Saturday, March 20, 2010

more projects

This week saw the completion of a simple picture project and the actual start of "the" big project with some bathroom demolition. The clock wall has now become the national park wall. The clocks were all of inferior quality and over the past few months they have all stopped working for various reasons...none due to the lack of power. Montrose was the first to slow down (really no surprises there). China and San Francisco then started losing time and finally stopped altogether. The biggest surprise was that Washington DC just kept on ticking, never lost a beat and always told the correct time. ...so, we decided to change looks.

WPA posters of: Yellowstone, Arches, Rocky Mountain and Zion National Parks. All favorites of ours!

Mom making the last adjustments to Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain. The caption invites all to spend the night at the Boulderfield Cabin where there are no modern conveniences, no trees to get in the view and freezing temperatures every night of the year
Our bathroom with some major changes. The old tub and shower are out. The new tub will be deeper and will have its own shower. In the space of the old shower will be storage for bathroom stuff, like towels and such.
More pictures to come as the projects move along.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

the sewing room


This weekend we finished up the sewing room.
The room once sported a large (7 feet long) mantle like thing with a florescent light...very modern looking. So we tore it down changed the wiring a little, added some track lighting and then went wild with every form of storage you can attach to a wall. We have shelves, thread holders, a magnetic white board, peg board and a bulletin board like surface. We then added color and patterns to "cuten" up everything.

It looks pretty good even if I say so my self. Next project...new faucets on all the old sinks. When will these winter projects end? I want to get outside.


A close up by the sewing machine
The big view showing the sewing console, colorful bulletin boards and the magnetic white board.
Another view, same thing different aspect.