Stucco - Before, During, & After

So I think I mentioned earlier that the some of the stucco on the front of my townhouse had some water damage issues. This summer the home owners association for the development that I live in issued an assessment to cover the stucco and roofing repairs. Here I've documented my photos of the damage, during the repair, and the finished product. Ram Builders is the company that did the work and to date I'm pleased with the results.


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After

Procrastinator No More

Well okay, that might be a bit of an overstatement. But I did finally check an item off of my old to-do list.

When I bought my townhouse I was supposed to get a screen door. It was just part of the deal. Of course being a new home owner, I closed before lots of items were finished as well as they should have been. And of course, the builder promised to take care of everything I needed. In truth, he wasn't terrible at it. As you can imagine though, once my unit was closed on he was more interested in closing on the next unit. So here I was 8 1/2 years later still with no screen door.

Last weekend I bit the bullet. I needed to paint my trim in a bad way anyway. So, I got it all painted and installed my brand new screen door. Probably not very exciting you say. Well you are wrong. It's been great! Almost all my waking hours at home are spent with my backdoor open and a nice fall-ish breeze blowing in. It's especially nice because most of my windows that I normally leave open have been covered in plastic as the HOA repairs the stucco on the front of my unit.

And while I was out back taking some photos, I thought I'd share how nice my impatients look. I'm definitely planting more of them next spring. I thought it might be too hot for them but they have thrived.

Lighting Project - Part 1

Last summer I replaced both of the lighting fixtures in my living room with two brushed nickel ceiling fans. After hanging the new lights, I realized that I didn't really care for the shiny brass fixtures that I had replaced and that I pretty much had through out the house. Since I had just taken two of them down, I thought I'd try painting them to see how they turned out. I didn't have a use for them anyway. So even if it was a failure I'd be fine. Below are the before and after shots. I was really pleased with the results. What do you think? Better before? Or after?

Before
After

One of the reasons that I'm posting this, is to motivate me to finish painting my other (dining, hallway, and a bedroom) fixtures. The one that makes me nervous, the is the dining room fixture but I think it would make it look so much better. A cheap can of spray paint can go a long way to updating the look of your lights!

Dining Room Fixture
Hallway Sconce

Look for Lighting Project - Part 2 soon. :)