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Renovating our new house - SuZ - 01-31-2014
We just bought a house last year and we are busy slowly but surely renovating.
The house is right opposite my primary school and it belonged to my best friends Grandmother for years. I used to sit in that kitchen and drink tea. Never knowing one day I will own that kitchen.
Anyway, its a 3 bedroom house that had old stinky carpets.
First thing we did was remove all the carpets and look just what we found underneath.
RE: Renovating our new house - SuZ - 01-31-2014
Oh... You guys see that yellow pot?
It was stolen from right infront of our house! Damn SA
RE: Renovating our new house - SuZ - 01-31-2014
Next mission is to get the grass growing again in the back yard. Its hard with two great danes...
Ill try get you guys before pics
RE: Renovating our new house - Twitchin Kitten - 01-31-2014
Was that sand or unfinished cement under that floor? That knotty pine is really nice!
What about putting a small gravel area in a little used spot and teach the dogs to poop and pee there? They're young enough that you should be able to do that with relative ease. If they're diggers that's a whole 'nuther problem. I had a dog that liked to dig and it was really a problem because he liked to dig where there was foot traffic.
Ya know, that might be a good idea for thieves! dig a few holes in key locations and cover them during the day and uncover to expose them at night. You could even get creative and make "planter covers" and grow grass on top of them so they blend in nicely. Oh hell.... dig them 24" diameter and 6' deep! anyone trespassing and falling into them will be stuck until the police arrive!
You could let the dogs out to pee on them too.
RE: Renovating our new house - LKTraz - 01-31-2014
I always wonder just why people put wall to wall carpet over finished wood floors.
If you want carpet rather than the wood, the right thing to do is to lay area rugs and leave an exposed wood perimeter. That way the class look of the wood is still there and if you choose correctly the rug will accent the look.
The house I grew up in had linoleum tiles in the kitchen, hallway and bathroom.......wall to wall carpet over unfinished wood in the living room, one bedroom linoleum and the other carpet over wood like the living room and the dining room was finished hardwood with an area rug. There was a 19" perimeter of exposed wood that we kept waxed and polished.
Once a year (spring) we would empty the room, take up the rug and wax the whole floor.
It looked very high class in a middle class home.
RE: Renovating our new house - TenFour - 01-31-2014
10,000 volt fence required
them damned hyenas turn on the beta males that capture them and then welp your dogs dead.
RE: Renovating our new house - toys - 02-02-2014
(01-31-2014, 06:44 AM)SuZ Wrote: Next mission is to get the grass growing again in the back yard. Its hard with two great danes...
Ill try get you guys before pics
Have you tried any of those 'grass guard' treats for your dogs? It can help balance their pH level… so, they don't damage the grass so much.
RE: Renovating our new house - Twitchin Kitten - 02-02-2014
(01-31-2014, 11:02 PM)TenFour Wrote: 10,000 volt fence required
them damned hyenas turn on the beta males that capture them and then welp your dogs dead.
All she would need is the type of electric fencing used for horses. Low volts high amperage. Easy to install and cheap.
RE: Renovating our new house - LKTraz - 02-02-2014
Electric cattle fence is pretty close to the same price range (just a tad more) and carries a bigger whack.
RE: Renovating our new house - Twitchin Kitten - 02-02-2014
It's the same thing LK.