The house. We were not going to worry about the house because we are going to build an Earthship. However, we are interested in community or WOOFers in the future, so it might be nice to have the house in good condition.
We started by ripping out rotten/moldy things: carpet, paneling, bottoms of walls, drywall . . . The first room we focused on was the one Phoenix would be in. She stayed with Grandpa Bill for a week while we aired out and made the place a somewhat habitable (lots of mold!). Jerome and I wanted her to feel comfortable at her new place. We ripped out her moldy carpet, scraped, scrubbed
and painted (waterproof floor paint) her floor. I asked Phoenix, "If you could have one thing in your room what would it be?" She answered that she wanted a pony on the wall. So, I painted her walls from mis-mix paint from the hardware store ($5 a gal.) and paint found in the garage. The store only had peach so I bought that and purchased a pint of lavender paint to offset the color. I painted a meadow for the ponies on the opposite. The paint for the meadow was from cans Jerome and I found around the farm.
and painted (waterproof floor paint) her floor. I asked Phoenix, "If you could have one thing in your room what would it be?" She answered that she wanted a pony on the wall. So, I painted her walls from mis-mix paint from the hardware store ($5 a gal.) and paint found in the garage. The store only had peach so I bought that and purchased a pint of lavender paint to offset the color. I painted a meadow for the ponies on the opposite. The paint for the meadow was from cans Jerome and I found around the farm. The next morning we stopped at a Goodwill for picture frames and happened across this amazing pony painting ($5) that matched (exactly!) the paint in the pony
meadow. We saved a little cubby for Phoenix to paint as well. The light was left in our entry room from previous owners. We found her toddler bed at a used furniture store for $30. Red closet/cabinet doors were Jerome's idea. We like to buy used when possible so that we are not adding to resource consumption. Phoenix loves her room :)
meadow. We saved a little cubby for Phoenix to paint as well. The light was left in our entry room from previous owners. We found her toddler bed at a used furniture store for $30. Red closet/cabinet doors were Jerome's idea. We like to buy used when possible so that we are not adding to resource consumption. Phoenix loves her room :)
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