pictures coming soon

We're cleaning cleaning cleaning.
That's cleaning up mess, cleaning out junk, and cleaning up our act.

Picture cord should arrive soon so we'll be hanging art on the walls. Marty just helped Harris figure out where all the pictures go so once we get cord we'll start using that fancy picture rail we put back up.

We have curtains - need a couple of different things here and there. Need to figure out the full shade thing for the stairwell because that area gets a lot of heat in the afternoons. Great in the winter, not so much in the summer.

Need to have the paint on the inside touched up here and there. The backs of doors - what a strange yet consistent thing to miss. Makes the blue tape easier to place to mark the spots.

So once all this gets tackled there will be lots of pictures showing the final stage of the house.

Marty was here last week and it's just amazing thinking about where we were a year ago. We we not yet living upstairs. We didn't have trim. We didn't have sanded floors. We were still basically sharing three rooms in a house that was perpetually invaded by the best and sweetest professional contractors imaginable.

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a second kitchen design

Taking into account comments, good ideas, and original plans I think we have a new contender. No, before we hadn't thought about where the microwave would go or the trashcan. :) Originally Sara had us putting the range on the chimney and running counters all around it. We couldn't figure out how in practise that would work and started dreaming about dual ovens and cooktops in counters and all sorts of things that are fancy and pretty, but not really needed for how we live now or plan to live later. This one gives Harris a gas cook top and me a convection oven. Dual fuel from bosch and we're both happy. It also creates two separate work stations on either side of the range and will fit around the door that will exist for the next year, but not forever. I like that this way we're not building out something that will have to be torn out in 12 months. I really really hate that. ...

Two fun finds

We knew the house had 'help' from the census records and because the service stair exits into the plainest bedroom upstairs. The was also the tangle of wires right by the kitchen that at one point held the call system. In each room, there is also a protruding wire in the wall that is not a light switch. These are the call buttons, or at least, what is left of them Also, in the center of the dining room floor that was :sob: there was this lovely gadget. You use it to call for the next course or for whenever you needed the kitchen help to reappear. It would have been connected to a button or level under the table. When they pull up the flooring, this will be salvaged. Maybe we'll reinstall it so I can ask Harris to bring me glasses of milk.

reflecting, thinking about what's next

Reading through the blog, mainly to look at the ruin that was our house and the wee little babes that were our babies, now walking, running, yelling girls and found this from January 2016 What's left - the girls bathroom, master suite, sunroom, tile patching in 2 bathrooms, butler pantry. Summer kitchen. Landscaping. We've completed the girls bathroom, butler pantry, and landscaping. The sunroom is ALMOST finished. After living in the house with three girls we've changed plans a little bit for the remaining work. We're opting to turn what would have been mine and Harris's bedroom, closet, and bathroom into a bonus room of sorts. We'll also leave the wall there and add the washer/dryer upstairs and some desk space so the girls have a place to work. We also will build a general storage closet up there so clothing doesnt have to go up and down to the attic each season. We've also decided we need a shower upstairs, so the clawfoot that is in bad shape up...

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