Built-in Bookcase Design

Gloria and I love to read, and we are running out of space for books. So we decided to plan to add some more bookshelves. The first few pictures are of what one of the corners looks like now. After that is the video showing sort of what we are planning. Enjoy!

Stuffing

Want to hear a story?

In the beginning there was a young couple.

This young couple was happy but sadly broke. They wanted a new, soft and comfy couch but couldn't afford it. So the young wife sat down one day and said, "Dear husband of mine, I want a new couch, but I know our budget does not allow that luxuary. What if we just stuffed and fluffied the old couch cushions instead?"

The young husband said, "Wonderful idea. I will not help, but I will take pictures for you."

And thus began the process of stuffing the couch.

Step 1: Get cushions and bags of stuffing (5 bags of polyster stuffing from Joann's Fabrics)

Step 2: Stuff

Step 3: Sew closed and put back on the couch

The end of the story:

The happy couple lovingly sits on their re-stuffed couch and happy marriage bliss!

The end

The truth about Hardwoods

Hardwood floors are beautiful and long lasting. Currently today hardwood floors are back in style and many times when a first time home buyer is looking for a home the first thing they notice is beautiful hardwood floors.

When my beautiful wife and I started looking for our home we wanted hardwoods through out. We originally wanted something similar to this:

While we didn't get that we did get hardwood floors throughout our home and we discovered that when a baby first starts trying to walk they fall .... A lot! And hardwood floors do not provide any sort of cushion. So sadly today since we are planning to eventually have more than one child we decided to put in carpet in most of the house. Another factor that played into this was the expense of refinishing our exisiting hardwood would be comparable to installing carpet.