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!