Now we are looking for a countertop and a matching sink for the bathroom. Also, Nate installed a great new light fixture in the laundry room - check out the before and after photos...
Before.. &
After!
In other lighting news, the fan/light fixture in the bathroom was terrible. The hole was visible around the metal vent-not pretty. 
But what to do? There's not too many options, 1) buy a whole new fan fixture in a larger size. But there was nothing wrong with this one except the installation that is. 2) Buy a medallion to place around the fixture against the ceiling to hide the hole. But these are white plastic....So we went with the medallion with the plan to paint it. A trip to the spray paint aisle at Lowes brought us some "hammered look" brushed silver paint. Nate was unsure about this one, but I went with it. It actually turned out great if I do say so myself!
In other weird news from the past couple of weeks. BIRDS. We had a baby robin trapped in the rafters in the garage so Nate and I (mostly Nate) corralled the poor bird with our pond scooper net and a plastic rake and managed to get it outside. It was so tired, we could literally just pick him up! This is him sitting on my finger ....
The very next day, another baby bird followed Nate home from a morning trip to get coffee and the paper. The bird may have been pushed out of the nest , or possibly just lazy, but he wanted food...he opened his mouth and we fed him bits of mashed up biscuit. Eventually, he got full or bored and managed to fly away! Strange, two bird incidents two days in a row! Isn't that a sign of the coming apocalypse? Oh wait, no...that's locusts. Okay we're still safe.
After!
In other lighting news, the fan/light fixture in the bathroom was terrible. The hole was visible around the metal vent-not pretty. 
But what to do? There's not too many options, 1) buy a whole new fan fixture in a larger size. But there was nothing wrong with this one except the installation that is. 2) Buy a medallion to place around the fixture against the ceiling to hide the hole. But these are white plastic....So we went with the medallion with the plan to paint it. A trip to the spray paint aisle at Lowes brought us some "hammered look" brushed silver paint. Nate was unsure about this one, but I went with it. It actually turned out great if I do say so myself!
In other weird news from the past couple of weeks. BIRDS. We had a baby robin trapped in the rafters in the garage so Nate and I (mostly Nate) corralled the poor bird with our pond scooper net and a plastic rake and managed to get it outside. It was so tired, we could literally just pick him up! This is him sitting on my finger ....
The very next day, another baby bird followed Nate home from a morning trip to get coffee and the paper. The bird may have been pushed out of the nest , or possibly just lazy, but he wanted food...he opened his mouth and we fed him bits of mashed up biscuit. Eventually, he got full or bored and managed to fly away! Strange, two bird incidents two days in a row! Isn't that a sign of the coming apocalypse? Oh wait, no...that's locusts. Okay we're still safe.
