Archive for the 'House' Category

How Green Is My Thumb?

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

This is the first growing season in our new house. We have quite a bit of gardening space, so my wife and I will be attempting to fill that space with beautiful and edible plants.

In an attempt to keep this information handy for my own reference, I have decided to start a journal. I’ve made it public in the hopes that it someone might care to share some advice or learn from my inevitable mistakes.

The blog is called The Nu Leaf.

House: Check!

Monday, June 18th, 2007

My wife and I have just sealed the deal on our first house! It’s a very nice little three-bed two-story semi-fixer in northern Seattle. We’ve already generated a two page remodeling project list that we sure hope gets done in a reasonable time frame. Thanks to the magic of Google Sketchup, I have a fantastic CAD layout of the entire place that should greatly help us along the way.

Despite taking nearly 500 pictures of the insides of the house and the back yard, I don’t have a single house front photo to share with you.
However, if you’re interested in more updates, check back to this blog every now and then.

Oh, and we’re getting some chickens. The city limits us to the lesser of 20,000 chickens or one per square foot of property space, but I think we just need two or three. We’ll keep you posted on how that goes after we move in.

If you know the name of any really good and really inexpensive architects, interior designers, or contractors, let us know!