Disboutiquers Part 7 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[cerberus]

Have you ever seen the movie Money Pit?

Do you REALLY want an old house, and all the problems that come with it? You will constantly be fixing things, even after renovation (unless you replace the wiring, the plumbing, the insulation, the windows, the floors, the roof, the plaster, the....). Old houses are beautiful, but a lot of work!

Henry and I have done lots of renovations on old houses, and have built lots of new ones. Building a new one is a lot less stressful, cheaper, and faster than renovating! So, whatever figure you come up with for renovation costs, double it! There will be more things than you think popping up once you start tearing things out.
The price they're asking is pretty high if it needs a lot of work. But, it sounds like you're going to cover your bases before you think about making an offer, with the professional walk-throughs.

Another thought- how much longer will DH's parents be able to walk up to a 2nd story apartment? Especially carrying groceries and such.

I have to agree with you! While we love our house, I am not sure we would do it again.
Let's see here is part of our list over the past 5 years: new furnance and A/C, some new plumbing, lots of new wiring, new hot water heater and water softener, sump pump for basement, new gutters and drainage tile, new exterior paint, new roof and lots of slate repair, had to remove section of the roof to remove a large bee hive, fix rotting wood on the porch, all new landscaping, scrape off the tons of wallpaper, redo all the woodwork and the list goes on and on....
This is why we started looking for a new place, but now with the housing market the way it is, we will not move until it is time to retire!

Definetely think about you DH's parents being able to walk upstairs. We have 3 acres and are getting ready to build a 1 story house for my parents to retire on.

 

[minnie2]

Thank you. We decided 2 years ago that we were done with the remodeling and put the house on the market and went house shopping....we could not find anything we liked. Each day we would come back to our house, pull in the driveway and say " Don't you just love our house". I would love to not have to remodel, it is never ending with an old house! But we have decided to stay.
We just have pine floors and I could not live without them especially with 3 dogs. I bet your inlay floors are gorgeous! Have you posted any pictures?

The kitchen was our biggest project. Mostly the house needed lots of little things, fresh paint and the wood floors refinished. We still need to do the upstairs bath, just not sure how we want to do it. Right now we only have 2 full baths (one up, one down). I would like to take the upstairs bathroom and split it into 2 bathrooms, so we have our own small master bath, but I also love the fact that our bathroom is huge right now (it was a bedroom they converted to a bathroom/laundry room). Besides that the next biggest project is converting the 3rd floor (800sq ft) to a play room for the girls It will be nice when it done, it even has hardwood floors.
Okay can you tell I love my house

We did the same thing last yr. We only have one bathroom which stinks and DH keeps talking about adding on. So we were wondering if we should just love instead. Well we looked at all of these new houses and to get what we wanted it would be a lot more! So we figured we have such a great location and neighbors we decided when we have the $$ we would rather just add to this one.

We got so lucky when we bought it all the wiring was updated, new central a/c, 2 yr old roof, 3 yr old paint job ugly but it is a victorian color. So the realy $$ was done. We did replace almost all the appliances because I refused to have old stuff from Montgomery ward. IT was awful! WE did replace the sink afaucet and disposal as well in the kitchen. Added those gutter guarde type things, In the bathroom we replaced the toliot (DH has no clue how I could ahve gone out and spent $800 on a potty! I told him go look at the prices of Kohler toilets and he will see! We also had to replace the pedestal sink and faucet in the bathroom. Then there is the wall paper we are for ever painting over or taking down. We still need to refinish DS's floors because his room and our room had carpet. WE ripped his up because his dr said get it out because of allergies. The wood just needs to be finished. Our carpet is awful I just need to get DH to help me rip that one up.

There has been a few pictures posted but no one noticed the fancy floors LOL When I posted some pics of some bowling shirts I made you can see the office floors. I can post them again if any one wants? I won't bore any one any more though...

Thanks guys for all your compliments on the Pluto applique!


I used double fold bias tape, unfolded, and used a regular straight stitch to stitch it onto the front of the outfit. I stitched 1/4" from the top, and then 1/4" from the bottom edge. Then, I stitched it at both the side seams. I wouldn't recommend bias tape, though. It doesn't look very nice for the ties in back. If you make a fabric tube, or ribbon, it would look nicer.

It would look a lot nicer if you cut 3 pieces of ribbon and stitched the ribbon on the front before you join the two side pieces together. Then, you wedge the ribbons you're going to use as ties in back in between the two layers before you sew up the sides. I am so bad at explaining things. I hope that made sense.


Hold on a minute...you wrote that on Saturday the 26th...D'OH!!!


!! I'm not sure what's happening with your fabric getting pulled down into the machine. But, that happens to me sometimes if I start trying to sew at the very end of the fabric. A lot of the time, I'll start sewing a little ways up from where I want to start, and then I sew in reverse back to the beginning, and sew forward again. Then, it doesn't usually get all tangled up.


Someone already answered this. But, yep, I used the Simplicity Belle pattern for Tessa's pink cinderella dress, then I added the bows and ribbon. I made up the skirt as I went. The dress that Crystal posted using CarlaC's Simply Sweet pattern would be pretty easy for a beginner, and turns out just as cute, too! (unless you use satin, that's hard to work with!)


Your husband is so cute! I loved his big smile in all of your PA vacation pictures! How sweet that he put those glasses together for his girls, and that he modeled them, too!

Tessa took a LOOOONG time learning to peddle her bike. She finally was able to peddle and steer at the same time last winter, when she was almost 5!
This picture was taken when she was 2.5 and she was totally throwing a tantrum, even though it looks like she's smiling peacefullly. Seconds later she was on the ground kicking and screaming because she couldn't do it.

The dress is SO cute! I love that you put a storybook panel on the front!


WOW ELISA!! That is gorgeous!!!! I love it!!!!


I will definitely be praying for baby Danica and her family.

I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the Dis. The blood clotting disorder that I have causes multiple miscarriages in most women. It also can deprive oxygen to the fetus because blood clots form in the placenta. It's not as rare as some people think it is. So, when the time is right, you might want to mention that she gets tested for antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. It's a simple blood test. It could really help her out on future pregnancies if she does have a blood clotting disorder and goes on blood thinners (lovenox). to her, and to you for being at the hospital with her.


I had one and I could only use it with the zig-zag stitch, or else the needle wouldn't catch the hem!


Have you ever seen the movie Money Pit?

Do you REALLY want an old house, and all the problems that come with it? You will constantly be fixing things, even after renovation (unless you replace the wiring, the plumbing, the insulation, the windows, the floors, the roof, the plaster, the....). Old houses are beautiful, but a lot of work!

Henry and I have done lots of renovations on old houses, and have built lots of new ones. Building a new one is a lot less stressful, cheaper, and faster than renovating! So, whatever figure you come up with for renovation costs, double it! There will be more things than you think popping up once you start tearing things out.

The price they're asking is pretty high if it needs a lot of work. But, it sounds like you're going to cover your bases before you think about making an offer, with the professional walk-throughs.

Another thought- how much longer will DH's parents be able to walk up to a 2nd story apartment? Especially carrying groceries and such.


He was so stinkin' cute in his little tux! I prefer that picture of Mel to the ones on her Myspace account!


HI LAURA!!!


I third that opinion!!


!!! We're so glad to have you here!


Thank you!!! I'm a little nervous to have you looking too closely at it, though!


Thank you!! I couldn't find a picture of Pluto without his mouth open (and I didn't want all that extra applique with his toungue and such), so I just drew one myself! I also love when dogs give you that head cocked look!

 

[cerberus]

There has been a few pictures posted but no one noticed the fancy floors LOL When I posted some pics of some bowling shirts I made you can see the office floors. I can post them again if any one wants? I won't bore any one any more though...

I would love to see pictures or point me to the old posts! Nice to meet someone who loves old houses!

 

[karebear1]

We live in a house built in 1889, everyone we know calls it the money pit But we love it. However we are not handy so it can get expensive to pay to have the work done, so since you have family in construction that will help. It will be a ton of work and LOTS of money! We just dealt with structural issues and thankfully we did not have to redo the foundation, that is enough money to give ya a heart attack
Here is my place

Kitchen Before

Kitchen after remodel

Okay will not bore you all with any more!!

LOVE YOUR HOME!!! I've always wanted an old home.... only one that all the renovations were already done on! I do not have the patience and long suffering to go through that myself!! You have really done a wonderful job.

Can you tell me where you got the chairs at the counter in the kitchen? I NEED those!!

 

[twob4him]

Well, I have been doing some research on tickets for our Dismeet in Feb. I am also hoping/planning on going in Nov 2009 but we are probably staying off-property. Potentially, between the two trips, I would need 10 or 11 days of tickets for myself. So here is the break down with the 2008 prices:

Annual Pass which includes park hopping and parking (an issue for the Nov trip) and the possibility of a room discount for Feb = $448


10-day non-expiring ticket with PH = $450, we would still need to pay for parking and no room discount for Feb.


Simply buying a 3-day PH ticket for Feb and an 8-day PH for Nov = $514, again no parking or room discount.


Kind of a no-brainer huh. What do you think????

 

[karebear1]

Difficult decision I know..... but I am sure you will make the right one!! ;-)

 

[cerberus]

LOVE YOUR HOME!!! I've always wanted an old home.... only one that all the renovations were already done on! I do not have the patience and long suffering to go through that myself!! You have really done a wonderful job.

