[speaker001:] okay um do you have a large house or do you live in an apartment or or like
[speaker002:] well we live in uh it's a single family home and I guess it um
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] it's kind of well sort of big for the area um and it's got uh four bedrooms and two and a half baths and uh its on a color sack
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] how about yours
[speaker001:] uh well we have a pretty large home and uh it's larger than the average house you know in the area
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but um we need a large home cause there's twelve kids in my family so uh we have five bedrooms uh two kitchens two full kitchens uh we have
[speaker002:] wow
[speaker001:] two and a half baths also
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know uh plus we have a full basement that's in a into a game room that's wall to wall carpeting
[speaker002:] wow
[speaker001:] you know um we have uh it would be like a I do not know I guess it would be like a family room other than from the playroom the playroom is where we watch all our TV and stuff but we have another room you know kind of like for company and stuff
[speaker002:] huh right
[speaker001:] uh let me think that's about all but it's all split level
[speaker002:] split level house
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] okay well ours is a ranch style and uh
[speaker001:] oh I like ranch style houses
[speaker002:] we we had a townhouse here uh we still have a townhouse which we are renting out so this is our first uh I guess single family home and so we find that we have uh a lot to do uh to fix it up to the way we like it a lot of remodeling and all uh mostly cosmetic and we had a a deck put in in the back
[speaker001:] uh-huh um-hum
[speaker002:] so it looks you know that's real nice to go out in now and then a fence around the yard so that the kids can stay in the yard
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and not run around the neighborhood
[speaker001:] well how much uh land did you get with it
[speaker002:] how much what
[speaker001:] land
[speaker002:] uh I think it was a quarter acre uh-huh
[speaker001:] is it we have almost an acre yeah it's it's funny because we have um
[speaker002:] really that's a pretty big area
[speaker001:] a a two stall garage right beside our house but you can fit four cars in it it's long enough you know you can fit four in
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and and some people that don't know us ask which house we live in and it's like oh just our garage then uh we have a front porch and a back porch on our house and our back porch we enclosed
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but that's kind of like another room on itself
[speaker002:] uh okay well what we have our family room when ah you know we bought it we noticed that it was really dark and uh one of the things that it has in it is uh real dark paneling wooden paneling
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh it also has brown carpet and just kind of uh two small windows so what we are thinking of doing is uh uh changing the carpet to a lighter color and then we have heard that with the paneling you can wallpaper over it
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] or paint it and so that's what we are planning to do is to put a chair rail across the family room paint or wallpaper from the chair rail up and then uh paint the chair rail on down in in like a a light blue color sort of I guess
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh Williamsburg blue we are calling it but whether there's there's a color like that or not since we are near Williamsburg but uh we are hoping that will lighten up the room a lot and make it give it you know give it a bigger appearance it has a fireplace in it too
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] and if that doesn't work we uh our next door neighbor is a roofer and he said he would help me put in a skylight so
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] we'll try that last resort if uh if the painting does not help
[speaker001:] yeah well all our walls are white you know well they are plaster except for our you know in the basement the playroom and we have um it's a real light brown you know kind of like a tan
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh the carpet is pretty light too so it's it's it is a pretty large you know playroom and the lighter colors do help makes it look much bigger than what it really is
[speaker002:] um-hum what kind of carpeting do you have
[speaker001:] um it it has different colors in it but when you first look at it it just kind of looks like a brownish color you know it has like browns and yellows in it
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh okay
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] is it uh is it a real short or a thick carpet real short
[speaker001:] real short yeah
[speaker002:] okay because we were looking at something that people are we have seen advertised called I guess it's berber or something or berbar or something and uh and we understand that that's supposed to be good for like a family room cause it's you know it wears really well and all that
[speaker001:] yeah see well because we have so many with a real thick carpet with so many of us it gets worn down too fast so uh most of the carpet in our house is the short carpet
[speaker002:] right right um-hum
[speaker001:] in fact well we just got our uh like where we where we have company and stuff we just got that recarpeted and we think it's uh bigger carpet you know the longer thicker stuff but uh as the little ones were starting to move out and stuff so you know there's not as many of us here now
[speaker002:] uh-huh  right
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] the other thing we are learning a lot about is uh we have a craw space under the house
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and we are learning a lot about moisture free and uh everything like that
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] so uh as far as uh keeping the vents open and closed you know this is all new to us not having a house that had this before and and uh keeping the vents open you know during when it's warm and summer and all that and I guess spring summer fall and I guess in the winter you close the vents and and making sure that the rain the rain gutters from you know the roof and all empty out I instead of right near the house
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and things like that
[speaker001:] uh-huh well we have a wood burner in our house and you know it heats a lot of it because it is a larger house would be too much to heat with just electric but uh we have yeah
[speaker002:] so we were uh-huh uh-huh a wood a wood burning stove is it in the middle of the room or against the wall
[speaker001:] it's against the wall
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh it's down in the basement and it's kind of like in and enclosed little room by itself
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] my dad enclosed it off so you kind of go into another room to it uh but we had to learn to keep like all all the bedrooms are two floors above it and we had to learn to keep all the
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] the rooms were shut on the first floor for the hot air to get up to the bedrooms for like in the winter and stuff
[speaker002:] uh okay right
[speaker001:] ye ah
[speaker002:] wow that's pretty neat
[speaker001:] but uh I guess do you have much mowing to do with yours then
[speaker002:] much mowing yeah well actually it's a lot bigger than we thought it was when we first saw it when we actually have to mow it it seems to get bigger but uh the mow the way ours is is it's kind of a pie shaped
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] uh you know boundaries or whatever and we are sitting against the pointy end of the pie the house sits back and it so our front yard is actually the bigger yard and um
[speaker001:] oh uh-huh
[speaker002:] and when we first got here you know there's it it I guess a long time ago it uh you know we were talking to our neighbors and they said the yard was one of the better or the best yard in the neighborhood because really kept it up and over the years uh just people were just renting it out and all that they a lot of weeds and all that have grown up
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] and so we have decided to get somebody for one year of service to help control the weeds and get it green again and then I will take over from there and so but I have to mow it at least once a week or else it looks bad
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah well uh it well we have just an acre we uh
[speaker002:] so use a rider
[speaker001:] yeah yeah definitely and uh well my mom hates dandelions so we had stuff on our yard you know but it's uh it's pretty green she likes a nice green yard
[speaker002:] uh-huh