This weekend was a very productive one, much to the help of my wonderful sister and her husband. We are so lucky to have great family and friends who are willing to come lend a hand. It really felt like a turning point. M and I spent Saturday painting the very first room- the half bath downstairs. Having a painted room really changes the feel of the house. I wanted a bold color for the powder room (a.k.a. half bath- apparently some people don't know the term powder room?) and although I had my doubts at various times, I think it came out great. When we initially opened the paint can, it looked like Kraft Macaroni & Cheese sauce- very bright orange! But as we put it on the walls, with 2 coats, it deepened and looks great in natural light.
Meanwhile, W & L were working hard to install door jambs throughout the house. Some people think hanging doors is easy, but they're probably thinking of pre-hung doors. We're starting from studs and building the jambs, since we're using original 5 panel doors.
On Saturday, we had our new washer and dryer installed. I did laundry in my own house this weekend!! I've never enjoyed laundry so much.
We also took advantage of some President's Day sales and bought all of our kitchen appliances! Although we can't install them until the floors are finished (at least a few weeks out) it'll be great to have them here and ready. We also bought a lot of paint (also on sale) for many of the rooms. There's only one color that I'm uncertain about but it'll probably look fine once it's up.
The last lifestyle improvement was bringing in the TV from the garage. It's one of the big old TVs and takes up about half our "counter" space in the basement, but it's really nice. On Sunday, we fell asleep in front of the TV- something we haven't done in months!
W has to continue to come up with creative ultimatums to keep the crew coming. Yesterday they didn't show, but they seem to respond to threats. So today they came and worked on several things, most exciting for me is the back door stairs. Again, it's been months since we could walk straight out to the garage.
So I'm really hoping that these workers will be gone after this week or the next. They could easily finish up the outstanding work if they showed up every day this week, but that's a big if. Either way, I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And thank goodness, because each day I feel a little bit bigger!
Meanwhile, W & L were working hard to install door jambs throughout the house. Some people think hanging doors is easy, but they're probably thinking of pre-hung doors. We're starting from studs and building the jambs, since we're using original 5 panel doors.
On Saturday, we had our new washer and dryer installed. I did laundry in my own house this weekend!! I've never enjoyed laundry so much.
We also took advantage of some President's Day sales and bought all of our kitchen appliances! Although we can't install them until the floors are finished (at least a few weeks out) it'll be great to have them here and ready. We also bought a lot of paint (also on sale) for many of the rooms. There's only one color that I'm uncertain about but it'll probably look fine once it's up.
The last lifestyle improvement was bringing in the TV from the garage. It's one of the big old TVs and takes up about half our "counter" space in the basement, but it's really nice. On Sunday, we fell asleep in front of the TV- something we haven't done in months!
W has to continue to come up with creative ultimatums to keep the crew coming. Yesterday they didn't show, but they seem to respond to threats. So today they came and worked on several things, most exciting for me is the back door stairs. Again, it's been months since we could walk straight out to the garage.
So I'm really hoping that these workers will be gone after this week or the next. They could easily finish up the outstanding work if they showed up every day this week, but that's a big if. Either way, I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And thank goodness, because each day I feel a little bit bigger!
