SpokaneFixer

A few years ago, we had siding installed on the home. As part of that large project, we decided to have seamless gutters installed immediately afterward. All of the downspouts made sense except for on the front entry. There was no good place to put a downspout, so the gutter contractor recommended a rain chain. I’d never even heard of such a thing, but my wife was all over it…

After the machines were delivered, the pace of the job slowed quite a bit. What’s the saying… If I say I’m going to do something, I’m going to do it… You don’t have to keep reminding me to do it every six months. Well, I only took five, so take that.

This one we didn’t actually have to discuss. It was a no brainer. We gave each other no push back, there was no discussion of cost, and we didn’t care about design. We both agreed it simply just had to be done on day one in our new home. Our first project on our Spokane fixer-upper…

One day, the dryer broke down. We inherited the laundry machines from the previous owners, and we weren’t in love with them for obvious reasons. I thought – this is not a problem, because I fix stuff. It’s what I do. However, some stuff isn’t worth fixing, and I may have offered only a halfhearted attempt on this fix. I did some research, found a part at a local appliance warehouse…

One of the items we “inherited” from the previous owners was a whiteboard. We decided to leave it up and used it initially for our “things to do quickly to make this house livable” list. It morphed here and there, but this list remained posted in this form for almost two years into our Spokane fixer-upper endeavor. It was a great reminder of the tasks that needed doing, but, just as important…