Okay, the stairs aren't done, but the rest of the house is laid, stained, sealed and topcoated.
Do you realize what this means?
WE CAN HAVE FURNITURE!
Yes, we'll have to move things around to do the baseboards, yes, we still need a second coat of topcoat in the kitchen, yes, we still have to do the ceiling and things will be in the way a little but still...
My socks came out of a dresser drawer this morning instead of a Rubbermaid bin - first time in more than a year. The Boy has bookshelves for his Lego and his books and his treasures, many of which elicited happy exclamations when they were brought out of the boxes they've been hiding in. I am, at present, sitting in a very ancient and very comfortable old chair with an actual floor lamp beside me. There is a table by the window holding several plants. My rocking chair is beside it. This weekend, we should be able to bring the couch home! Soon we'll be able to empty out the storage unit and get that bill off the monthly accounts ... and use the money to buy baseboards and window trim instead!
These things probably seem remarkably mundane and ordinary, but when you live out of bins and wade through sawdust and wear steel toed boots in the house for a year, it really is a big deal.
Aaaah. Home.
As Dorothy would say . . There's no place like home! There's no place like home!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! It looks so cozy!
ReplyDeleteJo Mc
Yepppyyy!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe gold chair looks so comfy. Does Nolan make pictures in the weft of the fuzz like we used to? A big smiley face was always my favourite! :)
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