Project: Basement

This weekend we (OK, well mostly Josh) worked on the basement. As a reminder, this is what the basement looked like when the house was on the market:




Here's what it looks like now, after adding our own furniture, some new curtains and lighting, & our computer and TV:







I think Josh tackled this so he had a nice place to watch football this weekend. :)

Poker with the Stars (kind of...)

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Today I was invited to the Trent Tucker Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament (http://www.trenttucker.org/youthprogram.html). Having NEVER played a hand of Texas Hold'em before I didn't think I would hold out very long, but thought it might give me a good chance to see some famous people (http://www.trenttucker.org/celebrities_2008.html). I managed to last a good hour and a half at the table, until finally blowing it. Good night, great cause.





One of my few chances to actually see Michael Jordan at this event. It was cool that he was there, but even better that he got knocked out of the tournament by a Regular Joe (unfortunately not me!).

Here are some pictures of some other celebrities that were at the poker tournament:

JB Bickerstaff - the celebrity at my table.

Former NBA-ers: Brad Sellers, Ron Harper, Charles Oakley.


Minnesota Timberwolf: Corey Brewer


Me going all in and losing.


Me and Marcel Luske (professional poker player) after we both got knocked out of the tournament.

Project: Dining Room

Here's a room we can almost check off the list of things to improve / redecorate: the dining room. We recently purchased a dining room furniture set and accessorized it. We're pretty happy with it, and here's a peek at how it looks in the dining area:



We have a couple more chairs and a leaf for the table. We can comfortably seat six or more in the dining room. We still need to hang some things on the wall, but we bought the hardware to do that today so that will be completed soon.

More Interior Home Shots

Here are some interior shots of our new home from when it was on the market. We'll call these the "before" shots. Hopefully some "after" shots will follow soon, once we've completed some projects.

Living Room:

Dining Room:

Kitchen:

Upstairs Bedroom:

Upstairs Sitting /Landing Area:

Basement Living Area / Bar:

Basement:

Bathroom on Main Floor:

Home

Here it is...

From the front:


from the side:



the backyard: