Catching up

So, it's been a while since I posted anything. I'll try to catch up a bit.
Before I moved in, I did several things:
I bought a new stove-my first grown-up, new appliance purchase. I got a great deal on a black and stainless steel gas stove during the Sears black Friday sales. I would have kept the old stove to get me through the winter but the oven didn't work and there was little chance of fixing it.

Now, I just have to find a skinny fridge. The stove is 30 inches which is larger than what was there before. For the time being, the older fridge that came with the house is on the porch just off the kitchen. A little inconvenient (okay, a lot inconvenient-especially when it's below zero) but I have my eye on a skinny fridge by GE that would be perfect for the space and I'll need to save up for it.

BEFORE

AFTER:

I love it!!

The blue and red tubing draping down behind the stove is Pex tubing.

Which brings me to my next big project prior to moving in--bringing most of the plumbing inside the house.

Before, the plumbing ran under the house to the bathroom sink and the kitchen sink. The toilet and the shower ran inside the walls since the jet pump is on the other side of the wall from them. I got handyman, Carl Lingren to run the lines inside and we connected them with these nifty snap in connectors. The lines run through the walls to the bathroom where the go along the ceiling until they drop down to the sink. The same goes for the lines that run to the kitchen but in the kitchen there are soffit cabinets and we ran the lines throuh those. There was very little saudering to do--only where there were some funky connections to simplify. Usually your plumbing runs in the walls. That will eventually be the case with my house. One usually doesn't go on and on about the plumbing in a house but I'm just so very happy to have the water lines indoors with less chance of freezing. Here are some pictures of the Pex lines in other parts of the house. Pex--you are my new best friend!

More soon . . .