hiatus. not.

I obviously have not written anything in a while. I learned a lesson: don't blog while remodeling. You will not have the energy to do both. Ha! I don't have the energy to just remodel...

Things slowed down a lot that last couple months. The kitchen remodel drove me nuts. Thinking about it gives me anxiety.

It consisted of:

• Plastering the walls - hired out
• Painting the walls
• Installing the cabinets - hired out
• Installing the countertop - hired out
• Hooking up the plumbing (sink, dishwasher, ice maker) - hired out
• Tiling the kitchen floor
• Creating the barnwood wall (probably the most fun I have had with this place to date
• FIXING the tile floor, i.e., chipping out all the black grout, replacing the grout, adding more thinset to three tiles so they didn't move

Still to go:

• Install backsplash on one wall - April
• Install the hood and vent outside - April/May; will hire out
• Do "something" with the ceiling - April/May??
• Fix trim by the door - May
• Do some kind of fancy floor tiling to merge dining room and kitchen floor - May/June??

As for the entire house:

• Tile fireplace - April/May
• Paint most of the trim - whenever
• Baseboards throughout - summer
• Eventual bathroom remodel - 2017
• And then there is the exterior (paint, gutters, roof)...and the yard... - 2017

But for now, it is beautiful and livable and comfortable.