MOVING ALONG...

You have noticed there haven't been postings for more than a month.

February 25^th was the long awaited “walk through” of the completed addition.  Everything is complete except the granite and sinks attached thereto. The crew will come back in at that point for a few small items.  As I was called in to work today, I will miss this momentous occasion.  But I will surely be in attendance of the “big move”.  The last two weeks, I have been dedication an hour or more daily to getting things moved into their new space.  Obviously, while construction is going on there are limitations to what and where we can move things.  The half-bath and foyer is cleaned, moved and pictures are on the wall.  The upper cupboards are loaded and about half of the lowers are loaded.

This evening I plan on bringing all the coats and accessories down to the closets.  I will retain the “mini kitchen” in the laundry area until the granite is installed in the kitchen.  We should have the stove, dishwasher and microwave operational by this evening…..cooking again.

The sun porch, has some of the furniture in it; K and I moved those items last Sunday, during that white-out storm.  R has begun bringing his “office” up stairs to his new digs.  We are both sorting through the items stored in the basement, getting them in a logical order.  It doesn’t seem like we would have had much work in the basement but we had to empty the utility area so the plumbers and electricians could get to the utilities, leaving us with a perfect opportunity to reorganize.

Another project on the list is emptying the attic, all the holiday items will be sorted, labeled and moved to our new “walk-down” basement attic.  The plan is to use our empty bedroom to sort and label then move the items to the basement for easier access.

In the “fun” project category, the duvet and bed skirt are on the dining room table, awaiting my attention, these will be completed before we move downstairs.  Of course the blinds need to be ordered. I wonder what drop cloths would look like, tacked to the new windows.

It will only take a couple weeks to get all these things done. By then spring may be here and the crew will return to complete the exterior portion, deck and driveway.  We will no longer have the river Nile at the end of our driveway, just imagine the possibilities.  

FAST FORWARD to April 7, 2011.

HAHAHA, remember those famous words "it will only take a couple weeks to get these things done".  Well here we are, still plugging away at them.  This is a good time to share some "final pics".  Next week we begin Phase II, the driveway and the deck, hopefully in time for some great weather.

Front Closet 1/2 the size.

Beginnings of the SunRoom.

First steps into the shower.

Shower area.

Long awaited border tile.

View of the Vanity.

Filling up the Easy Closet.

Bed Skirt in process.

Thank goodness for the ruffling attachment.

Moving of the attic, in progress.

20+ years of attic "stuff" to sort through.

Sorting and identifying.

You have to admire telephone men.

First piece of granite.

Granite in progress.

Granite with splash.

The last big piece.

This was the most beautiful morning so far in 2011.

The audio from this view was spectacular.

Beauty of nature.

The above few pics encompass the foundation and gardens of our house.  During the next few months these will also be changed.

Next post, I'll include finished pics of kitchen and bedroom  (crisp and clear pics ;-).  Also, the bedrooms upstairs are set up, cleaned, and ready for any visiting friends and family.