Chreees Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 Here is a quick shot of the living room we just finished- pebble gray with one wall coral. Wanting to get one of those TV stands that has a built in electric fireplace to go in place of the gas heater. :P [attachment=6458:ImageUploadedByTapatalk1378875863.198274.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang67n Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Sooo.. If I ever visit tennesse.. I can crash with you, Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Haha, I guess that depends on the wife, Nate. I'd be cool with it, obviously. We've been hella busy... Trying to finish it up so we can move in our stuff in a week (next weekend). We hit a setback though... We discovered underneath the ugly carpet in the hallway and three bedrooms really nice hardwood. It's already finished, but showing some dark spots in places in two of the bedrooms. We got all the carpet out today along with the staples and tack strips (man are those a bitch). Just finished mopping the floors. Tomorrow we are picking up some sandpaper for my father-in-law's belt sander and are going to sand down the two rooms, then stain all the wood and polyurethane it. It'll be a chore, but hey, it's the last thing to do for the most part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Hardwood floors are the shit! Careful with them coals now man! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Oh there will still be carpet in the den, which is basically going to be our party room when we have guests over. It's a big add-on that was built 25 years ago. It's about 2 maybe 3 times larger than the living room. We decided that other than parties (or me smoking hookah), we won't use the room. Saves us on utilities, which is easy because that room isn't on the central heat/air. It has a window AC unit and a gas heater. I'll try to take pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 yeah... that wouldnt work with me, Id end up smoking wherever my PC was at :D (bigass tower and shit, cant really move it around :P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalshizot Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Oh there will still be carpet in the den, which is basically going to be our party room when we have guests over. It's a big add-on that was built 25 years ago. It's about 2 maybe 3 times larger than the living room. We decided that other than parties (or me smoking hookah), we won't use the room. Saves us on utilities, which is easy because that room isn't on the central heat/air. It has a window AC unit and a gas heater. I'll try to take pics later. I can already envision it as my gym lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Finally, we're on to staining! After this, only some touch-up painting and general cleaning left to do. Bought new showerheads, got our couch from my mom in Memphis... Running right on schedule to move in this weekend, I believe. [attachment=6485:image.jpeg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 ...you got rid of the shag carpet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 I still got it in the living room! Haha. Thankfully it is in pretty good condition in that room. So yeah, now we have hardwood floors in all three bedrooms and the hallway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 ugh I'm so jealous, I've done so much work at my house and the floors are among the last things I really want to do to the main floor. No nice hardwoods under my crap carpet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo21 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 well chris, i am jealous, not gonna lie man. and i cant wait to buy my first house but california isn't easy to do that in, well socal. I know you are not owning it but im sure you will be there a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoozle Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Lookin' good, Chris. It'll be nice to have your own space again. That's pretty cool that you have a hookah room too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 We may buy it someday, as we've really fallen in love with the place. Yes, the hookah room is amazeballs. Wife said I can smoke in there all I want. :D Turns out because of all the hard work we put into this place- cleaning it out, painting, removing the carpet, sanding/staining the wood floors, etc. - we don't owe anything for rent until November! Tried to get utilities swapped over to my name this morning but I needed a rent receipt... my landlord is going to forge one so I can get that taken care of. Did some research and determined Time Warner would be our best option for internet. $34/mo for 15 Mbps. Can't beat that I guess. They're coming tomorrow to set up the wireless router and all that jazz. Slept in the house last night... Slept like a baby. It was a SUPER busy weekend doing the final fix-ups and then moving all of our shit in. Last night we got the bed set up and all the dishes out, ran to Wal-Mart to get some copies of the key made along with a frozen pizza, ate, and went to bed. Speaking of the bed... My grandparents went to an estate sale and found a practically brand new king size bed w/ frame. Got it for us as a housewarming gift! We're pretty stoked. We get it this weekend. Speaking of this weekend... We're having a little party to celebrate moving in. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Speaking of this weekend... We're having a little party to celebrate moving in. :) Am I Invited?? I hope that you two really enjoy the house. And congrats on getting a bed, beds are awesome, if i do say so myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Its a party for two... on the bed.CONGRATS Chris! Love reading all the good updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo21 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 that is awesome man, free rent, shit keep doing lal the renovating get more free rent lol. but wish i could go party it up at the new pad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Thanks guys. You're all invited to this weekend's shindig of course, but I know none of you will show up. Time Warner came by and installed our internet. Took the guy 15 minutes since there was already a cable line ran that was easy access and a central location in the house. I pay $34.99/mo for up to 15 Mbps.I ran a speed test several times few hours apart and consistently got around 12 download, 1 upload. I'm EXTREMELY satisfied with that, considering I was only getting 1-2 download when I lived in Murfreesboro paying about the same price! Got utilities swapped over to my name... $50 deposit. No biggie. Apparently I have good credit, lol. Stayed up until 1AM putting together our new TV stand... looks bangin'. I got the TV set up with the Roku box, PS3, and DVD player. Need to set up my surround sound next, and set up my HP laptop for my PlayOn server to stream my shows. Tonight I WILL watch the Dexter finale!!! Gotta finish unpacking all of our boxes that are in the den/party room, fix a crap couch I picked up from my dad in Memphis (piece of wood is poking out of the bottom, hopefully it'll fix or else I will just throw it out), and set up the party room. So this room will have a big table, four chairs, a couch, a recliner, a comfy chair. Perfect for a hookah gathering! The living room off of the kitchen is our fancier setting, with a nice couch and two leather recliners. Saturday we get our king size bed in. Got a kitchen island that I've got to put together sometime this week... Things are coming along nicely, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Just take loads of pics of your house man :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 I will once things are settled. I also plan on Tinychatting with you gents sometime soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Mmm yes tinychat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 we gotta plan that TC carefully so we can all make it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 we gotta plan that TC carefully so we can all make it on! Send out official looking invites with an rsvp on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 or at least agree on a time in the tc thread? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Haha, I'll let you guys know about TC. Hopefully a ton of folks show up. We finally finished the house! Here are pics: Living Room: [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/9_zps6392fc8a.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/2_zps8e8708f1.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/3_zps047166d3.jpg.html][/URL] Master Bedroom: [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/1_zps9e18f163.jpg.html][/URL] Guest Bedroom: [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/10_zpscc99af62.jpg.html][/URL] Office Before/After: [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/4_zpsfd9e1ac3.jpg.html][/URL] Main bathroom before and after: [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/5_zps105be8be.jpg.html][/URL] Bathroom Off of Master Bedroom Before/After: [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/7_zpsbf2de43b.jpg.html][/URL] Den/Hookah/Party Room: [URL=http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/clmccain90/media/House/11_zpsd3611e3d.jpg.html][/URL] It finally feels like home. I actually had time this morning to shave, which felt amazing... I had grown quite the beard over the past ~2 weeks. Inspired me to partake in No Shave November this year, because I actually rather liked it. I just had to shave for some reason, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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