Sunday, July 20, 2008
Look at that, exactly 1 month since the last time I posted! I'm pathetic, I know. In the mean time, we've moved to Baltimore and are about 75% unpacked. Actually, we've been here about a month and we're still trying to find everything a new home. I've decided, after having to move ourselves, that much of the "crap" has to go. Not all of it is crap, but considering we're likely to move one or two more times before even thinking about settling down, we've just got too much stuff. But you've heard all of this before. :-)
Prior to vomiting all of our garbage into our beautiful house, I took some pictures of it. Sort of a before-and-after kind of thing except I waiting to do the after shots until we've really unpacked all of the boxes that are on the main floor. Of note, we have complete unpacked all of our kitchenware which was taking up a large amount of storage space at our old place. And, we can really do some good cookin' in the big kitchen!
So, here's the official on-line tour! If you walk into the front door, you'll enter into the living room.
You can see the stairs leading up to the second floor and, if you look carefully, you'll see the stairs leading to the basement. There is a little media center built into the wall on the left and down the hall is a closet followed by a 1/2 bath. The next deeper space is a dining area, which is currently my office (odd), followed by the breakfast bar separating the kitchen. The breakfast bar is holding much of our glass and crystal, with which we have not found a home.
If you were standing in the same place as the prior picture and turned a little to the left, you'd see our gas fireplace.
This is a picture of the rest of the living room taken from the stairwell. In the previous pictures, you would have been standing right were the light from the front door is hitting the floor.
This is a similar picture of the front of the house, but taken from the dining area.
This is a peek inside the 1/2 bath on the first floor. Fancy, no? See that little white think that looks like an outlet towards the floor to the right of the sink? It's a motion sensor that turns the light on when you enter the room! Unfortunately, it all turned the light on when you were walking in the hall, so I had to cover some of its field of vision. And, if you in there for the long haul, you better wiggle a lot or turn on the other light because the sensored light will turn out on you. Oh, and it only took me two days to figure out where the sensor was located!
Now you're standing inside the dining room and looking at the kitchen. Yes! That is a granite archway into the kitchen. The builder/landlord was told that it was not possible to build a granite archway because it was too heavy. Thus, he had to do it!
A picture looking to the right of the kitchen. I'm SO happy that we have a gas stove and that we can actually turn it to low without it actually turning off! It's the simple things, I guess.
This is the other side of the kitchen. My only real complaint with the kitchen is the faucet. When you put it on spray function, it's so hard (and difficult to adjust) that mist goes everywhere! Especially on my shirt! I'm getting ML used to having a good dishwasher and not having to pre-rinse. She was doing really good for a while and then we had one load with a few dishes that needed rewashing and the whole "thing" started again. I mentioned that have a few dishes after dozens of washings on quick-wash without any pro
Above are a couple of shots of the basement. Yes, that is my new official radiology chair! There's a pillow that goes on the head that is still hiding in a box some where. It's the chair I'm sitting in right now! But, I think I like my old one better. It is currently trapped in the basement. I would not say that the basement is completely full now, but about 50% of the space is now occupied. I do have my bowflex set up as well as my new computer desk. The office will be shifting down there soon. Probably after I finish Step 3 in a month or two.
Okay, back to the main house. As you walk up the stairs, you'd be facing the master bedroom which is in the back of the house. Here's an aggregate picture:
There is more space than this would suggest. Our king size bed fits comfortable with plenty of room for dressers and nightstands. The double doors are there for a future back deck. My only problems is the room is really bright in the mornings when I'm trying to sleep in. It's great for work days! Oddly, I did not take a picture of the master bathroom, which is a shame. But it's really nice, too.
This is the hallway after exiting the master bed room. Down the stairs is the living room. Around the corner in the hall is a closet with full sized washer and dryer, followed by the HVAC closet, followed by the guest full bathroom, and the guest room is at the far end of the picture. The stairs leading up go to the roof-top deck. Of which, I also did not take pictures. Oops!
I really like the architectural space of the guest room better than the master, but it just isn't quite big enough. The queen bed, however, fits in there very nicely and the closet is holding all of my dress clothes, which I am not wearing because I'm biking the 2.5 miles to work and it's too hot. Under the two windows to the right is a cedar chest and the space above those windows extends all the way to the left side of the house, making it great for blanket storage!
This is the guest bathroom. Yes, all of the bathrooms have bowl sinks! This one is brushed steel and the one in the mast bath is green glass.
