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.

Trying To Get Back on Track!

I've been home for days after a great quilting retreat, but it's just been hard to get back into my blogging. Maybe I just needed a little break anyway. This retreat is a long one and it's just hard for me to be away that long. So lots to do to get caught up. I still had my Easter things up and when I walked into my house, I had forgotten! So that is down, have met with friends, had dinner with Chris and Angie and Ava, planned a tea time trip for this Saturday with friends, trying to catch up with Etsy, have  a craft exhange ready to mail off to Canada today, bible study lesson is done, worked in the yard a bit yesterday....so I am catching up. Life is just busy but I am thankful for that!.

When I returned, Jim had removed all the tubs and things from my cottage and Duane is ready to start working down there. It's empty and ready to go! Pretty exciting.

On Monday, I called my good friend LaVonne in Montana and we had a nice chat. She hasn't been out to Oregon for so long and we haven't seen each other since last March. So she has booked a trip here for May 17-29th!!!  Her daughter and SIL live here now, so I will have to share her, but she's coming for a nice long visit.

I got an email from her this morning and she had quite a night. It's lambing time and it was so cold. Her sheep were doing all kinds of things and she was trying to sort it out and get them inside the barn. They don't like to be in and one was in the process of delivery out in the cold! Silly girls. Anyway, all is well on the farm, at least for now!

I'm going to share my quilt retreat photos next. Need a cup of coffee first.

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!