Well, technically we're not touching our or the boy's bedrooms, although we did add a door between them and the trim needs painted, as well as some kind of threshhold put in between the rooms. Someday I'll have to paint them and deal with them, but not anytime soon. And there will always be the long, "someday-I-want-to-get-to-it list of things to install or paint or fix...
This phase is to convert my laundry/junk room into a laundry/kitchenette. The contractor was due yesterday, now coming Wednesday with new cabinets and countertop. Across from my washer and dryer I'm having a custom built laundry shelf installed with a custom ironing board... it's supposed to be about 48" wide and 22" deep, and will pull out from the shelf like a drawer. To the left of that runs a countertop with space for stools, then two base cabinets in the corner. Above the entire countertop will be more cabinets. Continuing to the left on the next wall there is an huge and ancient sink, beyond which is space for a fridge (not yet acquired). Once it's done we'll have everything down there but stove and oven, which won't really be needed. We already have acquired plenty of other appliances to use instead: microwave, popcorn popper, blender, toaster oven, etc., etc. Dh's coffee area will be there... no more worrying that the grinder will wake people, and the mess will be contained (maybe). The boys will be able to make a PB&J sandwich without having to come up and see people. And all of the clutter that tends to creep out in the upstairs kitchen will be given a designated spot down there (I hope!).
It's OK with me that the contractor's running late... today I finished scraping (hammering and chiseling) loose paint and mortar, and washing the walls with bleach. I have some hydro-something cement to fill the holes I found under the paint, then I need to paint about 2/3 of the room. If he was coming tomorrow I'd be doing that tonight instead of sitting in bed on the forum next to dh who is laughing out loud as he reads The Bachelor Brothers Bed and Breakfast. (We've made up already!)
All the junk that was in the laundry room is now in the family room, "office" (that is, the room that someday will resemble an office instead of a landfill), dining room, and garage. Dh had bad day at the factory, then came home to find out we have overdue videos to take back to the library that he couldn't find them in the mess. Poor guy! It just pushed him right over the edge. Not fun while it lasted, but all better now.
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Kk.
