With the early winter snow slowing things down on the outside siding work, we have made quick progress on getting things finished up on the inside of the house in the last week. Laundry/mud room, built-in shelving, lighting, wood floor finishing and painting were all on this week's list.
We are VERY excited to get the laundry/mud room finished first. The Marmoleum tiles we chose for the floor really brighten up the room and will make doing laundry a little more fun (yeah, right!). We will be able to move our washer and dryer back into the house this Monday. Dec. 20. and be able to do laundry at our own house for the first time since Sept. 7. We want to thank a number of our friends who have let us do our washing at their homes in the last three months. They can all look forward to us feeding them in our new dining room in the new year :o)
Laundry Room
The other big accomplishment this last week was the completion of the FABULOUS built in shelf/display unit between the new dining room and kitchen/entry. We have been really excited to see this element of the design take shape. Jim and Steve did a fantastic job with the building.
This is where we will display much of our art glass and pottery collection.
When the building was complete, Jenni worked late into the night filling the nail holes and preparing the shelves for finishing.
Meanwhile, Pat and Rob braved temperatures in the 20's to get the siding on the outside of the house started. It looks like our weather will continue to be very frigid with more snow and temps in the low teens to low 30's for the foreseeable future, so they fired up the propane heater and made a tent out of the front porch to give them a warm space to go thaw out every 30 minutes or so. They are real troopers. I also kept the coffee pot fired up for them.
Brrrrrrrrr!
The warm space where the boys go to thaw out
By weeks end we had the wood floor sanding guys in to sand the new dining room floor and blend in and re-polish the rest of the existing floors. This should be our last task that creates dust in the house. Hallelujah! There is some light at the end of the construction tunnel :o)
Over the weekend Rowan worked on installing some of the light fixtures while Jenni started painting the living room. Looks like we just may be sitting on the couch in front of a nice warm fire on Christmas day. Fingers crossed!
Rowan has gotten really good at the electrical thing. Thank goodness! Every time Jenni touches a wire, there is an explosion. Really! :o)
With the ceilings now 13 feet high in the living room and 15 feet in the kitchen, getting up there isn't easy for those that have a fear of heights. My ears nearly popped when I was up painting at the peak. We are setting our sights on a new free standing ladder to get us up that high once Jim leaves with all of his equipment. Or, maybe we should just get some climbing gear :o)
Let's hope we can show you all a photo of us in front of the fire place on the next post.
HO! HO! HO!
