Geez, I can't believe it's been over two months since my last posting. So sorry!
A lot has happened since then. Most importantly, we finally moved in to the "new" house (i.e. new for us - it's a 1930's house). We have been here since the beginning of November. The first couple of days were a bit challenging. We had no fridge the first night, and we were without a kitchen sink or working dishwasher for nearly 10 days. But we managed.
Four weeks later, the project continues, but it is nearing completion. If all goes well, we'll get our custom-built bedroom closets (i.e. what they call wardrobes in Ireland) tomorrow, and we'll get the garage door fixed. The latter is important for me because I have been carrying my bike through the house to store on the back porch, as we have no side access to the back of the house.
Another big accomplishment today was the installation of door handles for our ensuite bathroom. The door is an original 1930s door, and we'd lost the tiny screws for the handle. So the old handle, which they took off when painting the door, was useless. So we can now close the door when using the bathroom - before the door would stay open at least two feet. That was not good, for obvious reasons.
In addition, classes ended today for the fall (called autumn in Ireland) semester. And LBJ returns after 3 days in Italy. So I am in a good mood this evening.
I'll try to get some more photos taken soon of the house. For now, here are the girls' rooms, which - along with the attic room - were the first rooms renovated (or at least finished - FABJ had a big hole in the floor of her room for several weeks, a fact that greatly disturbed here when we'd visit the house during renovations).
I picked out the rug - IKEA's finest - and put together the dresser (IKEA again - I've been there 3 times in the last 6 weeks - a bit tired of the place now!).
LBJ picked out the rug and put together the dresser (you can guess from where!). She also picked out the lamps and curtains in both girls' rooms - NOT IKEA in this case.
Ok, I'll try to post more regularly now. For example, we went to Scotland in October and I'm off to Switzerland next week.
Happy belated Thanksgiving. Gobble, gobble, gobble!
A lot has happened since then. Most importantly, we finally moved in to the "new" house (i.e. new for us - it's a 1930's house). We have been here since the beginning of November. The first couple of days were a bit challenging. We had no fridge the first night, and we were without a kitchen sink or working dishwasher for nearly 10 days. But we managed.
Four weeks later, the project continues, but it is nearing completion. If all goes well, we'll get our custom-built bedroom closets (i.e. what they call wardrobes in Ireland) tomorrow, and we'll get the garage door fixed. The latter is important for me because I have been carrying my bike through the house to store on the back porch, as we have no side access to the back of the house.
Another big accomplishment today was the installation of door handles for our ensuite bathroom. The door is an original 1930s door, and we'd lost the tiny screws for the handle. So the old handle, which they took off when painting the door, was useless. So we can now close the door when using the bathroom - before the door would stay open at least two feet. That was not good, for obvious reasons.
In addition, classes ended today for the fall (called autumn in Ireland) semester. And LBJ returns after 3 days in Italy. So I am in a good mood this evening.
I'll try to get some more photos taken soon of the house. For now, here are the girls' rooms, which - along with the attic room - were the first rooms renovated (or at least finished - FABJ had a big hole in the floor of her room for several weeks, a fact that greatly disturbed here when we'd visit the house during renovations).
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| FABJ's room |
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| ORBJ's room |
Ok, I'll try to post more regularly now. For example, we went to Scotland in October and I'm off to Switzerland next week.
Happy belated Thanksgiving. Gobble, gobble, gobble!
