Hidden Treasure

I'm learning to live with drywall dust, workers coming and going like worker ants, leaving little, no not little, but BIG piles of crap, scraps of wood, screws, and nails. They do clean up, somewhat, after themselves.....Trying to live in a construction zone is not easy.  Not easy at all. Your home is supposed to be your castle.  Well, it's not while it's undergoing surgery.  You are at the mercy of the construction doctors making much needed repairs and improvements to a houses body.  Just like a plastic surgeon would do to a real live person.   The smell of the mud the drywall dude uses as a facial to the walls.......stinks.........horribly.........gagging almost!!!  Hallelujah he's done.  Did I mention drywall dust? It's everywhere.  My TV screen has pretty finger pictures on it, the furniture....well, lets just say that dusting it is a waste of time and energy..........

This past week has been like opening an early Christmas gift for my human.  A blank wall in the dining room was opened up and  it revealed a sweet hidden cabinet.  A built in china cabinet.  Why would you want to hide a treasure like that?  She'll never know.   Right now, who cares.  It's open, the doors have been built and put on.  Glass knobs will open and close it, and clean, crisp white paint will coat it inside and out.   On a scale of 1 to 10, this is her 10.  Her simple pleasure.

Blank Slate

I can honestly say I was "tickled pink" when  the hammer met the wall

A buried treasure has been uncovered

The doors are on.........I can't wait for the knobs and paint...

The remodel is progressing well.  Crown molding is up.  The interior doors get hung tomorrow.  Next week......we're hoping for the fireplace surround and mantel be done and installed.  Then the tile work can get going.  The tile is all picked out and ordered.  Paint color has been decided on......well almost decided on.  My human, bless her heart, cannot make up her mind between two color families for the living room and dining room.  Kitchen color is picked out, bedroom colors are done, but the living room/dining room is making her crazy.  Will it be in the sage green family?  Will it be in the gray family?  Either one will go with the rest of her color choices...........The yellow that has been a part of her life for the last 10 years is going away........yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......................

On her scale of exciting things to take place in this little remodel, the china cabinet was number one.....the fireplace is number two..............

The contractor is building the surround and mantel.   Maybe with a little luck, the fireplace will be put in place, and the tile work started or finished by next week.

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The snow that fell has melted, but Mother Nature doesn't disappointment.  She's got plenty to spare and share.  More is on the way for the weekend.  I'm ready for it......I'm going to grasp the flakes as they fall and embrace the beauty of winter.  I'm eager to get out after a fresh fallen snow and head over to my favorite park where the snow will be heavy on tree branches and the mountains standing tall in the background all covered in white.  Yep........I think I am going to have to invest in some boots...........but dang, these construction workers need to hurry the hell up and get out!!!.................


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