawl space (picture below for proof). We completed the sun-room remodel, drop ceiling is GONE, paneling is painted, and we put up a new trim and shelves. We bought a NEW iMac (computer), which is amazing, and some new hardware for the closets.
Mom and Mary were also busy re-painting the master bedroom. We really like green apparently. We changed the layout of the room, and I built a custom headboard to match the decor, using my new power tools! Then we finished it off with a new duvet cover, and reading lamps on both sides of the bed. We are very proud to now have a real bedroom!
Also, we went to sears and we used money mom, dad, and the kennedy's gave us to buy a new GRILL! THANK YOU! Pictures to come later. I can't wait to grill up some steaks...I mean...veggies. Enjoy the pics and videos! THANKS AGAIN TO MOM AND DAD CHRISTENSEN FOR ALL THE HELP!!!!!!!!!!
(check back for pictures of the completed sunroom!)
Justin Priming Sunroom
Mary Priming Sunroom
Headboard Pieces being Painting (Mary did all the yellow, and red ones, Justin did the brown and Green ones)
All the completed pieces drying
Justin Hanging pieces to main frame
We gave mom all the "tall" jobs...haha
Dad coming out of the crawl space
Justin coming out of crawl space
Mary kept busy shoveling
Below are a few pics, and a NEW house tour with all the updates. They are pretty self-explanatory. Mary and Dad planted lots of bulbs for the spring, Mom and I raked lots of leaves. We had the sprinklers blown-out, and I even got Dad down to go down in the crawl space (picture below for proof). We completed the sun-room remodel, drop ceiling is GONE, paneling is painted, and we put up a new trim and shelves. We bought a NEW iMac (computer), which is amazing, and some new hardware for the closets.
Mom and Mary were also busy re-painting the master bedroom. We really like green apparently. We changed the layout of the room, and I built a custom headboard to match the decor, using my new power tools! Then we finished it off with a new duvet cover, and reading lamps on both sides of the bed. We are very proud to now have a real bedroom!
Also, we went to sears and we used money mom, dad, and the kennedy's gave us to buy a new GRILL! THANK YOU! Pictures to come later. I can't wait to grill up some steaks...I mean...veggies. Enjoy the pics and videos! THANKS AGAIN TO MOM AND DAD CHRISTENSEN FOR ALL THE HELP!!!!!!!!!!
(check back for pictures of the completed sunroom!)
Justin Priming Sunroom
Mary Priming SunroomVideo of Painting
Headboard Pieces being Painting (Mary did all the yellow, and red ones, Justin did the brown and Green ones)
All the completed pieces drying
Justin Hanging pieces to main frame
We gave mom all the "tall" jobs...haha
Dad coming out of the crawl space
Justin coming out of crawl space
Mary kept busy shovelingTour of Guest Bedroom
Tour of Master Bedroom
SNOW!
Mary and I are currently on our fall break, and if we had school this week, there is no way it would be in session due to all the SNOW! In and around the metro area saw about 14 inches! Started on tuesday night, and is still going strong today. We are supposed to see about 3 more inches today. We heard boulder, and the foothills saw snow up to 3 feet! It's nice because we get to enjoy it from our new home, looks like a winter wonderland out, unfortunately owning a home now means I have to go SHOVEL! At least we have a garage to put the jeep in, YEAH! Enjoy the pics.
Front of House
From living room window
No garage for the buick....poor buick :(
View of backyard
Front of House
From living room window
No garage for the buick....poor buick :(
View of backyardSaturday, October 17, 2009
House Updates, etc
Without cable, Justin has been very anxious after school and on the weekends. He said he needed a project because he couldn't do art until the sun room was all finished being set up (his art table is in the sun room). So, this weekend we decided to take down the drop ceiling in the sub room. Here are some pictures...
This is what the dogs do when we work inside. Normal dogs would be running in the yard, or even laying in the sun since it was 70 degrees. No, our dogs stare in through the door very creepily. 
J taking down some of the panels. 
More removing.
Ceiling with joint compound in the seams and all over. We weren't going to do a textured look, but when we removed the drop ceiling, there were all these spots of old glue (the dark spots), so we sanded as much as we could and added the compound to the whole ceiling. 
J loading up.See the video at the bottom for J in action. He just finished putting up the compound, so check back for pics of the primed and painted ceiling!
Rootstand!
Jen got word that the band Rootstand from Alpena was touring the country, stopping in CO! J, Jen and I went to high school with three of the five members, so it was pretty cool to see them doing their thing in Colorado. They were actually downtown this Wednesday, but we went to see them at a bar by Erica's house on Saturday night. Here are some pics of the very very fun evening!
We sat at the bar; Tim, Erica, Jen, J and I went. Krista was sick at home, and Carter was traveling with family.
They are very excited in this picture.
I told them Irish car bombs with the bartenders was a bad idea!
Typical J and Tim.
I joined the band towards the end of the night. They couldn't have done it without their lead air-banjo player.Our Realtor stopped by during the week and took pics of us with the sold sign. So exciting!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
House Tour!
After a few days off from work, and a long weekend unpacking boxes, we finally got all moved in! We are still lacking pictures on the walls, a have a few loose ends to tie up, but we are pretty much good to go. We did laundry for the first time in the house, and went grocery shopping as well. Below you find out official house tour in two parts. Hope you enjoy, we will follow up with more stories and pics. Thanks for checking it out!
