The Guest Room

After we moved out of the guest room, it became the room we set up the assembly line for the oak doors to be sanded, stained & the polyurethane applied in. After completing 9 doors, it was time to move the assembly line to the dining room. The den furniture went back in the den & the dining room furniture was now in the kitchen. It's time to finish the guest room-Hey-we might actually have someone come & want to stay in a construction zone!
The water damage was repaired, time to paint, install molding & hang doors.
We (meaning Mandy painted-I said I want....) painted one wall & the carried the same color in a stripe all around the room. When I decided the guest bath was too blah, we carried the stripe thru the vanity area, then since I wanted to tie it all together, Mandy painted a nutmeg stripe (which is the color in the shower/toilet area) under the bedroom green stripe.
Damn we make a hell of a team!!!! Time to move in furniture, hang pictures & decorate!

Time for Color!

I Chose Raspberry Truffle & Fudge Truffle for the walls in "The Martha Room".
Mandy painted a section of the wall for us to "live with" for a couple of days. Actually it was for Tom who prefers beige and well, beige, of varying hues of course. . I wanted COLOR!!!
Big change for Tom, I loved it! Let's do it!
We moved all the furniture out and into the dining room & it's time to start "The Martha Room". Needless to say it came out beautiful. After a couple of days, Tom thought so too. Mandy came up with a custom color for the trim-we'll call it White Chocolate Truffle.
The crown molding and oak door are stained in "Coffee".
Maybe we should call it the "Dessert Room"?
Next, we tackle the lovely battleship grey concrete floors we have been living with for the last 19 months (but who's counting??). This versatile room that was our bedroom, dining room & family room (& in the beginning all 3 at once!) is now finally getting the make over it deserves. This is not quite it's final desired (my desired) purpose, but we're getting close! The floor is swept, vacuumed, mopped with a solution of vinegar & water and then you get to get down on your hands & knees with a putty knife & chip away at all the clumps of drywall & gobs of paint! This is the process for cleaning the floors in every room before any type of flooring goes down. Mandy's turn this time. Sorry I couldn't help-I had to watch Eva!
After the floor is clean & dry Tom & Mandy poured a self-leveler on the floor, which is a thin concrete which gravitates to the low spots & provides a level surface when dry. Then the mastic goes down & the hardwood is installed!
Floor's installed, trim is up, crown molding & doors are stained & hung, we moved the furniture back in (for now)....The final product...Not quite "The Martha Room" for awhile yet, but it sure looks beautiful!

Spring is Here??????

The weather had finally changed for the better! The snow was gone off the deck-you'll notice it was still on the ground across the river. Eva & I went out to fill the bird feeders & enjoy the nice weather. I bought her a "Puppy Back-Pack" that comes with a harness & a long "Tail" that Aunt Martha holds onto! When we went to visit our great nephew in North Carolina over a year ago, Michele & Kem had one for Zane.
I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread!
When you're trying to an corral an 18 month old who's moving at lightning speed & the river is swollen & flowing from the spring thaw, it's wonderful!
Eva loves her "Puppy" & she's dancing with delight that the weather is nice.......but not for long! Hard to believe a Nor'Easter came thru & dumped enough snow that they closed schools the day Easter break was supposed to end! Enough snow to build a snowman-Eva's brothers did this one with a pickle nose (a little Polish in the family tree???)