Cleaning Up

Here's how things looked at the beginning of this month!  It's been quite a productive month, and now it's time to get all this out of here in preparation for CARPET!

The whole family joined in, and within a short amount time, the room was empty and ready. 

And our old friend, the ShopVac finally gave up the ghost.  James and Jason bought this ~2002. It's been quite a workhorse, and we're sad to see it go. 

But welcome the new member of the family!

 

Fans

The fans arrived! James was thrilled to see more work sitting there... :-) 

But at the end of another long day, he decided it was time.  This is where I found him at 11pm.  

And, apparently, he stayed up until they were all done.  What a guy! 

 

Little Things

We're making the final push toward getting carpet installed up here. (We've picked out and purchased it - just waiting to pick it up!) That means finishing paint, trim, details, details, details.

Charis cleaned all the windows - she was a bit annoyed that James wouldn't let her get on the roof - so we got all the screens installed. 

Lily organized the remaining tools on the work shelf.

Gwyn touched up paint

while Darcy got into the paint... (not sure where Meg was)

And after almost 11 years of working on the house, 3 people ended up in this one spot, needing to paint. HA!  

Never-ending trim...

 

Bathroom Finishing Touches

Kinda fun to be down to the little things. Shower curtain (thanks, haley!) ...

Caulking and touch-up paint...

towel bars and mirrors (even though one shattered on the way home and had to be remade!) ...

and toilet-leveling.  

The girls are already enjoying the extra shower - we now have 3!  Sure makes life easier around here. 
 

Going Blind(s)

Well, we thought through a zillion options for window coverings upstairs, and finally took the plunge on custom blinds to match what we have downstairs.  Definitely an investment - isn't that what you call it when something costs a lot? - but we're super-happy with the quality, look, and function. 

I don't do much of the manual labor around here, but I decided to tackle the blinds.  And I gave up on the impact driver several times and went with a screwdriver. HA!  

But with some great help, we got it done!  
 

Custom Closets!

Quite a luxury to have custom-built closets. :-) James took the girls upstairs, did some talking and measuring, and made their dreams come to life. :-) 

And, yes, I have rammed my head on that board more than five times... 

Once all the shelves were cut, the girls got to work painting everything. 

Ta-da!