Here are the pictures in order; from what it was, during and the Almost done! What do you think?
Monday, September 14, 2009
The Family/TV room remodel
Well, it is almost done; we have to do the electrical and move the TV and get Dave a Recliner, but the room is pretty well there!
Here are the pictures in order; from what it was, during and the Almost done! What do you think?
Here are the pictures in order; from what it was, during and the Almost done! What do you think?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
When You Least Expect It....
As you know we live in a very (wonderful) old house, and it came with some 'old' appliances. I knew the stove was old, could tell from looking at it...Well about 6 months ago one of the burners went...Monday, the oven went....Of course, it would be monday, a holiday, a day when all the major stores in our valley are closed! I had hoped the stove would last one more year...We are going to try to get the kitchen renovated next year and put in a gas stove and new refrigerator. Of course we aren't set up for the gas stove yet, so have to get another electric.
I started browsing to see who had the best deals. Sears had some okay deals, but we don't have a 'real' Sears store in the valley, just a Sears 'sort of store', and even if I ordered it online, it would take 6 to 8 days to get it (NOT). Home Depot and Lowe's also had some good deals, but they are 2 to 3 hours away, and 'don't currently deliver' in our area (There's a shock)....So Tuesday afternoon we went down to the Best Brands Plus store in Alamosa. Found a sort of inexpensive electric stove (has a glass top) and they delivered it at 7pm that evening....Service in Rural America! We did pay a delivery fee and a disposal fee (to have them haul off the old stove, worth every penny!). So now we have a new stove....
What about the gas stove you ask? Well, I thought about that...I love to cook on gas stoves...So here's the 'plan' I came up with! We will still get the gas stove when we renovate the kitchen. At that time the Electric will be sent to the garage to wait a bit. We do plan on adding onto the house at some point in the near future (we need a larger back porch, so we can get the washer and dryer out of the bathroom)...So when we build the extension for the porch, the electric can sit out there! That way I will have 2 stoves for cooking and baking! Voila! That works!
Continuing this saga to its conclusion....When Dave pulled the old stove away from the wall, I found the model number on the back....Out of curiosity, I looked it up on the web....It just so happens that this Frigidaire Range came out in the year 1962....So I guess it dying in 2009 is pretty phenomenal......It sold for $249.00, (I found an old advert for it), I don't know what the warranty was like, but I bet it was longer than the 1 year I got on this new one!
So now I have a new stove to play with.....This weekend I will blog with pictures as I am just about done with the new family room. Came out great I think....I'll let you judge though....
Till this weekend.........
Cheers.
I started browsing to see who had the best deals. Sears had some okay deals, but we don't have a 'real' Sears store in the valley, just a Sears 'sort of store', and even if I ordered it online, it would take 6 to 8 days to get it (NOT). Home Depot and Lowe's also had some good deals, but they are 2 to 3 hours away, and 'don't currently deliver' in our area (There's a shock)....So Tuesday afternoon we went down to the Best Brands Plus store in Alamosa. Found a sort of inexpensive electric stove (has a glass top) and they delivered it at 7pm that evening....Service in Rural America! We did pay a delivery fee and a disposal fee (to have them haul off the old stove, worth every penny!). So now we have a new stove....
What about the gas stove you ask? Well, I thought about that...I love to cook on gas stoves...So here's the 'plan' I came up with! We will still get the gas stove when we renovate the kitchen. At that time the Electric will be sent to the garage to wait a bit. We do plan on adding onto the house at some point in the near future (we need a larger back porch, so we can get the washer and dryer out of the bathroom)...So when we build the extension for the porch, the electric can sit out there! That way I will have 2 stoves for cooking and baking! Voila! That works!
Continuing this saga to its conclusion....When Dave pulled the old stove away from the wall, I found the model number on the back....Out of curiosity, I looked it up on the web....It just so happens that this Frigidaire Range came out in the year 1962....So I guess it dying in 2009 is pretty phenomenal......It sold for $249.00, (I found an old advert for it), I don't know what the warranty was like, but I bet it was longer than the 1 year I got on this new one!
So now I have a new stove to play with.....This weekend I will blog with pictures as I am just about done with the new family room. Came out great I think....I'll let you judge though....
Till this weekend.........
Cheers.
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