Progress

We have been working hard on our vacation.

Very hard!

We finished almost all the drywall in the master bedroom.

 This is the master bedroom looking from the master bathroom.

This is the view that Mr. M. said it is starting too really look like a room and he can start to visualize it.

I looked at him like he had two heads.

Seriously, now it is looking like something.

It started to look like something to me a LONG time ago!

Then I started to tell him how I see it coming together and where all the furniture will go, and the colors of the walls, and what kind of lighting.

I lost him.

Then I asked him, "did you happen to realize that this room is larger than our living room?"

He looked at me amazed, that had not really sunk in.

Anyway.

The wall near the table is where the bed will be placed.

The far wall with the hole is where the fireplace will be.

The outlets are for the tv and cable.

A sconce on each side.

I will put his lazy boy by the window, a small chair and couch for watching tv and reading.

The wall to the left is where I will put the pine armoire that currently houses our tv.

Oh I have plans for this room.

This is the left side of the room.

The two open doorways are our his and her closets.

I would eventually like to build a window seat in front of the windows.

There will also be a round table where we can put the contents of our pockets, keys and what not.

My closet!

All sanded and ready for a second coat of joint compound. 

Don't worry, I sanded Mr. M.'s too, I will finish them tomorrow.

The laundry room.

Waiting to be sanded and a second coat of joint compound.

I have already started showing Mr. M. the tile I would like to put in this room.

Honed Travertine floor and wall tile from HomeDepot.

I love the color, it will go with the dark wood we plan on putting in our bedroom.

I am also thinking of using a smaller square travertine tile on the fireplace surround.  Mr. M. started to glaze over when I showed him the different colors of tile.  I do love that he lets me make almost all of the decorating decisions, BUT, I would love his input at times.

The in-floor radiant heating was finished today.

Now we will be able to work on the room even in cold weather.

The new mantel waiting to be put in place.

I can't wait to decorate it.

Especially for Christmas.

There is a certain kind of tree in the garage I found at Sally during their Christmas in July sale, waiting, just waiting for that special time.

I can't wait!!!

This is one of the views looking down from our new bedroom window.

I can see all of the gardens.

We installed the french doors at the back of the garage.

Originally it was the plan to have a regular garage door.

BUT, when we built the deck, we realized that there was no way we would use it to move cars or the tractor in and out of the garage.

SO, I put in a brick patio and filled in the rest of the space with flowers.

These will be the party doors.

Yes, there is already a door there.

We are funny like that.

Someday I will have to tell you about the light switches in the mud room.

Now all we have to do is install the door knobs and put up some trim.

The doors let in a lot of natural light into the garage.

They look great and will come in handy for when we have large parties.

With no air conditioning and the threat of rain during my son's birthday party this past summer, we used the garage.

It worked perfect.

Each day we list what we would like to work on and what we can do for fun.

Wednesday we went to Six Flags amusement park, lucky for us, they had some rides down so we scored 5 free tickets to go back before the end of the season.

Thursday we went to the drive in theater to see Planes and Smurfs 2.

We are hoping to still fit in miniature golf, bowling, roller skating, bike rides and possibly visiting friends on Rushford Lake for some swimming, jet skiing and relaxing. 

 We play as hard as we work.

Only one and 1/2 weeks and the kids go back to school.

They are ready.

I am ready.

Where We Take Our Shoes Off

Baseball season is officially over.

Has life slowed down.

NO!

We spent a wonderful day with my BFF in life last weekend.

Too many miles between us that one day is just not enough!

Then it was back to work.

On the house that is.

Mr. M. and I are almost done hanging the drywall in the mudroom.

To our mudroom.

This is the entrance from the garage.

The ladder is resting in the soon to be new coat closet.

This is the view looking across from the garage entrance.

The room is not large.

However, it will be very useful.

Please, remove ALL shoes before coming into the house.

I will be so happy when shoes do not have to come inside.

Mud, dirt, snow and wet, can all stay here.

We were able to reuse a window from the remodel.

You can barely see it but, there is an outlet under the window.

For a window light at Christmas time.  

You have to think about these things.

At least I do.

The picture is so dark because we turned off the power to do the work.

My youngest son wants to know how he can go to the bathroom when the lights don't work.

We are trying to get it done asap buddy.

The view from the kitchen entrance.

The wall on the right I plan on hanging a huge chalk board and cork board.

A place to write down daily chores, school events and a spot for the kids to hang pictures and projects from.

As we worked on the drywall, I couldn't help but think of how I will finish it.

Colors, lights, flooring.

I would love to do a brick floor.

So, I went searching.

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Isn't this a beautiful mudroom!

I love the brick floor.

I trying to figure out if wood would be a wise choice with so much mud, snow and wet on it.

I have also thought of tile.

I have thought of black and white.

Still thinking on that one.

I am going more towards black with some blues and reds.

I would also like to put up bead board on the walls with a high shelf.

I think it will be easier to keep clean.

I can't wait to get these out of my kitchen!

The kids cubbies are already black, although I am not opposed to painting them a different color.

Black shows as much dirt as white.

Maybe a fun blue. 

I have a dresser and a vintage wall cabinet I also plan on putting into the room, they are great for winter storage.  I would love to build a bench in between the kids cubbies for sitting and removing shoes.

I have been collecting some wire baskets, hooks and containers for the room that I can't wait to bring into the room, soon enough though.

And you, what kind of floor do you have in your mudroom?