{"id":2284,"date":"2015-09-27T17:08:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T00:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2023-01-26T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T06:02:37","slug":"house-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/?p=2284","title":{"rendered":"House progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really love our Nelson house. When we bought it I was sold on it as an investment, a fixer-upper, but I think I’m falling in love now. It has a really nice feel to the living space. It’s open and light and airy during the day, and yet at night it feels cosy and welcoming: the best of both worlds! I love the absence of clutter and the simplicity of the space. I know it’s probably just a matter of time, but I’m determined to do whatever I can to keep the junk from accumulating. (Maybe it will help that Chuck doesn’t actually live there!)<\/p>\n

Now that we’re establishing a fall routine of back and forth-ing, I’m love\u00a0having repair and renovation projects I can pick away at when I’m there, rather than just feeling like I’m killing time during the girls’ activities. This week I did a fair bit of outdoor work, dealt with a couple of filthy floors and completed the stripping of a white bookcase in preparation for repainting it black. I’ve also been researching historical colour schemes for the exterior. The big project for next week will hopefully be drywalling the front bedroom. I’ve been making extensive use of Kijiji (our version of Craigslist) and have scored some lovely hand-scraped hickory to re-do the flooring in there too. Sophie is hosting three choir festival billets the first weekend of November, so I hope\u00a0to have that room finished by then!<\/p>\n

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    Finished converting my 1989 black Stumpjumper into a mountain city cruiser<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Pease don't mention the walls. But the space is cute. My bedroom, for now.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    I refuse to photograph the rest of the bathroom, but the black grunge is gone from the floor!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    The stand-up computer desk in the corner of the living room.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Fiona has done textiles in her bedroom.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    The backyard has been clear-cut of its hip-height overgrowth, unearthing some small garden beds.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    I repainted the fridge to get rid of the patches of almond colour.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Old plaster-and-lath and gaping fir flooring in the front room.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I really love our Nelson house. When we bought it I was sold on it as an investment, a fixer-upper, but I think I’m falling in love now. It has a really nice feel to the living space. It’s open and light and airy during the day, and yet at night it feels cosy and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,69,43,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-home-improvements","category-moving-on","category-out-on-the-property"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2298,"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions\/2298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nurturedbylove.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}