the big kids table

The old pub table I picked up on Craigslist back in 2001 has served us well, but it was time to get a grown-up table.

We found this set a few weeks ago and had it delivered on Friday. The cushion fabric is kinda blah, so I'll get some cute new fabric at some point and recover them.

We're looking forward to serving Christmas dinner next week, without making our guests eat with their plates in their laps. We feel so grown-up!

now you see it...

Now you don't!

As we may have demonstrated once or twice before, the previous residents here at the Peralta Project didn't concern themselves much with asthetics. Hence the six feet of cable protruding from the guest room wall:

After borrowing tools from Rick (who else??), we now have a neat and clean little nub in the wall.

we're covered

Or, at least the living room is. Our new rug arrived on Friday. Looks like it will shed for a while, but it's the perfect size and very soft.

october 11 - procrastinate much?

Yes, it's been more than a month since we installed the baseboard moulding, and I'm finally getting around to finishing the job: spackling the nail holes, touching up the paint, and caulking the seams.

Before:

Anti-Climactic After:

october 6 - ready for company

Chez Yagi-Struth is now taking reservations.


Thanks to Papa Struth for the Restoration Hardware xmas gift certificate - we bought this lovely new lampshade.

september 6 - tool man yee

Gotta love friends with skills. Rick came over early Saturday morning with his fancy tools to help us cut and install the new baseboard moulding. Get out yer earplugs!

With the painting and moulding finished, the place is starting to look much better!

    

october 2 - it's easy being green

Our new sofabed arrived today - thanks Mama and Papa Struth for the birthday present! I swear it's only a coincidence that Chachi and I were both wearing green shirts...

august 29-31 - bring in the reinforcements

We haven't been super-productive, so Mama and Papa Struth came to help. It's Labor Day weekend and we labored!

More here. Whew!

august 18 - uh, no

We're not too pleased with the paint samples we chose, and neither is the horse.

       

august 17 - green thumb

Our sad little front planter:






3 lavender plants + fresh dirt + a little weeding =




Not bad for a morning's work.