Journey Back to New Hampshire!

Our new log home has undergone its very first treatment!  The treatment started with pressure washing the entire exterior with a special biodegradable, environmentally safe cleaner. Then they sanded everything, followed by caulking all joints between the logs and trim. They applied two coats of oil-based stain on the house and one coat on the deck and farmers porch. They only apply one coat there as it would be slippery when wet if they applied two coats. Also, the deck and farmers porch areas require more frequent treatments; about every two years, because horizontal surfaces take the biggest hit from the sun and rain. The house itself will need to be treated again in about five years.  It just looks beautiful! I love the color! Everything inside is as light in color as the exterior was so it’s nice to have that contrast now!  Here are before and after photos!  And here are the rest of the photos!  Before they initiated the work, everything had to be removed: D...

Our new couch and loveseat were delivered a couple of days ago! Love them but they’re a bit large for our living room space! Hubby failed with the measurements! But we made it work, thankfully! They just didn’t work as Hubby had planned.  Prior to ordering them, I thought we would be lucky if we could fit two loveseats so I was rather surprised when Hubby said we could fit the voucher plus a loveseat! I was skeptical but he insisted! He even wanted to order the matching reclining seat! But I insisted we wait as I pretty much knew he was way off and that it would never fit! I told him we need to wait to see how the couch and loveseat fit. He took measurements for the reclining chair so we could re-assess later. The salesman recommended cutting a piece of cardboard using the measurements so we could see how it would fit. Well, it is definitely a no-brainer that the reclining chair won’t fit! We don’t need the measurements of the chair to confirm that it won’t fit! LOL! Maybe we shoul...