Part 2
Part 1
Part 2
Friday, October 2, 2009
First post from our new house!
hello all! I know you are all wanting pictures, but we can't find our camera cord :(. So we will have to update with pictures soon. If you haven't already, you can check out my sister's blog to hold you over for now.
Well, first about the house. We had a ton of help from Tim, Erica, Carter and Jen moving in on Tuesday night. We took one big load over with the U-Haul and all of our cars, unloaded and ate pizza, and did another load with Erica, Carter and Jen. By that time it was about 10pm, and we didn't have to give the U-Haul back until 7am so J and I did another load by ourselves. We finished and took the U-Haul back, and we were in bed in our new house by 1am. We got up at 6:30am to finish packing and ridding up the old place. I actually slept for the first Jeep load (see below about why I slept) and joined Justin for the last two loads. We didn't finish until 1pm, and we were supposed to be out by noon, but our landlord was very understanding. Besides, our last loads were recycling (because ours at the apt was full) and plants, which were already outside waiting on the grass.
So now we are almost fully moved in, with only some boxes for the pantry, books, and guest blankets and sheets to unload (getting ready for lost of guests!! :) ). We are getting internet and phone services put in on Tuesday (no cable! yeah!!), so for no we have been trying to borrow internet from a neighbor, and it doesn't always work so well. We have
Now for the not-so-fun-part; I have been very very very sick since Sunday. It stared with head/body aches and a sore throat, and quickly moved to rampid coughing, running nose, inability to breath, and loss of voice. I have been voice-less since Wed morning, which as been fun trying to meet new neighbors and keep the dogs under control when they are meeting new dogs. I went to the doctor on Tuesday because I would often be unable to breath because of coughing fits. They wouldn't test for H1N1 because the flu is so widespread in Colorado and the test costs like $300, but my Dr. said that she is 90% sure I have H1N1. So, I have to stay away from school until my fever is gone for at least 24 hours. I have been out all week, and it is killing me to be away! But I am so tired and I can't talk, so I guess I wouldn't be any good as a teacher right now.
Oh, I almost forgot - the dogs love the new house! They get really confused with the yard though - they love it when we are back there with them. They run and play and sniff all over, but when we go inside, they whine and wait by the door until we let them in. And when we are in the house, they don't really know where to lay down when we are up and working. Sam likes to be in the sun, so he is usually laying in the sun room. Sophie likes to be somewhere where she can see both of us, so she is usually laying on the dog bed in the living room so she can see exactly where we are. Right now they are on the couch in the sun room with me because the blanket Mrs. Krafft knit for our wedding is here, and they love it because it has their smells on it (we are selling the green couch to Jen becsuse there is not a very good spot for it in our new house).
Hope to update soon, we will probably finish unpacking this weekend, they we will take lots of good pictures without boxes.
Well, first about the house. We had a ton of help from Tim, Erica, Carter and Jen moving in on Tuesday night. We took one big load over with the U-Haul and all of our cars, unloaded and ate pizza, and did another load with Erica, Carter and Jen. By that time it was about 10pm, and we didn't have to give the U-Haul back until 7am so J and I did another load by ourselves. We finished and took the U-Haul back, and we were in bed in our new house by 1am. We got up at 6:30am to finish packing and ridding up the old place. I actually slept for the first Jeep load (see below about why I slept) and joined Justin for the last two loads. We didn't finish until 1pm, and we were supposed to be out by noon, but our landlord was very understanding. Besides, our last loads were recycling (because ours at the apt was full) and plants, which were already outside waiting on the grass.
So now we are almost fully moved in, with only some boxes for the pantry, books, and guest blankets and sheets to unload (getting ready for lost of guests!! :) ). We are getting internet and phone services put in on Tuesday (no cable! yeah!!), so for no we have been trying to borrow internet from a neighbor, and it doesn't always work so well. We have
Now for the not-so-fun-part; I have been very very very sick since Sunday. It stared with head/body aches and a sore throat, and quickly moved to rampid coughing, running nose, inability to breath, and loss of voice. I have been voice-less since Wed morning, which as been fun trying to meet new neighbors and keep the dogs under control when they are meeting new dogs. I went to the doctor on Tuesday because I would often be unable to breath because of coughing fits. They wouldn't test for H1N1 because the flu is so widespread in Colorado and the test costs like $300, but my Dr. said that she is 90% sure I have H1N1. So, I have to stay away from school until my fever is gone for at least 24 hours. I have been out all week, and it is killing me to be away! But I am so tired and I can't talk, so I guess I wouldn't be any good as a teacher right now.
Oh, I almost forgot - the dogs love the new house! They get really confused with the yard though - they love it when we are back there with them. They run and play and sniff all over, but when we go inside, they whine and wait by the door until we let them in. And when we are in the house, they don't really know where to lay down when we are up and working. Sam likes to be in the sun, so he is usually laying in the sun room. Sophie likes to be somewhere where she can see both of us, so she is usually laying on the dog bed in the living room so she can see exactly where we are. Right now they are on the couch in the sun room with me because the blanket Mrs. Krafft knit for our wedding is here, and they love it because it has their smells on it (we are selling the green couch to Jen becsuse there is not a very good spot for it in our new house).
Hope to update soon, we will probably finish unpacking this weekend, they we will take lots of good pictures without boxes.
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