Home Remodeling

I am still here! We had the most wonderful vacation in New England. We were having our handy man Duane do some remodeling while we were gone. Unfortunately, there was a problem with a toilet and basically, most of the house was flooded with water! The blessing was that  Duane had pulled up the old carpet and had not put down the new flooring at the time of the flood. It all delayed his work and we have had some resulting problems. The tiles began to crack in our main bathroom, so the floor is being replaced along with new tile. PATIENCE! I'm not good at being patient. The house is looking great and I know it will all be worth it when it's done.
I've been sorting and cleaning and organizing.We have lived in our small cozy little home for almost 38 years, so you can imagine how much "stuff" there is to sort. We also made a trip to Seattle for Otto's 2nd birthday and I have been babysitting a lot. I do plan to blog about our trip in August when I hope to have our home back in order. 

Progress on the Cottage/Studio

Duane is making good progress on the cottage...soon to be studio! I have been snapping pictures of his progress along the way, so this may be boring to most of you, but I wanted to have something on my blog so I could enjoy the studio shaping up! I really have learned a lot about what's behind the walls in our homes. I really had NO idea.

Ready for insulation!

Great ceiling lighting. I knew I wanted and needed good lighting and he found this great set of ceiling lights on sale!

Insulation is almost up!

Ceiling is in and wires for my stereo are in! You can get a idea about the lights here.

Dry wall going up around the room.

All mudded!

It gets quite warm in the cottage, so Duane suggested we put in an AC! Great idea!!! We don't have AC in our house, so I may have to move into the cottage in the summer...lol!

Duane was teasing me to death about my bright yellow paint choice...I'm going to decorate it all in Mary Engelbreit things and mix in my mid century toys and fun items...all BRIGHT colors!  I went down to look at it and found the smiley face painted on the floor! Ya, it did make me smile.

It was hard to get a picture of the true yellow, but I think you can get an idea. I love it.

This photo is a bit dark.

My ceiling fan is back up and working. You can see one of the speakers behind the fan. There's two built in.

Jimmy and I picked out the Pergo flooring and Duane helped us pick out the crown molding and other molding for the window and flooring. He hopes to be back on Wednesday to install the flooring. It's getting close! My work will soon begin. We had to rent another storage unit when we moved everything out for Duane to work. I have to decide on my fixtures ( I do have a few) and I think Duane is going to build me some when I figure out what I want. Then the sorting, organizing and getting rid of will begin. I am hoping to get a lot done before our grandbaby arrives as I know I will be needed!

Thank you Jim for this room and for the the gift of a studio. I feel like it's still a dream. A real place to sew after almost 37 years in our little home.

Snail Mail

Don't you love it when you find real letters in your mailbox? Four in one day!

Duane gave us the bid on the cottage tonight and it's a go! He should start next week. I am so excited.

And So It Begins......

Our handyman Duane took us to dinner and we discussed the work that will turn the cottage he built me a few years ago into my studio/sewing room! Lots of work ahead but hope to have it functional before that grandbaby arrives in July!