Friday, November 16, 2012

Life after the No Sale - need some suggestions

I know you guys all remember us trying to sell this summer. There have been several things we have made priority of since we will be staying a while longer.

1. all the main rooms in the house are way too multicolored and bright. so find a neutral tone to paint on the walls and neutralize everything
here is what we are thinking.



2. finally finish putting anna carolines room together. (this is almost almost there, only missing a quilt and a mirror)
Anyone know where I can find a mirror like this?
i found this one on etsy and it sold almost immediately.
3. The final and most challenging issue was our fence. 
My poor friends who have heard me moan and groan about this in person I apologize now for talking about this again. 
After finally contacting over 50 city and state employees our severe erosion issue is finally being addressed. The chainlink fence running along our property is original to the home and circa 1959. This is the citys fence and there has been an extreme run off and erosion problem for quite a while. 
Today as I type they are filling in the hole with dirt and we will have to go back with cement, then rip rap, then a barrier so the dogs cant dig out, then a privacy fence then finally finally landscaping. 

After 4 long years we will finally have a desireable backyard!!!






















Here is the before and the during!
Look at the size of this hole.

 
stay tuned for the filling in and progress!

what are your go to colors in your home??
Any tricks to keep dogs from digging?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

have you tried ebay for a syroco mirror? You'd have to paint it since they are gold, but they have a similar feel.

Lindsay said...

Hobby Lobby has those mirrors! Pink, green and turquoise I believe :-)