Had a serious case of WTF this morning when I realized we are now in December. Don’t laugh. It was morning and I hadn’t been up to optimal caffeine levels. So it’s almost three months since we started this tour of duty. Things are cranking at a furious pace.
- The painters are prepping, priming, sanding, painting, sanding, painting, sanding, painting… you get the picture. It’s dusty. And fume-ish. (fume-y? smelly? whatever!) We had the windows open for quite a while this evening and other than wearing cats and afghans, we were fine. (The cats thought they should BE our afghans.) The wall of horrors (where I took down the mirror tiles) is looking amazing. And it’s not really “painted” yet.
- The patio people have laid the foundation and capstone for the patio. It has poured BUCKETS of rain the last few days so I’ve yet to see it without tarps and such all over it. It’s supposed to be sunny tomorrow so that may progress a little.
- We figured out what we wanted for our pantry shelving, and I went through the previous ELFA hardware we had saved to augment it. The doors are being painted for the pantry, the hall closet and the basement steps. It will look GREAT.
- Our poor powder room on the first floor has an inferiority complex because it will look drab and sad when the fancy new paint job is done. Hang in there, pal. The next time we rob a bank, we want to do the master bath and you.
- The cats are unaware that we will have to remove them from the house next week when the sanding, staining and finishing of the floors will be done. (PLEASE don’t tell. They will be wacka-doo enough.)
- Oh yeah, in case you didn’t hear, the BUCKEYES trounced the Wolverines. My nephew is not old enough to remember the last time Ohio State lost. (That was a dig on Mark from AWDB. Sorry Mark. You’re still OK in my book.)
OK, so the picayune details I’m considering at the moment.
PONDERING: CEILING FAN/FIXTURE
I have been looking for a ceiling fan and light fixture that look like “us”. I have been having a hard time. I don’t want something that looks like “cowbells” hanging down (you know what I mean?) and I’m also not a fan of the “eye of Mordor” round circular light, glowing in the ceiling. I’ve been looking and haven’t been impressed with what I found. What is it with the designers right now? Seriously! There is a lot of strange stuff out there…
There’s the “Sputnik” model:
Next – There’s the “guillotine” model:
Now just picture kids playing with balloons, or playdough, or a loaf of unsliced bread and that puppy’s on “HI SPEED”… I don’t think so. Next??
So glad you asked. How about the “FANAWAY”? (I didn’t make that one up. I swear.) When it’s on, the blades unfold and… fan. When it’s off, it looks like… a diner light fixture? a donut? You decide:
And finally, there’s the Wind Farm nominee….
I sent an SOS email to Shannon at AWDB. Yikes.
PONDERING: WINDOW TREATMENTS
This is NOT for the kitchen “infinity” window. This is for the window that faces the street. I’m looking at natural woven Roman shades… or maybe wood blinds. It’s late and I won’t bore you with details. If you have an opinion on those two options, please let me know.