Happy New Year!

Hello, everyone!

I am happy to report good progress on the house renovation, even though we were hampered by the wacky holiday schedule. But, here are some photos:

 Big sheets of drywall were delivered, and installation began!

Voila!  Walls! The new back entrance door is on the left, and the end of the drywall sheet is stuck inside the door to the utility room.

 

This is the new guest bathroom, showing the new tub. 



 

 This is in the new master bedroom.

 

And here is the den -- look at the nice smooth ceiling! The furring strips are all covered now and it looks fantastic.

This is a bit hard to see, but this is my new sliding glass door -- the mini-blinds are between the two panes of glass. They never get dusty!

 The fireplace in the den.

And, one more shot of the kitchen area. Soon there will be a nice island right in front, so you won't be able to see the dishwasher, sink, and stove. What? You can't see them now? Oh, well. You will have to trust me.

 New gutters!

 

 More new gutters!

 

Are you bored with the gutters yet?

 

Okay. Last shot of the new gutters.

 

The chimney brick (called veneer) will have to be replaced. The flues are fine but the brick is all deteriorated. And I will get copper flashing instead of this aluminum stuff.

 

 

 

I have to show you my rock pile. As you know I am quite the princess so I am quite proud of myself that I personally pried these rocks out of the back yard! And then hauled them across the yard and put them under the acuba for possible future use. At one point the rocks made a border (sort of) around a rather free-form periwinkle bed. But the periwinkle was either dead or overgrown so the rocks were just sort of sitting there. There are a few more I need to dislodge but those may require a shovel.

 

 Work continues on the new steps to the new back entrance.

 

And, Eddie (the brick mason) repaired some cracks in the mortar (a zig-zag crack due to the house settling over the years) and replaced some of the bricks. After it dried I could hardly see it, and after it weathers for a couple of years it will be invisible.

 

 Now that we are past the holidays things will move along steadily again. The drywall fellows have been putting "mud" on the seams, and today they were sanding -- sorry! No photos of dust clouds.

 

That's it for now! Thanks for playing along with me on this.