Thursday, February 25, 2010

House pictures (before).

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Our house is finally wrapping up.  The remodel has taken much longer than we anticipated.  Brian bought the house in June while we were dating.  He originally thought he would only knock down 2 little bathroom walls and move in long before we got married.  Well, it’s almost been 4 months since we got married, and it’s still not done.  We knocked down much more than just 2 little walls.  It’s been a huge overhaul, and is now just beautiful!  But, you might not appreciate the after photos if you don’t see the before photos.  So, get a look at this!

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Hall bathroom (with the weird little wall between the sink and the toilet that we knocked down—we also took out the vanity, flooring, toilet, tub and anything else you see)

Note:  now when I used the word “we” I didn’t actually mean mean me.  I meant “we” as in Brian, his dad, Chris, his mom, and occasionally I would show up on weekends and pretend to help—but really I was more of a distraction for Brian than a help.  That’s what I mean by “we”

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Master bath—again, we had to tear out the weird little wall between sink and toilet.  We also took out the bath tub, toilet, vanity, flooring…everything really.

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P1000472P1000471 From the dining room into the living room—knocked down that half-wall on the left.P1000474 From living room—took out all pink carpet throughout house.  You all know how I love pink—but not pink carpet…it had to go! 

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I kind of liked the kitchen, but since I wasn’t a big part of the “we” as I explained earlier…it got taken out, all cabinets were removed, the window on the right was revised, the flooring ripped up, and the ceiling was raised. 

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Family room- changed fireplace, revised windows, removed flooring.

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Sunday drivers.

Brian and I woke up Sunday morning, looked outside at the blue cloud-less sky, felt the warmth, and knew that we had to take advantage of a lovely day in Oregon by going somewhere.  After church we got in the car and headed to Astoria.  The drive was beautiful!  P1000681We walked along piers, through the quaint little town, and drove up to the Astoria Column, which overlooks the mouth of the Columbia River.  We climbed the 164 stairs to the observation deck on top.  Neither of us are huge fans of heights, but Brian was definitely better at facing his fear—several of these pictures are from the top—he took them while I was hugging the center pillar, too scared to near the edge.     

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From the top we had a great view of the sun setting.  Wow!

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And a great view of the WHAT BRIDGE—which connects Oregon to Washington.

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Here we are at the bottom of the column.

With Brian’s busy season in full swing (working early mornings, late nights, and weekends) we are giddy when we get a few solid hours together! 

Monday, February 22, 2010

Sunday drivers.

Brian and I woke up Sunday morning, looked outside at the blue cloud-less sky, felt the warmth, and knew that we had to take advantage of a lovely day in Oregon by going somewhere.  After church we got in the car and headed to Astoria.  The drive was beautiful!  P1000681We walked along piers, through the quaint little town, and drove up to the Astoria Column, which overlooks the mouth of the Columbia River.  We climbed the 164 stairs to the observation deck on top.  Neither of us are huge fans of heights, but Brian was definitely better at facing his fear—several of these pictures are from the top—he took them while I was hugging the center pillar, too scared to near the edge.     

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From the top we had a great view of the sun setting.  Wow!

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And a great view of some bridge—which connects Oregon to Washington.

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Here we are at the bottom of the column.

With Brian’s busy season in full swing (working early mornings, late nights, and weekends) we are giddy when we get a few solid hours together! 

(I wrote this back in February, and somehow forgot to post it.  It’s going to take quite some time to catch up.)