The main thing my husband wishes the house came with that it didn’t is a fireplace.  After all the work he’s been putting in on the pool, I’m pretty glad he doesn’t have to look after a fireplace too.  And that I don’t have to help him do it.  I can just picture myself stuck halfway up a chimney and my kids having to climb up on the roof to drop food down to me.  Or not so I can lose enough weight to free myself.

One day, we will probably look into electric fireplaces and see if something like that has a place in this house.  They really look good.

When we first moved in we did a couple upgrades to the house’s hardware.  Mainly door knobs were replaced in this refurbishment.  But to save money, we didn’t replace them all – just the ones truely in need.  I may have over estimated the ability of 34 year old door knobs to last because since that time (a mere 2 months ago) another 2 knobs have lost their spring.  I have to pull them back to a normal position after turning them.  I’ve included before and after shots to show you exactly what I mean.

So I think now, these are on my shopping list.  I might even be able to afford them before next year since knobs are usually really affordable!

One day – after the kids have grown and their kids have grown – I’m going to replace my brown couches with some contemporary sofas.  By that time, of course, contemporary will be old fashioned.  Or maybe it will have been so long since it was in style it will be in style again but with bell bottoms.  You know how fashion works in cycles.  I just hope that I don’t end up so old that I think polka dot couches would look great in my striped room on the plaid shag carpet.