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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/28/2005 11:23:01 AM · #1

I'm a home owner! Yipppee! Everyone's invited to the house warming..except you...and you..and maybe you..but YOU can come.

:-)

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

04/28/2005 11:25:28 AM · #2

Congrats. It's wonderful to own your own home. What time's the barbeque?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

04/28/2005 11:25:58 AM · #3

YAY YAY YAY Good for you!!!! I'll bring the drinks. Contgrats again!!

smilebig4me1x

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

04/28/2005 11:26:43 AM · #4

congrats!!! becoming a home owner is a huge leap....that's one leap i will be taking myself in the near future...just hope i land on my feet)lol) :o)

theSaj

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/28/2005 11:27:27 AM · #5

Okay, is ANYONE else annoyed with this post?

What the heck....

I mean Lonewolf...you buy a house right. And you post about here on DPC...a digital photography website.....

Where's our bloody picture!!!!!!

*LOL* ;)

Much congrats....!!!!!!!!

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

04/28/2005 11:30:50 AM · #6

Buying a home is a great thing to do, paying down a mortgage is so much better than paying rent to live somewhere. It's like taking money out of your front pocket and putting it into your back pocket. For example, my wife & I got really lucky and bought in a great neighborhood at a low price. The value of our house has risen over 60% over the last ten years. So compared to renting somewhere, it's as if we've been paid to live there. Pretty nice.
:-D

saintaugust

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

04/28/2005 11:31:01 AM · #7

owning a home at 24.. not bad! congrats!

LEONJR

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

04/28/2005 11:33:13 AM · #8

great now you can turn your garage into a studio :)

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

04/28/2005 11:36:18 AM · #9

thesaj, when I buy my house, hopfully this summer, I will FOR SURE post it here, we are all family. But I will also post a pic of it too...hint hint.....lol.

KaDi

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

04/28/2005 11:36:57 AM · #10

Here's a hammer and some nails, a brush and some paint....
Go Wild with your walls!

Congrats on your "big" purchase!

srdanz

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

04/28/2005 11:50:16 AM · #11

Make sure you take the before and after pics... like I did here when I torn my fireplace apart and put the new one in...

Edit: these are straight out of camera, took as jpegs, only cropped a bit.

Message edited by author 2005-04-28 11:51:54.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

04/28/2005 11:55:59 AM · #12

Originally posted by GoldBerry:

I'm a home owner! Yipppee! Everyone's invited to the house warming..except you...and you..and maybe you..but YOU can come.

:-)

Congratulations on your new home! Now comes the fun part, decorating.

justine

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

04/28/2005 12:01:49 PM · #13

congrat. Happy living.

04/28/2005 12:26:13 PM · #14

Thanks all! There's not much fixing-up to be done...I really like it as is. Although I'm considering doing a small wall in the living room all small, shiny black tiles...some stuff like that to kick it up. The living room/dining room area is bright red (which I love love love)..I plan to accent it with red/gold provincial wallpaper - or so that's what I am feeling today. Who knows about tomorrow!

The BBQ is June 1st - move in day :-) Lots of beer, too.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

04/28/2005 01:21:58 PM · #15

Only one word of caution about wallpaper, its a pain in the butt to take off if you get tired of it. I just did that at my mom's place and it took an entire weekend to take it out of one room. IMO paint is the way to go...lol.

June 1st it is...yay new house party!!!

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

04/28/2005 01:28:02 PM · #16

Originally posted by lonewolf:

Actually no (unless it's really old). There's a wonderful product out there that just dissolves the glue and the paper comes off very easily.

04/28/2005 01:39:57 PM · #17

Yeah the paper was very old. I did use some of that stuff to help disolve the glue but it didn't help much. After I had almost all of it down I tried "simple green" and it worked fairly well. Live and learn...lol.

04/28/2005 01:48:45 PM · #18

No worries, i'm usually NOT a fan of wallpaper, but for this one wall I think it's the way to go...I also hate faux finishes so that doesn't leave me with many options. Again, it'd just be one medium sized wall..using the new glue that melts like butter :-)

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

04/28/2005 01:51:49 PM · #19

One wall won't be bad even if it is hard to take down. I don't know what kind of glue they used on the old stuff but boy did it stick...lol. I am sure the newer glues are fine.

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/28/2005 01:58:48 PM · #20

Originally posted by lonewolf:

One wall won't be bad even if it is hard to take down. I don't know what kind of glue they used on the old stuff but boy did it stick...lol. I am sure the newer glues are fine.

They used paste. Dries up to a rock-hard consistency, essentially becomes a part of the plaster.

Robt.

And oh, yes, congrats berry! I just became a home-owner for the first time when I was 56, what a difference it makes!

R.

Message edited by author 2005-04-28 13:59:41.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/28/2005 02:13:51 PM · #21

I think you are right. Paste bad.....glue good....lol.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

04/28/2005 05:23:18 PM · #22

Originally posted by GoldBerry:

Take a look at sponge painting. If you find someone good, it's actually prettier than wallpaper, and is much easier to deal with if you change you mind in the future--you just paint over it!

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/28/2005 05:30:16 PM · #23

Originally posted by GoldBerry:

I'm a home owner! Yipppee! Everyone's invited to the house warming..except you...and you..and maybe you..but YOU can come.

:-)

Congrats Lori! We'll all be there!