But I do want to make a couple of notes while I remember.
While I was washing dishes at my lovely, shiny, white sink I thought about what an improvement it is over the old one. It is deeper, it looks better, the faucet is more functional and shiny. It feels good to wash dishes in it. Which is a good thing, because the dishwasher is a non-functioning, moldy, soon-to-be-garbage space filler. (I want to pull out the island where it is housed, but not until spring, and I don't want a gaping hole.) I also have a new, properly functioning disposal. It feels so luxurious!
I am enjoying my new stove. And my new refrigerator. And the copious amounts of REALLY hot water put out by my new water heater. I can do laundry just off my kitchen, and not have to brave the basement, thanks to the new plumbing and electrical work that we had done. Okay, so we can no longer walk out the back door--probably a good thing since we pulled out the rotting, termite-infested steps--but we'll deal with that in the spring.
In the not-glamorous, but comforting category, there's a new sump pump to replace the old one that didn't work. And in the made-my-life-so-much-better category is the new tub and shower in the main bath, even though the rest of the bathroom still needs to be ripped out--except for the toilet, which was also repaired after we moved in--so that I can breathe when I'm in there.
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| We should have ripped out the rest of this bathroom while we were in destruction mode. |
We have two rooms on the main floor that are painted and happy. We have three bedrooms that are painted, and one that is primed. We still have some celings that need to come down and the aforementioned bathroom work to do, plus a shower to rip out and replace on the first floor. And the kitchen. And curtains. But at least now we're starting to get to the stuff that I had planned to do when we bought the house.
Someday I might even get to think about making it homey.
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| Living room bay window. Progress. |
7 comments:
I'm glad you're taking time to document some of this, and it's great to see how many improvements you are able to list (and enjoy). That has to be encouraging!
The bottom picture is a north window, right?
Yes. You're good. :)
It doesn't feel like a north window, though, because the room is that warm, golden color, and the windows are absolutely huge.
I was thinking that you're not getting the sun bearing down there in summer, but still plenty of light, and even (with the roundness of that area) getting some morning sun and evening sun. It's just such a PRETTY house.
It really IS a pretty house. I think it is going to bless you a lot.
Hi,
Visiting after finding your blog link on Loopers. I lurk there and post occasionally.
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