New Things at Home

We made more changes around our house in the past few months. These were done in April and May but I didn't get around to posting about it until now (because Alisa was born at the beginning of April).

Here are 2 hexagon chairs we bought at a thrift store type place and the fountain Craig created. We bought the hexagon table that is supporting the fountain at that same store. The black basin and rocks we bought at a local nursery. Craig made the ceramic globe years ago. It was just sitting in the yard by a tree until Craig decided to turn it into a fountain (it has a large hole at the bottom and a smaller hole at the top). It is very peaceful to sit by the fountain and listen to the trickling water. Alisa loves it too.



Craig added some plants to give the fountain more life:



Here is a close up of the fountain with added ceramic people Craig made years ago:



We had to get a metal screen door put in because the wooden one we had kept expanding or shrinking depending on the weather so it wouldn't open or close very well (so it was annoying or bugs would come in). We also had a doggie door put in and Minga learned to use it quickly. And we had a fan installed so we could always have a nice breeze and more light when we want it as we sit out on the porch.



We had new fans installed in almost every room of the house. The old fans were wobbly, loud and crappy looking. We had one put in at the top of the stairs so that the air could be circulated up and down (to cool things off upstairs in the summer and to push the warm air down in the winter).



We had this old lighting removed from the office....



...so we could have this new fan installed (wires haven't been contained yet):



Old fan in guest/Alisa's room:



New fan in guest/Alisa's room (the blades are white on the other side and those were supposed to be facing down but the guy did it backwards...we didn't see it until it was already up and we haven't fixed it yet):



We also had the sliding glass doors replaced upstairs (Alisa's room and office). They were the only old doors in the house and they were letting in lots of bugs and hot air because they wouldn't close properly and the screens were broken. Here is a picture taken during the installation of the door in Alisa's room:



The new door in the office is identical to the one in Alisa's room: