What We Did on Our Holidays!
Sep. 14th, 2006 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talktoolooseUnder the cut! Exclusive pictures from our home repair vacation the last week of August.
New roof for the patio:
You can see what a cute, narrow house we have. Overlooking the patio roof is our bedroom. See the doorway we had installed during the renovations? In about five years, we'll tear down the whole rickety patio structure and put up a new one that will include a walkout balcony from the bedroom.
New runner for the staircase. Putting this in place started with buying the runner almost a year ago and then saying, "It's easy! You just staple it onto the stairs!" Only to discover through simple research, the story of tackless strips, underpads and the elusive blunt chisel. So, many, many hours later:
And, while I'm at it, some of our amazing tomato harvest:
New roof for the patio:
You can see what a cute, narrow house we have. Overlooking the patio roof is our bedroom. See the doorway we had installed during the renovations? In about five years, we'll tear down the whole rickety patio structure and put up a new one that will include a walkout balcony from the bedroom.
New runner for the staircase. Putting this in place started with buying the runner almost a year ago and then saying, "It's easy! You just staple it onto the stairs!" Only to discover through simple research, the story of tackless strips, underpads and the elusive blunt chisel. So, many, many hours later:
And, while I'm at it, some of our amazing tomato harvest:
