Still Hoping For That Call From The Ellen Show

I was watching the Ellen show the other day and they showed one of the winners in their home makeover contest.  Well, it was not me, but it was a nice young couple that had neither central heating or central air in their home.  I at least have heat and a few window fans and a very ancient shiny brass and fake wood ceiling fan......Can you say envious.......

I wrote up the To Do list for This Summers Projects.  I keep hoping a little public accountability will goad me into doing some of these projects.  Things like painting I can do all by my lonesome, things like tiling/renovating the bathroom....well, I can do the demolition, just not the renovation.....

You can see the list below, looking at it, I've forgotten to add in some of the yard projects, more pavers for in front of the runs, re-seed lawn, work on flower beds.......

I could also use a really, really skinny person who does not mind the creep crawl space and the crawl space in the attic as well......

Sigh, the contest is not over yet, I will keep my fingers crossed, light a saint candle and think happy thoughts!

Ellen! Please Pick My House to Redo!

Ellen! Here are photos of my house! I so need a home makeover.   Please send your team ( or at least Nate Berkus) to help me! Please!

The sleeping nook-very cozy, but not very exciting

 

The closet area-the only closet

The Bathroom

The kitchen-it's like half the house space and I have no counter scape, I'd love to have a little U shape kitchen area with a breakfast bar.

The kitchen

My office

The Stove

The living area-with  my free to me very large, very heavy TV that I can't move...

the back of the house

the girls!-you can see the lake!

the front of the house-you can see the lake in the background

I would love to win a home make over from your show.  I moved back to Connecticut 13 years ago and bought my little 450 SF house 450 SF and 2.5 rooms plus a bath.. It’s called a cottage, but I call it the studio house. I live here with my dogs, it’s a tight fit and my decorating scheme is what I call grad school design.

I’ve hit some financial, job, and personal issues, my job working as an assistant for a real estate broker has gone from full time to part time to less than part time (12 hrs). Heck, I did not even get a card on Administrative Professionals day this year.  I’ve lost all my benefits (paid vacation/ holidays, insurance) with the reduction in hours; I have picked up a second job on the weekends. I split my time ½ of the week here at home ½ of the time in Oxford ,MA. I am doing this to pay my mortgage, car payment, and life’s other bills. The reduced hours mean reduced pay and I’ve also spent my savings and emergency fund on the basics. And sods law, just when I think I am making a little headway, things like my car unexpectedly breaking down happen.

I know what you can do for the winner of the contest, do a beautiful home makeover, but this is what I do for you.   I can pay this forward.

 I can and will happily volunteer on a project to help another deserving person or family.

I can chip in by doing some of the work, I can paint and I can do demolition.

My house is very small, so you can also help another deserving person or family get a home makeover. Two for the price of one!

 I can cook for the workers, I’m Italian and I love to cook for people. I can host a BBQ at the end of the project for the workers, we can borrow canoes and we can all go canoeing on the lake.

I can blog about the renovation on this blog,

 I can post about this on my facebook page.  My friends and family would get a kick out of this

I hope you and your staff will give serious consideration and pick me for the Ellen home makeover!