Well after 3200 miles we are back on the Cape. It was a good trip visiting family and taking 6 days.
It was a fun night with friends having dinner at the Pig and catching up on everyone’s winter. Today it’s raining! And it is supposed to rain the next few days.
Yesterday Greg put in the last of the new windows in the living room. There is still trim work to be done outside, but at least there are three new windows and a new front door.
When we first got here that Saturday we went to The Estate Sale and found a washer and dryer. The only problem was we didn’t own the house yet, so no place to put them. The funny part was the man selling told us that the washer still had a load of laundry in it from when they took it out of the home. Well week after week we kept going back and the set was still there, with the laundry in it. So we went back yesterday and told ourselves if it was still there we gonna ask if we could get the set for $200. And now we have a washer and dryer. I finally took out the load of laundry and trashed it.
Sorry no post yesterday, we took the day off. We went to the casino with friends to raid the buffet.
Today we paint inside the kitchen cabinets and Greg installed one of two living room windows.
Happy Holidays!
Here is the completed headboard. Oh yeah, we installed the new front door. It really changes the living room because it lets in so much light.
Well we decorated our small white tree, hung a few ornaments over the tv, and put up the stockings.
Greg made curtain rods from the old closet poles. A little stain goes a long way.
Yesterday was kinda slow going but productive. Greg finished shelving his closet and started mine. All the while pulling out art, clothes, and things from the garage.
Today Greg got my closet pole up so I could start hanging clothes. We had just dumped our wardrobe into the pods and then on to the garage floor on a drop cloth. Now we can see all of our stuff and not have to search for that pair of jeans.
Greg spent the last little bit hanging art on our bedroom wall. Hope you enjoy.
Did some grocery shopping, bought a coffee maker and toaster oven, then went to look for a gas stove. The estate sale(a local shop) here in Palm Springs has been really a miss lately. Our friend Hal told us about Standard of excellence in Rancho Mirage, it happens to be going out of business, and we found our new scuffed slightly dented Whirlpool gas stove. Eating lunch now and then picking up our dresser we purchased last night. The rest of the day will be spent finishing the closets and unpacking.
Here are a couple of photos to show you what a difference the sun makes. The last two days were over cast and rainy.
We finished the third coat of epoxy on the floors and put a second coat on the bed. The bed was going to be black, but we found a $2 can of oops dark brown paint. Our couch which we will reupholster one day has caster wheels. At Lowe’s we found short square tapered feet to replace the wheels. Now we are at a laundry mat washing a flokati rug we got for $25.
Finished second coat of white epoxy on the floors. One more tomorrow and the floors will really shine.
Greg has started to build our bed in the driveway, since the garage is full.
So at HD yesterday morning we realized the 7.5″ grinder and several masonry blades could get the floors where we want them. The hardest part of the process was removing the left over material from the linoleum. After spending all day on our knees, we finished the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and the hall.
I managed to slice into my knee with about a one foot square of floor left, so Greg had to finish. I’m fine and there wasn’t much carnage, but the cut being on my knee is a problem for walking and bending. Lesson learned.
Today the electricians finished moving lightswitches and wiring the new cable, while Greg sheetrocked the rest of the closet and made all the small patches throughout the house.
More pictures soon!
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