House Projects - Biggest Update since like forever

---Fan + Porch Light.
Since we moved into the house, the dining room's light kept blowing up every light bulb we put in it. We asked a neighbor, who is an electrician, to fix it, but he started and never finished, leaving a bunch of loose cables dangling from the ceiling from the longest time. After his "repair," the porch light quit working. I got sick of nobody helping us out, even when we were willing to pay! So I went on the internet and learned how to fix the thing; I installed a ceiling fan, and now the porch light works again. I called a city guy to check the work, since I was a little worried about some loose cables that the former owners left on the attic, and he said that once I capped those cables, everything would be fine, safe, and that it would follow the code. Awesomeness.



---Shower Tiles.
A few months ago, Meg decided to replace the tiles in the shower. We had some really ugly white and green tiles, and we replaced them with marble tiles. Matt helped us a lot. Without him, it would have taken us days.



---Water Heater + No Longer Looking Like Crap Laundry Room.
Last year, we noticed that the tiles we had installed in the laundry room were coming loose. When I checked what the problem was, I noticed that the floor under the tiles was actually wet. That's how we found out that our water heater was leaking. Awesome, huh? So, the floor was wet, and the water had reached the wall, which was getting a little moldy.

Enter new water heater.

We wanted a smaller one, since everything feels so tight in that room. We finally went for a tankless one, which is supposed to be more cost effective, as it saves on gas and energy, since it only works when you actually need hot water. Also, since it produces hot water "on demand," and it heats the water as it passes through the tank, the hot water never, ever runs out.

I also had to replace a portion of the wall, which was very wet, and we had to re-tile. The nice thing is that now we have all new appliances in that room, that we will have no more leaks, ever, and that we got a tax deduction that saved us from having to pay any taxes last year. The not so nice thing? Our water heater broke, I had to fix the wall, and re-tile the damn room.

We have so much more space in the laundry room now, that we could put in a nice piece of furniture we found at Ikea which we use for storing shoes. On top of it, Meg painted a huge chalk board.