I remember now why I hire painters

Well, Sunday and today I painted the wainscot in dining room. After the floor went in, it was obvious the room needed the painting. Originally I was only thinking I had to do the wall where the china cabinet would sit and I could do the other sections at a later date. Well that was a major bust. Once that wall was painted it was obvious that the rest of the room had to be done. Today I finished up the rest of the room. Bad news, the blue painter's tape took a small bit of the wallpaper off and now I'm trying to become creative in my thinking and figure out how I'm going to hide this little spot. Got any ideas?

And we have floor

For a while today, I really thought we were the victims of the flooring curse. John had send a note last night that the flooring would be installed today, so rather than going to Myrtle Beach like we had planned we stayed home at my insistence. After all, the last flooring experience didn't inspire me with confidence. Anyway, 11:00 comes around and no flooring crew. Mark gave John a call and was assured they were coming. 2:3o rolls around still no crew so another call to John. He once again assures us they are coming, but he's going to call to make sure. Around 3:30 we got a call from the crew, they were tied up on a job, but could come either around 5:00 or tomorrow. I went with today. At 6:00 they finally got here and they looked exhausted, in two hours they got the entire floor down (they do have to come back tomorrow to do the shoe molding and the transitions.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow after the guys are gone and all is installed. Of course now I'm thinking we have to repaint the molding and maybe the walls. Ah, but that requires removing that wallpaper and I have to wonder do I really want to get in to all that.

More coming tomorrow

Another Day Another Project????

Well, hello again, it's been a few weeks since we updated the blog. Mostly because, not much has been happening. The kitchen is wonderful and we're cooking & baking up a storm. We've made bread, pasta and all kinds of delicious goodies. I still can't believe how nice this kitchen turned out. Ok, so yeah, there are a few cosmetic spots to be corrected (light rail, touch up painting, etc.) but it's totally functional and a dream to work in. Both Mark & I can now work in here without getting in each other's way.

This past weekend was the home show here in town, but we restrained ourselves from going out, last thing we need right now is another project. I'm beginning to think Blue Ribbon should just going to move in here. Chris was telling me they got a number of leads so hopefully that'll turn in to a number of jobs of course he teased me that there must be a number of other projects I need done, which of course is true, I'm just not quite ready to go down that road again.

This week Blue Ribbon's crew came out and tore out the flooring in the dining room. That was the easy part it was the moving of the china cabinet that caused major heartburn. That sucker is heavy. They had to remove all the glass just to move it, though the kitties are loving it now. It's sitting in the hallway so they can get on top of it from the stairs and stare at us as we sit in the kitchen watching Mark cook

The Blue Ribbon crew also poured the foundation for the new mailbox. I was feeling guilty about not getting the bushes cut back (the much needed rain prevented me from getting out there), but Chris assured me the guys would cut them back. I wonder if they'd be interested in getting that weeding in the front done for me... yeah I didn't think so.

We got word yesterday that they'll be installing the new flooring in the dining room today so we'll have a room back again today (well maybe). Once the flooring is installed I'll get some more pictures up here for your viewing pleasure. I know we haven't posted any new pictures of the kitchen, but in all honesty, I haven't taken any pictures to share.