New eavestroughs

We finally got someone to come in and replace the eavestroughs in front of the house, and to fix the chewed up trim near the roof. Here's what the front of the house looks like now (it needs a new coat of paint -- anyone have some colour suggestions?):



We had the two front downspouts combined into one. Here's what it used to look like (the two downspouts were side-by-side and went under the gas meter):



So the downspout from the roof now drains into the eavestrough above the porch,



which has a single downspout into the garden:







Here's what the chewed up trim looked like:



Here's a picture of the repaired trim:



Now all we have to do is finish the rest of the house! :D

Nature Challenge

I recently joined the David Suzuki Foundation's Nature Challenge, so I decided to switch the incandescent light bulbs in my house to compact fluorescents. Here's a photo of all the bulbs I replaced. I had no idea I had so many!

 

I also decided I should replace the stupid chandelier in the bathroom with a more normal light fixture. That cuts the fixture down from 3 bulbs to just 1!

Now all we have to do is repaint the bathroom (I hate that neon green), replace the sink (it has one of those old-fashioned sinks with separate hot and cold faucets), and finish the rest of the house! :'O