Ever so Ever ...

The color I chose for the hallway...and the rear landing.. this is closer to actual color..


This is another view of the wall.. due to the camera focused on the window.. the room looks darker.. but I can imagine it with the crisp white woodwork.





Here is a pic of the hard worker... with the counter supports he made. We saw something similar at Lowes, a little smaller, and they wanted $99 a piece, cost us $30 and a week of hell to make all 4 ... chuckles.


Some remnants of snow..

Choices

OK, soo many choices.. but so far this one wins.. due to finances, best counter we can do right now would be a laminate.. so we chose those samples of laminates in the photo, with those tiles for a backsplash.. things may change.. one never knows

Slow and steady .....ugh

OK, we got a few lights up this weekend..seeing as how ceilings are painted..this one is at the top of the front stairs, on the landing. Click on it to enlarge.. (my eyes need it ) but I chose one that resembles an older style, so it would fit in the house...

We put some covers over the recessed lights in the hallway..



Here is a quick photo of the bathroom light and mirror in place...unfortunately, over the year and a half since I bought them, one of the globes broke on the light, and I need to replace it.. but this would give an idea of what it looks like...

Anyway, some work was also done strengthening the kitchen floor joists, but no pics to show there.. so a little progress..

More spindles ready to go

First a photo of the new kitten... she is very comfortable here.. I hope she is as happy to be here, as we are we found her!



Now the spindles.. only 5 more to go... they are gonna look so nice! I hope you won't be able to tell the difference between old and new!

First floor primed!

Just a few pics of the first floor with primer..

Parlor...

Parlor...


Mud room.....


Livingroom....


Livingroom...


Kitchen...


Kitchen...

Kitchen....


Kitchen...


Kitchen...


Front foyer...


front foyer


Ceilings next...

More paint!!

Well, as redundant as the photos seem, I can say, I am really happy with progress... all the ceilings on the second floor are finish painted!!!

First here is a quick shot of the master bathroom ceiling...

Now a shot of the master bedroom......after....paint...the bathroom is visible in the rear of the photo...



Here, is a picture of the front stairs landing.. minus all the spindles and handrail..


NOW.. here is a picture of the tin ceiling in the master bedroom, paint in progress.. you can really see the difference...

And, here is the finished ceiling..... it might have a second coat yet, this was the only room that had no primer put on.. it was washed before painting, 3 times.. and it does look nicer, will have to wait to see how it dried before determining a second coat is needed or not.


Just another view .. giggling

Now this is the upstairs long hallway... looks soo good with the ceiling paint! Nice and bright!



I have all the wall colors chosen.. maybe next time, if not, maybe some of the ceiling fans will be installed.

More work!

Well, I have to say, it was a very long weekend! The start out, wasn't so bad.. it was just cold and dark.. we left early.. no traffic to speak of on the road.. We were afraid of driving into blizzard conditions, but we were lucky the snow stopped before we got there.. just a mess to clean up, a little more work.

We raked some snow off the roof.. and cleaned the walks....




Although this wasn't us, it was a good clue as to the work ahead.. I snapped this photo on the way ....



As well as this scene.. my first look of snow for the season...



But all said and done, we got the bathroom ceiling and two bedrooms ceiling painted, then some paint on the bathroom walls.. all ready to replace the sink and toilet, finish off the tub and it's done.. (check one off the list he he )




So, to wrap it all up, we stacked the wood, shoveled snow, painted, vacuumed all the white dust of all the floors, sorted out some tools, measured stuff,