Progress on the Drawing Room

Work on the house slowed for a while. We were out of town picking up our daughter and grandson for a visit. Then we had to take them home a few weeks later. Soooo, here is where we are now:

We decided to put fabric on the upper part of the drawing room walls. Chris and Marie (our daughter) did the work, and this is what it looks like.


We also decided to make individual panels for the ceiling. We only have one up so far. Chris and Marie painted the panels. (The design was developed by Marie and Chris painted it). I installed the ceiling fan, yeah for me, I actually did some work.

"It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present" (Fabian Linden)

Last night we looked at the first pictures that we took of the house. It helps to look at where you were to appreciate where you're at. We now have a room at the Inn. Our first bedroom was the servant's chamber. It had all the plaster removed, but the lathe was still on the walls and bats were flying over our heads during the night. Anyway, as of today the room is roughly 99% complete and no bats. So here are the pictures of then and now:

North Wall: Then..............................Now

East Wall: Then...............................Now

South Wall: Then..........................Now

West Wall: Then..........................................Now

If you were entering the room this is what you would see first:

There are some fun touches such as:

The stool

The bedspread (which we purchased in Branson, MO where we celebrated my birthday):

The curtains Chris made.....and the clothes holders in the closet


And since you can't be here this is how it would feel and sound if you were in the room looking around:

Yes, we have a guest room now!

Summer is coming and we need a room at the Inn

Summer is coming and several of our children have talked about coming for a visit so we decided that we needed to concentrate on completing a room for guests. We decided that the servant's chamber would be the easiest one to complete since the walls were already painted, but the floor needed to be stained.
(Akuto sunbathing in the room)
(Now he is watching an Asian beetle on the floor)

We stained the floor and moved furniture in, installed a new ceiling fan and fixed the door lock.

Okay, so there are some finishing touches that need to be made, but we now have a room at the Inn for guests.

PS: This is the headboard of the bed that we had in New Mexico and Georgia. When Chris painted the leaves and vine on the wall the bed was in storage and we had forgotten that it had leaves carved into the wood. Coincidence?

Yard work

We took a break to do some work in the yard. We hope to plant a small garden this year, but it all depends on the weather and our time. Sooo...to prepare a spot we had to remove a tree and
some debris. Brother Miller (a church member) helped with the tree removal. He has experience in cutting down trees. I was amazed with his ability to drop the tree where he wanted it to land.
(However the cleanup after was quite a chore.)

(Now all we have left to do is to remove the small branches and till the spot for planting.)

The signs of progress

Just in case anyone is wondering, we are still working on the house, we have not left for a world cruise. However, progress is slower when you get to some of the detail work like doing electrical work for the garbage disposal and dishwasher, as well as sanding and painting. Soooo, here is some of the progress:

The wall at the top of the main staircase now has sheetrock. The good thing about that is that it looks great (no more falling plaster and ugly lath) and we don't need to worry about bats hiding in the wall.

The middle chamber (bedroom) is nearly completed with sheetrock. (No pictures, the batteries in my camera are spent).

The servant's chamber has been sanded and painted. We painted the ceiling and a portion of the walls with off-white paint, "nude" is the color. Chris then mixed the paint we used in other rooms and created her own color. When it dried it looked like a color we used in the home in Georgia, called "calm air" which is a light yellowish color, very calming.

She is now doing some detail work where the two colors meet. The color is a light green.

She is doing the detail by hand and without a pattern. It looks great.