So as most of you know, I bought my first house back in July. I used to live in a really cool brand new loft in Downtown LA…lived there for a little over a year and a half. I loved my loft, I loved the building…but I got sick of having to walk my dog there. Most of Downtown LA just isn’t dog friendly. So back in April I was contemplating renting a house but once I looked into house prices and did some research, I realized that I was able to buy one with my excellent credit.

So the adventure began. I looked at a ton of houses and finally found one that I definitely wanted. It needs a little more work than I had originally aimed for, but it definitely has a layout and the size that I wanted. It’s a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house with a den/family room, and a large kitchen. One room is the master, the other a guest room, and the other my office. The kitchen needs to be gutted and both bathrooms still need a lot of work, but I wanted to change things to my tastes anyway. It also has a huge yard for my dog…and he’s been loving it! My neighborhood is really nice too…no more sirens! Yay!

Once getting the keys, I spent the rest of July painting and doing some work on it. I moved in the last day of July and still haven’t been able to unpack most of my stuff! The front part of the house has hardwood, but the rest of the house is carpeted. I HATE carpet! So I’ve been planning on getting hardwood installed but it’s taking longer than I had hoped. I didn’t want to just go with anyone…I’d rather go with some that is referred to me through someone I know. So I had an installer come by and he was supposed to call back with an estimate but never did. So finally today a family friend gave me the number of a company that refinished their floors…hopefully this will get started very soon. Once the flooring is down then I can unpack, get some work done, and then get started on more housing projects.

I’m so addicted to renovating and all home improvement…I watch HGTV all the time and I seriously just want to spend all my money on my house. I can’t wait for the day that it’s mostly complete. I say mostly because everyone tells me that it’s an ongoing project…you may think you only want to do so much, but then there’s always something else you want to do. As of right now I want to get the hardwood installed, install all new baseboards and door casings and stain them, refinish the craftsman built-ins in the dining room, paint the guest room and get that set up, gut the kitchen and two bathrooms, put up a new fence around the perimeter, do all new landscaping, repave the driveway, build a new deck, install a jacuzzi, and paint the exterior of the house. And that’s just for starters!

At first everything overwhelmed me but I’ve learned to take everything one at a time and to cope with it all. I’m the type of person that needs to do everything now now now. But as with most things in life, it just isn’t possible. So for now I have to get one project done and then move on to the next. Last weekend I stained bifold doors for my house for the first time! They look pretty good…I just need to polyurethane them and then put them up when the rooms are ready. I’m so domesticated, I know…so far from what everyone expects a nude model to be!

Other than the house, not much has been going on in my life. I haven’t been working too much for other people lately because I’ve been trying to take care of things at home. Since I last wrote, I’ve shot content with Aria Giovanni for the site, I went to Chicago for the Crobar Party, I went to Magic Mountain with some friends, shot for a new site called glamouredge.com, and interviewed Bobbi Billard and Anita Dark for Twistys.com…I also shot a set with Anita for the site as well! This week all I have planned is a night out with Aria and the girls tonight and a photo shoot with Nicolas Sage on Friday. After we shot the last Xmas themed set for some European magazine, Nicolas called telling me that the editor LOVED my bush (thank god someone loves it!) and wanted another set. So I’ll be shooting that on Friday. And sorry that I don’t have many candid photos to update with…my digital camera broke and is being repaired…not sure when I’ll be getting it back!

Hope all is well on your end…talk to you soon!

xoxo
Jelena