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2002 July 2005 Here's the latest photo of our house. Looking much improved! I made my own awning curtains - I copied off a design I saw on a house down the street. I used the lid of a Chinese Food Soup bowl to mark the scallops, and I used PVD pipe and C-clamps to hang it. The fabric is outdoor canvas - which I bought on sale at the Rag Shop - the hardware cost was under $10. In the front are azaleas, hydrangeas blue pansies & petunias are in the hanging baskets and flower boxes. The porch is my favorite spot to enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning.   My sewing room is slightly improved, though I haven't posted pictures, mostly because I don't want to re-create my photo montage. I now have a cabinet for all of my scrapbooking supplies in the corner, I took out my big pressing table, and have placed my small bookcase where it stood. Now my sewing table can fully extend, with the serger out and ready for use. It's a shame I haven't really used it for years, but now it's accessible. I still love my old table, which Jenn & Chris are kindly storing it for us until we can find it a nicer home. It used to be a 1930's gynecological exam table complete with basin which my friend Stephanie gave it to me. It is a nice wood, with cubbies and steel lined drawers, but (thanks to Flylady) I was able to see that it's really cluttering my room, and was a home for clutter on it's surface. The dining room has the lovely dining set my Aunt Bernadette & Uncle Andy passed along to us, and a new arrival is the 5 drawer filing cabinet, which Trip's cousin John brought to us when a job he was working on was throwing tons of them out. Although ideally I'd prefer not to have this in the dining room, it will be fine when I can tuck it next to the new computer cabinet Dad is making for me. Both of our neighboring houses are completely re-sided and much improved, so it has done a lot for our view, though the house to the west is still abandoned and decrepit. I love our house more and more as it is home to so many memories now. The Sewing Room This is a picture I created out of two different pictures of my sewing room. It shows the North, West and South walls left to right: My back door would be immediately to the left in thie picture along the left wall. Then my book shelf with the cubby box on it, my treasured Bernina 1530, with a Horn Table that I was able to buy used at a great price. I finally got my serger out for use, and I'm holding fast to my promise to myself, not to pile anything on any part of my table. In the old picture I had a big pressing table, that was really a clutter magnet. Now I have a 5 drawer file cabinet. It used to be putty colored, but I painted it white to match my washer and dryer. Some of the details are shown below: This is an old box that my grandfather gave me - it used to be a training tool at the US Post Office, where grandpa worked for many years. It has Buttons in the top row, threads in the second, embroidery flosses in the third, and miscellaneous jars below. This is the south wall, with plastic bins of fabric on the top two shelves. Here you can see threads, trims, buttons, and my self of sentimental stuff. Underneath, there is a ribbon collection. My antique hanky curtain Our living room - facing west 2002 Our living room - facing east The kitchen (with the beautiful double sink our buddy Glen found at the curb with the faucet attached!) Dad wallpapered our kitchen and installed the wainscotting. I painted our cabinets and papered the insides to match. Our family tree on the stairwell wall. This entire hallway was gutted, insulated, re-sheetrocked and painted blue! (the window in the pic below would be to the left of this photo) the bathroom before - after we took everything out. Our upstairs hallway The NEW bathroom! The floor is newly tiled and walls wallpapered (by me!) and our tub and wall tiles were re-surfaced. I also made our new shower curtain. We have lots more storage in our larger vanity sink. Soon the door and trim will be painted periwinkle blue. My desk before - tucked in the corner. This space is now mostly taken up by the air return for the central air conditioning system. The dining room Here is my desk now. I love this desk! Inside it holds my printer, scanner, and a huge mess! This has my Family Tree and my dearest family photos   The dining room room at my back when I face my desk Trips office - before The primer is on. Notice the missing door? I took the 2 tiny closets that backed up to each other and made one big one for the guest room. Trip's Wall Unit Trip's office July 9, 2005. He's got a Golden Gecko in posh digs on his back desk. Trip's Desk Elliot & Alex's room - still hasn't been painted, but it's really one of our favorite rooms, so far. He has quite a set up! In the future, his bed will be the top of the bunk bed. They love playing on my old iMac Here's my little patch of flowers on the day I planted them. This is my front porch - my view from the wicker couch. The Baby's room / guestroom in it's yucky stage The guest room after! This is my favorite room. While I realize it is very girly, it is also soothing and quiet. It was gutted and insulated, re-sheetrocked and painted. It also now has a walk in closet after I got handy with the hammer and broke up the wall that used to separate two tiny closets. Here is our friend Bob working on the bathroom "before" I never even took a picture of the old yellow tiled shower stall that was in here. I tore that old shower out! (with Trip's help), along with the wall to the bathroom (this would have been the right side door in the sewing room photo section East) I thought this job "simply" involved replacing the wall board afer removing the shower. Well, once we replaced the rotted wall studs & rotten floor joists & the mouse infested insulation, then repaired the foundation, repaired the broken sewer line and cleared out the crawlspace, and insulated the floor, we were ready to replace the wall board... Here are 2 pics of the bath showing the throne & the sink cabinet and the pocket door. Bob & Chris did the stud repair, floor joists, & installed the pocket door & sheetrock, Pancho repaired the foundation, Tom repaired the plumbing, (so did Chris!), I taped & spackled, papered, installed wainscotting & painted, Trip & I trimmed the door with framing and installed the laminate floor, Trip cut & routed the counter top, I stained andd sealed it, Tom installed the sink & Trip installed the medicine cabinet, door hardware & lights! At last a working bath with a sink! A real team effort.

Date Last Modified: September 2006