They're here!!!

The new washer and dryer was delivered and installed yesterday. I didn't get to take a close look at them because Tucker and I had to leave for obedience class shortly after the install was finished. They look nice. Are quiet running (install test run). Not sure how I feel about them right now. I'm missing my old set.....as silly as that may sound. I'm sure I will come to love them in time.

I know. The laundry room looks small with a washer and dryer in it. It's not a very big room to start with. Kinda long and narrow. It was the one feature of our house that I was never crazy about. I won't complain though. At least I have a laundry room and the machines aren't in a closet off a hall.

Update on the remodel: you'd think it would be done now that the new washer and dryer is in place. It's not. Although it's real close. There is still a few more pieces of trim that needs to be painted and put up.....and the new floor needs to be put down in the hall. The cabinets in the photo will be taken out and new ones put in. The new ones aren't as tall and will go from wall to wall. A shelf will also be put in under the new cabinets. My hubby assures me that this can easily be done with the new machines in place. 

Finally found the perfect light fixture. It is now in place and so pretty. I do wish that I was able to finish the laundry room completely before the new machines arrived. At least the bulk of the remodel was done. What little is left can be done at a more leisurely pace. After all, I couldn't have kept doing our laundry outside like I was. The temps have dropped considerably the last couple of days. Our lows are in the teens and we are lucky to reach the low 40's for daytime highs. There is snow in the mountains already. It is only a matter of time before we wake up to a white landscape.

Day 8 of Remodel

If you are wondering what happened to Day 7, well....that would have been yesterday......which was spent in town picking up trim, paint, and other miscellaneous things. You wouldn't think it would take so long to pick out trim....but it did. And I won't even get into the paint. Who knew there would be a plethora of white paint to choose from?  I ended up choosing a shade of white with a hint of blue-gray. Really pretty actually.

Today was spent painting trim and getting trim put in place. Got quite a bit done, although there is still lots left to do. It's amazing how time consuming painting trim is. The floor in the laundry room is as done as it is going to get for now. I decided to carry the floor in the laundry room out into the hall. I think it will make a very pretty (and seamless) floor.

Another Foggy Morning

While I do enjoy the ethereal beauty of a foggy morning, yesterday's foggy morning had a hidden beauty that I've never really noticed before. Who knew pine needles could look so pretty? All those drops of condensation from the fog delicately hanging onto the tips of each needle......

Off to get my list together for today's trip to the local home improvement store.

Day 6 of Remodel

After close to 3 hours of measuring (using templates), scoring, snapping, and laying flooring my body finally said "enough is enough". I hurt in places I didn't think you could hurt. The kicker is this....there is maybe 3 square feet of floor left to do before it is finished. Hopefully the Advil will kick in real soon and make things quit hurting long enough for me to finish that floor. 

There is only 3 days (that must be the number of the day) left before the new machines will be delivered. Besides finishing the floor, trim still needs to be done. Of course I will be losing a day running into town to pick up trim and paint. The one disadvantage to living so far out of town. Even so, that would still leave me 2 days for trim just as long as the floor gets finished today.  I much prefer re-doing a room at my leisure and not being on a deadline.

My first time putting down a floating floor. Much easier than I thought, although rather physically demanding.....at least for this 40-something fluffy person.   :)

Nearly done!!

This is what's left to do...

For those of you who may be wondering.....yes, I'm doing this on my own. Between school and work my hubby isn't home much these days. My oldest did come out for a couple of hours and help with the base coat of paint. It was nice.  :)   This will be the 3rd room that I have re-done. The other rooms were a bedroom and a bathroom. I actually enjoy it. Just wish I was a bit better at it.  :)

A Bit of Fall Color......

.......and another foggy morning. We usually don't have a lot of fall foliage around the house. One reason being we live in a coniferous area......and two, the deer tend to eat anything deciduous. By this time of the year they have pretty much stripped the leaves off of anything with bark. By January they will have stripped my flower beds clean of anything that remotely looks like a leaf. They aren't shy, that's for sure. They have even eaten the pumpkins that were set out for the holidays right on the front porch. Needless to say I don't do that anymore.  

Enjoy my small bit of fall colors....and another foggy pasture photo.

Day 5 of Remodel

Does this seem a bit redundant? It seems a bit redundant to me. Or maybe I'm just getting a bit wore out from spending so many hours in the laundry room. Or maybe I just need some fresh air because I've been inhaling paint fumes for too long. Whatever the rationale....really doesn't matter. The end is getting close. Finished all the painting yesterday. Okay, almost all. There is still the trim to do....which I've decided to do in white (just need to buy the paint). Anyway, majority of the painting is done. Now to put the new floor down......which is today's task.

(That's a clear ruler with yellow markings leaning against the wall in preparation for putting down the floor. When I first looked at this photo it looked like there was something wrong with the wall,)

Day 4 of Remodel

Paint!!!!