Our House - Ottawa, Canada

Purchased in Aug 2002.

See how things have changed.
Several QTVR of the back yard to view it in a virtual reality environment.

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2002 Summer (special thanks to teams alpha and beta--they came cheap and worked very hard )
- Painted Dining room, Kitchen, Living room, Master bedroom, guest bedroom, and office.
- Painted basement and garage floors.
- Renovated kitchen - moved stove, fridge, & island, installed new cupboards and replaced counter top.
- Installed laminate wood flooring (floating floor) throughout the upstairs.
- Installed network cables and panels through house.
- Re-shingled small front part of roof.
- Enlarged garden. planted several trees & shrubs (now small)
- Modified sandbox into veggie garden area,
- Taped, plastered, & painted garage - to cut down on dust for Workshop.
- Created a patio area beside deck for barbecue.

What it looked like when we moved in Aug 2002 What it looked like on
Sept 2002

2002 Fall & Winter
- Built from scratch new mantel for over fireplace.
- Removed large square post enclosure and replaced it with small round tube with medallion.
- Install Marble for Kitchen counter top.
- Made closet under the basement stairwell and drywalled 2 walls of the laundry room

What it looked like when we moved in Aug 2002 What it looked like on
December 2002

2003 Spring
- Built medicine cabinet for en suite.
- Painted entertainment room in basement.
- Painted sewing and laundry room in basement.
- Built arbor for the backyard affectionately known as the monument

2003 Summer
- Installed new shelving in basement for storage.
- Moved and installed old shelving to garage.
- Installed florescent light over sewing area. Moved old light to wine storage.
- Installed and painter molding to upstairs bedrooms
- Watched the garden grow.

Here are a few pictures of what it looked like in the Summer.

The Impatiens did not get a lot of sun light, but they did get very red. I made a bunch of clipping to put them in again next year.

Rose bud from another rose bush.

Staghorn Sumac tree in the back yard. Taken in late summer. It grew a lot this year.

The same Sumac tree. Only turns this color in the fall.

2003 Fall
- Added light to arbor
- Expanded flower bed in front of house. Planted a few more fall flowers.
- Harvested vegetable garden.
- Added skirt and molding to edge of deck.

What it looked like when we moved in Aug 2002 What it looked like on
October 2003

What it looked like when we moved in Aug 2002	What it looked like on Sept 2002

What it looked like when we moved in Aug 2002	What it looked like on December 2002

	The Impatiens did not get a lot of sun light, but they did get very red. I made a bunch of clipping to put them in again next year.
	Rose bud from another rose bush.
	Staghorn Sumac tree in the back yard. Taken in late summer. It grew a lot this year.
	The same Sumac tree. Only turns this color in the fall.

What it looked like when we moved in Aug 2002	What it looked like on October 2003