Fall Projects?

[gja1000]

I grew up in a tiny 2 bedroom house with five people - only I was the step child........

My step sister moved out shortly after I moved in (at age 5) and my step brother had the second bedroom, so I slept on a rollaway bed that we kept in the hall during the day and I had to roll out every night. There was a tiny tiny closet in the hall with 2 drawers where I kept my stuff. When I was 13 my s-brother went off to college and I got the bedroom, but had to vacate every time he came home!

Everyone I knew lived in a similar house, so I really didn't know much else existed.

When I got married (the first time) we built a 3 bedroom house, about 1500 sq ft, I think. It was nice, but got sold in the divorce.

Then Gary and I got married and moved to Austin. I was in school so we bought a little 1200 sq ft 3 bedroom house. We have just stayed in it, but 8 years ago, Gary built on 800 sq ft more, a den, an office, and a BIG closet. We'll probably never sell this house, unless the neighborhood just gets really bad. Right now it is a funky little multiethnic neighborhood and we have known some of our neighbors for 24 years, and other neighbors change every six months!

I don't have too many projects I'd like to do, cuz I'm not much into my house - but I would like to paint the kitchen cabinets. They are the cheap original ones in the house that was built 28 years ago. My daughter says I need to get rid of my butcher block formica counter tops, but I still love them. They don't show a THING!

Betsi, you should post a picture of your cabinets since they are opposite of Paula's - I really need to do something, but not sure what to do. I like Paula's and I'd like to see yours.

We will need to change out the tub in our bathroom sometime, as it is fiberglass and has some chips in it. I'd like to do some more rock work in the front yard - get rid of more grass = less watering. I'll do that sometime, not sure when.