Originally submitted at Brookstone
Keep your foyer clutter free with a stylish entryway storage bench.
Changing seasons often means a constant change of footwear. Now you can keep your boots, sneakers, sandals, and shoes neatly in their place—in a nice row underneath your new Brookstone foyer bench! Order your entryway st...
A wonderful piece of furniture
Pros: functional, Sturdy, Attractive
Best Uses: Bedroom, Entryway
Describe Yourself: Bargain Hunter, Practical
This is a nice, solid piece of furniture. I marveled as I put it together at how well it was made. I love the little hidden cubby at top. A very nice entryway bench that is functional as well.
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The fall is soon upon us. Such a fun season. We've already been apple picking at Indian Ladder Farms. Got some great apples and saw the animals. Got the prerequisite cider and donuts. Found some great asian dipping sauce, too.
So at 4, it shouldn't surprise that she picked something odd. She is going to be Eddie from Rocky Horror Picture Show. This choice made mostly because he plays the "saxamaphone". Hot Patootie is her favorite song right now. She knows most of the words. So, she does have a wig and helmet now... though the helmet is green. Therefore we will need to paint it silver. I'm bidding on a pleather jacket with faux leopard on the collar. Then I will have to remove the sleeves and paint BABY and add a sun to the back. She's excited for the head stitches and fake blood, as well as the tattoos.
The inspections all went well. It has been requested that I put some interior pics up... so here are the few we have...
We all love it. Matt's a bit skeptical because it will be a far ride to work... but other than that, it's perfect. It is in Speigletown (a few miles north of Troy) almost to Melrose. If you know the area, it's the second right off of Rte. 40, north of Hurley's garage. They've accepted our offer and now we are awaiting paperwork. We have to get inspections done and all that. We've decided that it would have to take something extreme to pop up in the inspections for us not to get it. It needs a ton of cosmetic work (mostly paint and floors and landscaping things). It's in the Hoosic Valley school district and is only 6 minutes from my Uncle Wes's house (inground pool). It should take roughly 30 minutes for any of us to get to work. That's not ridiculous.
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Technical stuff: Here's the story. The couple that owns it got it 45 years ago (new). It was a 3 bedroom 1 bath ranch with attached garage. They were told they couldn't have kids, so they thought it would last them. Well, they had 8 kids. So 31 years ago they put on an extension with 3 more bedrooms, 1.5 baths, and a large family room with a fire place. Downstairs from that is a large unfinished area used for a metal shop. There is also an unfinished half bath. So it is laid out kind of like a split level ranch. It isn't a 2 family, and that works out better because the layout is much nicer. We're gonna share a kitchen for now. There are 2 decks, one off the kitchen on the first floor and one off a bedroom on the second. There is a stream for the backyard property boundary... I can't wait to see that. I love that shit. There are a ton of outside entrances... which is cool out there in the country, not so sure I would like that in the middle of the city, though. Right now there's a big trampoline in the yard. Julia would love it if they left that... hehe.
yeah, we got a 32" wide screen lcd hd tv. It's pretty cool. We got a good deal at BJs. It was sweet to watch Lost in high def.
We also got a new bed. Moved on up to a queen. It is so much higher and fluffier than our old one. We were going to save the old one for a spare bedroom bed, but the springs were totally shot, and the mattress was close.
Totally bent my engagement ring. The diamond fell out and luckily I spotted it while vacuuming... so now I need to get that fixed.
Still looking for houses. Nothing yet that has fit into our high ideals.
