http://bungalowinsanity.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:34:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last summer, just prior to Ginger's birth, we posted some photos of Chloe's room just as Julio was wrapping up construction of her bed.  The hot pink paint on the walls was Chloe's idea.  I thought it was a touch toxic, but figured, if you can't have a hot pink ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/08/17/chloes-room/ [caption id="attachment_455" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Ginger's room"][/caption] Ginger has finally moved into her room, just in time for her first birthday!  It's not *quite* finished as it still needs closet doors and a wall sconce,  but it's definitely functional.  I'm a bit frustrated by my attempts to photograph it, however.  It looks ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/08/17/nursery-is-finished/ Chloe's kindergarten teacher is taking a three week vacation in Germany this month, so we are caring for the classroom fish while she is out of town. Chloe requested that we park the fishbowl in Ginger's room underneath a photo of a pond full of goldfish so "he won't get lonely." [caption ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/08/17/school-fish/ With as much demolition and construction as we've done since moving here four years ago, we haven't had much time (or money!) for furniture shopping. Thus, many of our rooms are fairly empty. So when my mother-in-law announced that she was planning to downsize and asked if ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/08/17/new-living-room-furniture/ As regular visitors to our site know, our daughters' playroom has been an ongoing project.  Prior to moving in to our house, we gutted the entire second story to the studs.  And then we ignored it for about two years.  Since then progress has been slow, but steady.  The second ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/08/16/playroom-progress/ A few weeks ago, the Bungalow Insanity family was lucky enough to visit British Columbia's gorgeous Sunshine Coast.  If you haven't had the pleasure yourself, you may want schedule a trip ASAP! [caption id="attachment_435" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Sunshine Coast"][/caption] While in the area, we had the great pleasure of meeting Cottager's Wife and ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/08/16/i-heart-cottagers-wife/ One of my favorite blogs is ikeahacker. It's both entertaining and inspiring.  Sure, a few of the hacks are "whack," but that's half the fun! Not being handy myself (Julio is power tool god in this house – I tend to avoid motorized tools at all costs. I'm actually ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/08/16/i-heart-ikea-hacker/ As anyone who has ever remodeled a house knows, sometimes "easy" just means easier than the alternative. Easy also may mean that you are cutting corners or hiring someone else to do the work. In this case, we're doing both! We have long questioned how far we wanted to ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/07/27/taking-the-easy-way-out/ We can never resist entering a contest (a few of you may remember our infamous Blair Witch/Home Depot video) so when we read that Houseblogs.net was sponsoring a sweepstakes in partnership with True Value we, of course, had to enter. We've done so many DIY projects here at Bungalow Insanity, it's ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/07/22/look-what-i-did-contest-entry-our-kitchen-windows/ This is the part where you simultaneously realize how good things are going to look, feel like you are making progress and become completely aware of how long it's going to take to finish. It's a 50/50 mix of elation and dread. Today I sanded Ginger's closet doors ... http://bungalowinsanity.com/2008/07/06/coming-together/