I Smell a Project

So there's lots and lots of things going on around the house on lists of things 

that need to get started around the house.  

I'm working on my upstairs hallway project, 

I'm working on prepping Ethan's room for new paint and furniture, 

I'm getting ready to redo the redo on the upstairs bathroom

 (turns out peach isn't a great color after all) 

and I'm Big E is finally getting the laundry room started.  

Back when we were waiting for settlement on the house,

 we saw a huge deal on laminate flooring during a Black Friday sale.  

We bought what we needed for the laundry room, 

and it's been sitting there ever since... for a couple of years.  

The room needs to have a small wall built to enclose the pipes and 

cover the old window opening into the bathroom (the laundry room was once a porch).  

And other than that, it just needs the floor (that can't happen until the wall) 

and some drywall on the ceiling to replace the drop ceiling. 

 Oh, and we need to work on the doorway because 

while helping friends salvage things 

out of the old historic firehouse and community center, 

I might have found a really great door for the laundry room 

that is a little bit wider than the door that's there.

So we need a little bit wider opening, 

and, you know, some minor electrical work 

to move light switches and what not.

No big deal.

But really, isn't this door worth it?

The pebbled glass let's light in, 

but hides whatever mess might be in the laundry room.

And it's a piece of town history.

Totally worth the effort

(says the person not doing the work).

So let the work commence!

We have about a month and half to get it all completed

(before we have our Christmas Open House).

You can read about how we helped salvage stuff here

Please, Give Him The Overtime

Two weeks ago, Big E was sent home early on a Friday

because he had already worked his 40 hours.

He got busy right away-

ripping the siding off the wall in the laundry room and removing the bathroom window.

While it was on the list of things that need to be done

eventually list,

they were not on the things that need to be done right now list.

Then he came home early last Friday.

You'll remember that there is an old boarded up window here in the garage

between the cabinets we put up.

Now you'll notice that, SURPRISE!

there's no board or siding blocking the sun from coming in.

That's because Big E decided that putting in the new window

(wasn't really a new window but one that was stored in the garage previously)

Of course, the window doesn't sit exactly the way that he thought, 

so there's some framing he needs to finish on the outside.

I'm hoping that a weekend camping trip preparation

will keep him busy this Friday in the event he comes home early again.