It's a little more Christmassy chez Andrew... decorations on the mantle
January, 2009: I become a first-time homeowner
Posing beside my very own SOLD sign
Not quite mine yet - eagerly awaiting the snow to melt and the keys to be mine
Welcome to my 'hood. A long look down Piccadilly from downtown London
Piccadilly Street - I like the long, wide, strait, tree-lined street
My corner grocery store is too expensive for me to shop at. Super(duper)store's nearby
Four houses down on the corner of my street - the coolest-looking Chinese restaurant in town; with the coolest sign
Looking down my street; proud to remain EOA (East of Adelaide)
My house in the middle, with my HUGE maple tree
April: snow's melted, she's mine!
My awesome maple tree
And almost right away, the work begins - touching up the main floor
First job: refinishing the hardwood. Here it is all sanded bare
Sanded hardwood ready for staining
My hardwood floors: before
My hardwood floors: after
My hardwood floors: after
More history and architecture in my 'hood: Wolseley Barracks. You can hear the huge flag flapping from my porch on windy days
Detail of the amazing architecture of Wolseley Barracks
Wolseley Barracks, just down my street
The stunning architecture of Wolseley Barracks, just down my street
Looking west down my street from Wolseley Barracks. A very friendly neighbourhood.
Before shot: back in the summer, my living room just after I refinished the floors.
My pumpkin at my very first Halloween at my own house
A Christmas tree makes a house feel like a home. My first Christmas begins at 653 Piccadilly
Took a while to do, but I there she is: my first tree all strung up with lights
Hand-me down foyer table and some hand-me-down Christmas decorations: getting my house ready for Christmas
Cedars wrapped up for the season, pine boughs on my porch for Christmas
Ready for my first Christmas open house: borrowed my parents' mould to make these nifty ice candle things
My winter urn plantings. Yes I made them myself... with items stolen from the side of the road!
Welcome to 653 Piccadilly for the holidays! Through the front door into my foyer
Hung some Christmas greens on my railing
Gotta have mistletoe in an old house
Took me a long time, I know, but I *finally* hung up some curtains in my front window
The after shot: my living room finally with furniture and other stuff.
After shot #2: my living and dining room are furnished. The tree is ready for ornaments
After shot #3: looking to my living room from the dining room.
Getting ready for my first Christmas open house: getting drinks ready in the kitchen
Another picture of my kitchen
My dining room and living room: getting food ready for the open house
After the Christmas open house: everyone helped decorate, making it a tree hung with love. Forgot to take any photos during the open house. Oops!
Nighttime in my living room: tree all decorated and lit up
Looking into my living room from the chilly outside, the tree makes my house look like a home. Thanks for helping decorate it!
Getting my house ready for Christmas - festive decorations I made around my porch
"Cooking with Andrew & Friends" episode 3: Kelly Redman and I make Avocado Pesto Fettuccine with chicken and prosciutto
Learning how to use my new food processor: avocado and other ingredients into the mixer
Presto - it becomes pesto!
It smelled and tasted as fresh and refreshing as it looks: avocado pesto
Kelly tests the black pepper fettuccine: perfectly al dente. Chicken and proscutto simmer on the stove
Simmering all the ingredients together.
Add some tomato and pepper, basil and a bed of spinach, with cheese toast on the side. Mmm
As the frost hits the ground, I'm looking back at my green thumb achievement this summer
I really started to enjoy gardening this year
Front of my house: I really started to enjoy gardening
Flower bed wraps around my driveway
Front of my house: flowers came in great in late summer
Planters and flower beds in front of my house
Living room, dining room and kitchen
For the really intense garden work, I send in the big guns. Thanks dad!
This is what happens when you have a professional chef over for your backyard BBQ and bonfire, lol!: open-face hamburgers topped with fresh tomato and spinach
Andrew's house endorses the Fringe Party! London Fringe Festival: www.londonfringe.ca
The rain has helped my front garden bloom. Whatever type of bush that is on the right (not a knowledgeable gardener) came alive this week. Thumb=green
Lighting my first backyard bonfire of the year: waited too long but a nice way to spend a late summer night
Late summer sunset in London from my porch
C'est L'Halloween 2010 chez Andrew.
C'est L'Halloween 2010 chez Andrew.
SNomg! The snow drift in the centre of my driveway is as tall as my front door.
House looks festive after shoveling 70cm snow drifts in #ldnont. snOMG
Looks like I need to find another place to sleep the next few nights ;) Productive day of painting work
Christmas decorations in my living room
Christmas is becoming, chez Andrew!
It's a little more Christmassy chez Andrew... Ornaments all hung on the tree
Ornaments all hung on the tree. Theme: red/silver & reindeer + ornaments collected over 20 years
It's beginning to look (a little) like Christmas chez Andrew. Finished making my porch greenery
It's a little more Christmassy chez Andrew... garland on the railing
I SOLD! In 6 days (3 of which I was away in Montreal for). Conditions are waived now: sale completed. Yay @comfree