This is a picture of the hallway while exiting the guest room.
And, finally, the door leading to the deck!
Hopefully, I'll be able to take the "moved in" pictures in a month or two! :-)
Prior to vomiting all of our garbage into our beautiful house, I took some pictures of it. Sort of a before-and-after kind of thing except I waiting to do the after shots until we've really unpacked all of the boxes that are on the main floor. Of note, we have complete unpacked all of our kitchenware which was taking up a large amount of storage space at our old place. And, we can really do some good cookin' in the big kitchen!
So, here's the official on-line tour! If you walk into the front door, you'll enter into the living room.
You can see the stairs leading up to the second floor and, if you look carefully, you'll see the stairs leading to the basement. There is a little media center built into the wall on the left and down the hall is a closet followed by a 1/2 bath. The next deeper space is a dining area, which is currently my office (odd), followed by the breakfast bar separating the kitchen. The breakfast bar is holding much of our glass and crystal, with which we have not found a home.
If you were standing in the same place as the prior picture and turned a little to the left, you'd see our gas fireplace.
This is a picture of the rest of the living room taken from the stairwell. In the previous pictures, you would have been standing right were the light from the front door is hitting the floor.
This is a similar picture of the front of the house, but taken from the dining area.
This is a peek inside the 1/2 bath on the first floor. Fancy, no? See that little white think that looks like an outlet towards the floor to the right of the sink? It's a motion sensor that turns the light on when you enter the room! Unfortunately, it all turned the light on when you were walking in the hall, so I had to cover some of its field of vision. And, if you in there for the long haul, you better wiggle a lot or turn on the other light because the sensored light will turn out on you. Oh, and it only took me two days to figure out where the sensor was located!
Now you're standing inside the dining room and looking at the kitchen. Yes! That is a granite archway into the kitchen. The builder/landlord was told that it was not possible to build a granite archway because it was too heavy. Thus, he had to do it!
A picture looking to the right of the kitchen. I'm SO happy that we have a gas stove and that we can actually turn it to low without it actually turning off! It's the simple things, I guess.
This is the other side of the kitchen. My only real complaint with the kitchen is the faucet. When you put it on spray function, it's so hard (and difficult to adjust) that mist goes everywhere! Especially on my shirt! I'm getting ML used to having a good dishwasher and not having to pre-rinse. She was doing really good for a while and then we had one load with a few dishes that needed rewashing and the whole "thing" started again. I mentioned that have a few dishes after dozens of washings on quick-wash without any pro
Above are a couple of shots of the basement. Yes, that is my new official radiology chair! There's a pillow that goes on the head that is still hiding in a box some where. It's the chair I'm sitting in right now! But, I think I like my old one better. It is currently trapped in the basement. I would not say that the basement is completely full now, but about 50% of the space is now occupied. I do have my bowflex set up as well as my new computer desk. The office will be shifting down there soon. Probably after I finish Step 3 in a month or two.
Okay, back to the main house. As you walk up the stairs, you'd be facing the master bedroom which is in the back of the house. Here's an aggregate picture:
There is more space than this would suggest. Our king size bed fits comfortable with plenty of room for dressers and nightstands. The double doors are there for a future back deck. My only problems is the room is really bright in the mornings when I'm trying to sleep in. It's great for work days! Oddly, I did not take a picture of the master bathroom, which is a shame. But it's really nice, too.
This is the hallway after exiting the master bed room. Down the stairs is the living room. Around the corner in the hall is a closet with full sized washer and dryer, followed by the HVAC closet, followed by the guest full bathroom, and the guest room is at the far end of the picture. The stairs leading up go to the roof-top deck. Of which, I also did not take pictures. Oops!
I really like the architectural space of the guest room better than the master, but it just isn't quite big enough. The queen bed, however, fits in there very nicely and the closet is holding all of my dress clothes, which I am not wearing because I'm biking the 2.5 miles to work and it's too hot. Under the two windows to the right is a cedar chest and the space above those windows extends all the way to the left side of the house, making it great for blanket storage!
This is the guest bathroom. Yes, all of the bathrooms have bowl sinks! This one is brushed steel and the one in the mast bath is green glass.
This is a picture of the hallway while exiting the guest room.
And, finally, the door leading to the deck!
Hopefully, I'll be able to take the "moved in" pictures in a month or two! :-)
