Chaos, Part 2
Unfortunately, I think there might be more than 2 parts to this home-remodeling chaos. The floors are sanded, stained, and have the first finish coat on them. The painters got them covered up with paper before I could get a good shot. Tuesday the painting guys showed up, and we are finally getting an idea what this will look like when it's all done. Here are some photos:
Our bedroom, wrapped in plastic.
Everything in the house was previously painted a stark white. When we get done with it, the trim and ceilings will be a creamy white, with a yellow shade for the walls, and a light sage color for our bedroom.
The new bathroom door that the guys rigged up:
Riley loves this project. There is somebody new at the house every day. She thinks they are all here just to see her.
Lucy the Cowardly doesn't think much of the whole project. Being the big chicken that she is, she has discovered this spot in the TV/cable box cabinet to hide out.
Here are our new French doors out to our patio, with the first coat of yellow on the walls:
And a shot from our kitchen which shows just a little of how different this place is going to look when we're done with it:
The really bad part about remodeling is the "oops, I made a clean spot" phenomenon. This really started as a wood floor project, then morphed into knocking out walls and replacing tile, painting, and new doors. Yesterday we decided that all the carpet in the upstairs master bedroom level is going to look like crap next to the new tile and paint, so it's going as well. I don't want to pack up all that junk upstairs into boxes twice. It's all jammed into the garage now, so we might as well go for it. We picked out the floor carpet yesterday in about five minutes. I think I have reached that "I can't make any more decisions right now" point.
On the knitting front, I have gotten a bit more done on Birch, in between micro-managing the home project. I'm hoping to have it done by the weekend. Blocking might have to wait a bit until the mess around here is under some control, though.
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We received some very sad news over the weekend. If you've been visiting here regularly, you've met Daisie, our neighbors' Corgi. She and Riley were best friends, since my husband would pick her up on the way to the park almost every day over the last year. Daisie was hit by a car on Sunday, and died instantly of her injuries. She was just the sweetest dog I've ever met, and we'll all miss her greatly.