Can you tell me where you got the chairs at the counter in the kitchen? I NEED those!!

Thank you! It can be very painful at times. The chairs came from ebay!

 

[livndisney]

Well, I have been doing some research on tickets for our Dismeet in Feb. I am also hoping/planning on going in Nov 2009 but we are probably staying off-property. Potentially, between the two trips, I would need 10 or 11 days of tickets for myself. So here is the break down with the 2008 prices:

Annual Pass which includes park hopping and parking (an issue for the Nov trip) and the possibility of a room discount for Feb = $448


10-day non-expiring ticket with PH = $450, we would still need to pay for parking and no room discount for Feb.


Simply buying a 3-day PH ticket for Feb and an 8-day PH for Nov = $514, again no parking or room discount.


Kind of a no-brainer huh. What do you think????

I "vote" for the AP. (I had an AP even when before I moved to Florida).
Not only is it "cost" effective, but it also offers possible hotel room discounts, shopping and dining discounts as well. And the free parking.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Hello all...I am just so in love with this site!! We just booked a family vacation to DL in December..first time that we are staying at the DL hotel as well as our first time seeing DL in December. I have got some great ideas from this site...I started sewing this morning and will post the outfits once they are finished. I have a 10 year old machine and don't know how to do anything fancy...but am having so much fun. Just wanted to say hi!

Welcome!

Actually being in the construction industry we have friends in most fields. A friend of ours who is a general contractor is gonna walk it with us and tell us whether or not we need to have a structural engineer look at it. My fil is one of those jack of all trades guys. We really are a close family. It would mean my mil could retire and the kids wouldn't have to be in daycare. Also they would have their own entrance and the upstairs apartment even though most of the time we would probably eat dinner together. We really think it will be good for all of us. We weren't looking to move but its very enticing.

I love old homes!! My cousin lived in an old victorian, a rental. The second floor was done in an apartment with it's own entrance. We used to love and go visit her. Then it was torn down for a new Post Office.

We live in a house built in 1889, everyone we know calls it the money pit But we love it. However we are not handy so it can get expensive to pay to have the work done, so since you have family in construction that will help. It will be a ton of work and LOTS of money! We just dealt with structural issues and thankfully we did not have to redo the foundation, that is enough money to give ya a heart attack
Here is my place

Kitchen Before

Kitchen after remodel

Okay will not bore you all with any more!!

I'm not bored! This is beautiful. I always wished my Dad had taught us how to do home repairs. Although, he wasn't that great at it himself. He was more of a jimmy rigger.

 

[LisaZoe]

Well We will be there in 14 months 2 weeks yahoo and my girls will definitely be in customs of some sort though maybe not as brilliant as the stuff I see - I'm too scared to do applique and stuff like that hehe.

And if there aren't that many with customs if I do see people they most probably reside on this thread so I can feel safe to say hi

With the amount of time you have before you're trip, you could definitely learn to do appliqué. Start simple on a scrap of fabric for practice or do like I did, find a stained tee and put an appliqué over the stain. Zoe seems to get stains quickly on tees so we always have a few that are practically new but stained. In fact I just did a tee for her this week. I think she's worn the tee (white) once or twice and got something dribbled down the front. I might have been able to bleach it but since she had another plain white tee, I put some decoupage patches and fun applique shapes on it to match decoupage jeans I made (both are set aside until school starts again).

Just a note to say
HELLO to All!


+ Hope your summers are all going well ...

Welcome back!

 

[LisaZoe]

Well, I have been doing some research on tickets for our Dismeet in Feb. I am also hoping/planning on going in Nov 2009 but we are probably staying off-property. Potentially, between the two trips, I would need 10 or 11 days of tickets for myself. So here is the break down with the 2008 prices:

Annual Pass which includes park hopping and parking (an issue for the Nov trip) and the possibility of a room discount for Feb = $448


10-day non-expiring ticket with PH = $450, we would still need to pay for parking and no room discount for Feb.


Simply buying a 3-day PH ticket for Feb and an 8-day PH for Nov = $514, again no parking or room discount.


Kind of a no-brainer huh. What do you think????

Definitely a no-brainer. You'd be silly to not buy the AP considering how much you'd save on parking not to mention the possible room discount. That way, too, you won't have to worry about how many days you use in Feb. because you'll still be able to go as many days as you want in Nov.

 

[GoofyG]

Well, I have been doing some research on tickets for our Dismeet in Feb. I am also hoping/planning on going in Nov 2009 but we are probably staying off-property. Potentially, between the two trips, I would need 10 or 11 days of tickets for myself. So here is the break down with the 2008 prices:

Annual Pass which includes park hopping and parking (an issue for the Nov trip) and the possibility of a room discount for Feb = $448


10-day non-expiring ticket with PH = $450, we would still need to pay for parking and no room discount for Feb.


