Lots of projects…

We have completed lots of projects around the house these last few months, so we thought we would get you a little caught up on things around here. First off, the laundry room was completed and unfortunately we even had to buy a new washer and dryer this last week as our old washer failed (it was about 15 years old though) 😪. Sam finished his bookshelves, with a little help from Dad, and just recently we moved Sam into the office upstairs and Dad then moved downstairs to the den. Sam’s computer and 2 monitors was a little too big for the small space in the den, and we also realized we could move his bookshelves into the office as well. Since there was plenty of desk space, Sam even got to move Octavius up to the office. So hopefully now they will be able to spend some more quality time together 😄. The front foyer got an update with a new entryway table/shoe rack and a new mirror. Then just recently we finished the new kitchen table and finally we bought Alex his new bed for his birthday. In between all those projects was a LOT of yard projects and a LOT of interior painting. Almost all of the trim/molding downstairs is now completed and we knocked out a few more of the interior doors as well. The original paint was oil based, so we had to prime everything first and then put on a coat of latex… this has been quite a chore, but the results are worth it. We also repainted the stairwell, upstairs and downstairs hallways, bookcases and den. Believe it or not, we still have quite a bit more painting to do, but if luck holds out we will be almost completely done by the end of October. We will then start on Alex and Sam’s room in late Jan/early February because they need to have the floors refinished as well. We’ll try to post some more photos as we finish more projects up later next month. Don’t forget if you want to see any of the photos we post a little closer, be sure to go to the blog and you will be able to click through all of them full size (rather than just in the email).

This was the first time, Dad put together a tabletop like this with the bread board ends and he had to enlist the help of one of Gung Gung’s antique planes to get the job done. You can see from the video below that he still has to work on his technique a little, but it did get the job done.