Why, hello there!

Okay, so I haven't really updated this since.... well three years ago... But now I have more free time, so I thought I'd start it up again. Because I have sooooo many interesting things to say...
This week Greg and I decided to do something crazy and go to the Indianapolis Home Show during the week instead of the weekend with everyone else. It turned out to be a way better idea that we first realized as we wandered down the aisles, not having to avoid people with hoards of children or people in hoverounds, etc. I highly recommend it. In fact, we made it through the entire Home Show house in about 7 minutes. (Note the lack of people in the corrals.)Now that we've gotten settled in to the new place, we are ready to start on some overhauls to make the place more our own. In particular, we would like to update the bathrooms and basement and to do some heavy duty revamping of the garage.


Generally, I would say that we were underwhelmed by the Home Show house. There was this weird 1920's America theme going on on the lower level that was not my favorite. However, I did like some of the color schemes. The stairs leading to the top floor were modern-looking (white, with dark wood steps) and are definitely a look we want to repeat at some point in time at our house. Greg liked the idea, but wasn't too excited about it. Maybe because duplicating this look would require removing tons of cheap carpet and refinishing the banister and floors. One day!

The favorite, by far, was the master bathroom. Our current master bath is very roomy and has a garden tub - YAY - but needs some updating. For one thing, the shower is about 3 foot by 3 foot. So what I've gained in tub, I've lost in shower. Also, actually shutting the door to the shower is tough. Most days it sticks open about a half an inch... You can imagine what this leads too. Yuck. Anyway, the Home Show house delivered on the master bath. This is exactly what I have in mind... hopefully we can get started sooner that later. :) :) :)

Last but not least, to some of us, was the garage. Here we found some really elegant looking garage storage carts. These things were so nice they could practically have double as kitchen islands. We will probably have to save up for those, but may move forward on epoxy floor soon.


So, ta-da, that's what we've been up to this year so far! The Super Bowl is here in Indy next weekend, so we plan on going down to check that out. Will be a once in a lifetime experience, for sure!