Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Renovations

Here are some before photos for you unluckies that weren't able to see the original splendor.


The dining room before. Something you can't see because it isn't there (yet) is insulation. There was nothing going on behind that wood panelling.











Once again the most interseting aspect of this living room is the part you can't see. If you were to continue on through the room the wood floor would come to an abrupt stop and turn into a fake brick linoleum (covering another similarly patterned layer of fake brick lineoleum). The "brick" abuts a nice 4 by 10 section of good looking tile.

This is the original hall bath. Those of you who are not detail oriented will please notice that the floor is covered in carpet. The carpet is covering rotted subfloor! As an aside, every place we have lived has attempted to force seafoam green on us but do not despair, we fought back!


This is the adorable little bathroom that couldn't. It is the bathroom that is in the original master and was the first room we tackled mainly because it had no toilet and we wanted to rip the hall bath apart. The original owners had some funny ideas about plumbing and the shower used to drain directly under the house. Bill sure enjoyed climbing under the house to fix that.
This is also the room that convinced me that we were going to need professional help if we wanted to tackle the rest of the house. I find it has definitely helped us being annoyed with the hired hands rather than our own house and each other :)











Thursday, March 19, 2009

Baby Belly



Here's a nine month baby belly.
Lenny and I are in the baby's room...we went with an outer space theme. Baby will probably grow up to
be an astronaut.













This is an 8 month baby belly. My dad and I are posing in front of some very clever diaper cakes made by my soon to be sister-in-law, Lyzzie.











A seven month baby belly. It's hard to focus on the bump with super awesome Lenny stealing the shot.






















A five month baby belly all decked out for a Christmas party.

Initial Foray

First post on the Russell Family blog.

It's spring break. Lenny is a year old, Bill and I are much older and dear Nick is in high school. We are expecting a baby boy in two weeks but I would be perfectly happy if he decided to come sooner.