Day Thirteen.2: The 2 week recap.
Well, it's been a crazy thirteen days. So much to do, and only so many hours in the day.
Overall, I feel pretty good about the accomplishments. Walking through the house last night while I was cleaning, the flow feels really good. I especially like how now the private spaces of the house (the 2 kids bedrooms and the stairs to the master suite) are all at the back of the house, the bathroom is between the private and public spaces, and then the living room/dining room/kitchen/pantry/stairs to the basement are all up front. The opening between the kitchen and dining room is really amazing. Now that I took down the plastic, the flow between all the rooms is great. It makes going to the basement seem like less of a task of going downstairs and more part of the entire space.
Some photos of the new kitchen situation. Cabinets and wire shelves won't be there when it's finished, but you get the idea...
(photo above: Kitchen, looking southeast, from dining room.)
(photo above: Kitchen, looking southwest, from inside kitchen.)
(photo above: Kitchen, looking east, from dining room. Pantry will be off to left past the windows.)
Then there's the new bedroom as well. Still needs some joint compound, but a good start.
(photo above: Bedroom, looking north through doorway from hallway.)
(photo above: Bedroom closet, looking southwest from inside room.)
Yesterday was also a lot of childproofing, putting away supplies, and cleaning. Man, that house was dirty. Took like 3 buckets of water... it was disgusting. But it will be good to come home to a relatively clean house.
It will also be good to have the girls home in a bit over a week. I'm sure they'll be surprised by the changes, if they happen to notice. And it will be great to have my wife home to help with some of the projects. Before we left for our first east coast leg, we did the upstairs bathroom together. Just like old times, working side by side. Like Bonnie and Clyde. Or Moonlighting.
So that's about all I have for now. Be back in eight days with the review by the family. Have a good week off.
Overall, I feel pretty good about the accomplishments. Walking through the house last night while I was cleaning, the flow feels really good. I especially like how now the private spaces of the house (the 2 kids bedrooms and the stairs to the master suite) are all at the back of the house, the bathroom is between the private and public spaces, and then the living room/dining room/kitchen/pantry/stairs to the basement are all up front. The opening between the kitchen and dining room is really amazing. Now that I took down the plastic, the flow between all the rooms is great. It makes going to the basement seem like less of a task of going downstairs and more part of the entire space.
Some photos of the new kitchen situation. Cabinets and wire shelves won't be there when it's finished, but you get the idea...
(photo above: Kitchen, looking southeast, from dining room.)
(photo above: Kitchen, looking southwest, from inside kitchen.)
(photo above: Kitchen, looking east, from dining room. Pantry will be off to left past the windows.)Then there's the new bedroom as well. Still needs some joint compound, but a good start.
(photo above: Bedroom, looking north through doorway from hallway.)
(photo above: Bedroom closet, looking southwest from inside room.)Yesterday was also a lot of childproofing, putting away supplies, and cleaning. Man, that house was dirty. Took like 3 buckets of water... it was disgusting. But it will be good to come home to a relatively clean house.
It will also be good to have the girls home in a bit over a week. I'm sure they'll be surprised by the changes, if they happen to notice. And it will be great to have my wife home to help with some of the projects. Before we left for our first east coast leg, we did the upstairs bathroom together. Just like old times, working side by side. Like Bonnie and Clyde. Or Moonlighting.
So that's about all I have for now. Be back in eight days with the review by the family. Have a good week off.
posted by Stephen Landau at 9:21 AM
2 Comments:
You left off the plan for the 5 story high screen that blocks the house from the street. When does that project start?
Over all, the cookies, shallow plug and the magazine were worth the journey.
Have fun on the E Coast.
PS One would have thought that with all that time in the airport, the summary blog would have been at least 12 pages long.
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