October + November Catch Up

My life....

My kitchen. It has a nice college-esque appeal.

Kitchen completely gutted, holes in the ceiling, my refrigerator on the other side of the house...fun times.

We hire a contractor for the first time - work begins...

Sweet PATCHES! He did a great job patching and texturing (not shown) the ceiling. I never want to patch drywall again but there is more in my future...thankfully, not immediate future. This gives us time to forget how horrible it is.

Recessed lights

The week of Thanksgiving it snowed, we lost power and froze (at least for one night). Our bedroom window in the morning. House temperature was 45*. Chilly eh?

Finally able to paint the remainder of the main living space. Went with a dark shade in the family room to separate the space visually since it's so long and narrow.

It's beginning to look a lot like a house!

Starting to finish the other half of my house. We first began laying these floors last November! This was a happy day.

Nearly there.

Floors done (well, there is a tiny strip that needs to be done BUT really it's DONE!)


Next? Some rearranging so our spare rooms can breathe and some work under the house as one of the joists sits low and this low point is evident in the floors we laid. I notice there's always 'something' extra special with each project you tackle.