Simply buying a 3-day PH ticket for Feb and an 8-day PH for Nov = $514, again no parking or room discount.


Kind of a no-brainer huh. What do you think????

That's what we did last year. We went in Feb. 07 and just bought 5 day hopper tickets. Then we decided to go back in Sept. and we knew we wanted to go again in Feb. this year. So we bought AP's. We are actually squeezing a 3rd trip out of our AP's. We are going again in Sept before they expire. So it was a definite good buy for us. We stay off site so we also needed the free parking.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Well, I have been doing some research on tickets for our Dismeet in Feb. I am also hoping/planning on going in Nov 2009 but we are probably staying off-property. Potentially, between the two trips, I would need 10 or 11 days of tickets for myself. So here is the break down with the 2008 prices:

Annual Pass which includes park hopping and parking (an issue for the Nov trip) and the possibility of a room discount for Feb = $448


10-day non-expiring ticket with PH = $450, we would still need to pay for parking and no room discount for Feb.


Simply buying a 3-day PH ticket for Feb and an 8-day PH for Nov = $514, again no parking or room discount.


Kind of a no-brainer huh. What do you think????

Trying to debate the same thing right now...I already paid for 9 day park hoppers for our upcoming trip. Now I'm trying to debate if I should just upgrade to an AP when I'm there to use during the DISmeet. I thinking i'm going to have to play it by ear if decent airfare gets released by then.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Well, I have been doing some research on tickets for our Dismeet in Feb. I am also hoping/planning on going in Nov 2009 but we are probably staying off-property. Potentially, between the two trips, I would need 10 or 11 days of tickets for myself. So here is the break down with the 2008 prices:

Annual Pass which includes park hopping and parking (an issue for the Nov trip) and the possibility of a room discount for Feb = $448


10-day non-expiring ticket with PH = $450, we would still need to pay for parking and no room discount for Feb.


Simply buying a 3-day PH ticket for Feb and an 8-day PH for Nov = $514, again no parking or room discount.


Kind of a no-brainer huh. What do you think????

AP all the way. If I would have known for sure that we would be going twice in one year I would definitely go with the AP.

 

[t-beri]

That's too funny. Dhs parents are only in their mid fifties. They would die if they knew you were asking how long they'll be able to make it up the stairs! Besides they don't even really care about the kitchen they think it would be fine with a common kitchen. That would mean n and I could take the second floor. We have a brand new home and are constantly working on it. Its in our nature. As for price. I paid 2000 less for my 1300 square foot home on half an acre. This house is over 4000 square feet living. The property itself is worth 75000

The house was the main house of an old plantation. It was called foxwood plantation. The house across the st was the guest house and has the servants quarters behind it. Next door to it is the old carriage house. I'll post pics tomorrow

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

That's too funny. Dhs parents are only in their mid fifties. They would die if they knew you were asking how long they'll be able to make it up the stairs! Besides they don't even really care about the kitchen they think it would be fine with a common kitchen. That would mean n and I could take the second floor. We have a brand new home and are constantly working on it. Its in our nature. As for price. I paid 2000 less for my 1300 square foot home on half an acre. This house is over 4000 square feet living. The property itself is worth 75000

The house was the main house of an old plantation. It was called foxwood plantation. The house across the st was the guest house and has the servants quarters behind it. Next door to it is the old carriage house. I'll post pics tomorrow

Oh please do post pics...

i would love to re do an old plantaion style home. My grandparents had one when I was little, but my GP passed and my GM sold the house for...are you ready for this...$20000!!! I think my Dad almost had heart failure! It was a beautiful home with 5 acres, two story, heck the dinning room alone had a table that seated 12 with lots of space left over. Had one of those great kitchens that had a woodstove...that room was huge too!

But my whole family is also in construction, so no biggie for us either...time and kids just happens to be our big thing. The house before we moved we bought as a fixer and spent several years working on it...it was hard to leave something you put so much of yourself in!


This is my house now.

Not a fixer which at first we thought we would be board with, but we keep doing things...it's just in our blood.

 

[rie'smom]

My MIL is 84 and lives in an old plantation house-Oak Terrace. She runs up and down her stairs a million times a day.

 

[SallyfromDE]

My MIL is 84 and lives in an old plantation house-Oak Terrace. She runs up and down her stairs a million times a day.

That's what I want to be able to do!! She's my idol!

 

[rie'smom]

That's what I want to be able to do!! She's my idol!

She's mine too!

 

[cerberus]

The house was the main house of an old plantation. It was called foxwood plantation. The house across the st was the guest house and has the servants quarters behind it. Next door to it is the old carriage house. I'll post pics tomorrow

I can not wait to see pictures, I bet it could be gorgeous restored!