It’s been about a month since we moved into the house. As mentioned in previous post, not everything is finished, but it was finished enough to encourage us to move in. Completing the bedrooms and kitchen countertops and getting running water in the kitchen were the turning points. Easy enough to continue using the basement bathroom until we get the master bath and hall bath complete. The biggest winners in the whole thing are the dogs, who are thrilled to have enough indoor space to run around in…and they love watching the traffic go by!
A new thing for us was having to purchase window treatments. We’ve lived in rural homes for the past 26 years or so, and didn’t ever invest in window treatments since there weren’t any neighbors. Now, with being right “downtown,” they are a must for most of the street facing windows. I had some vision in mind and was determined not to be too stressed out and we were able to pick out curtains for the living room and both bedrooms in a single trip! A few images from the bedrooms below.
Peder ended up taking a trip to Wisconsin and while he was there we had a “eureka” moment to have him go to Ikea to see if he could find some shelving for the kitchen that would match our industrial/modern vibe. This was definitely a great call as he not only found the shelving, but also the perfect door/drawer pulls and a movable cart for storing the dogs’ things. I’m sure he wasn’t the first person to shop the store while having someone else on Facetime helping make decisions!
Peder has started work on tiling the front porch. A bit of a learning curve on this one with the large tiles and a new “system” to help with keeping the tiles level over a large span. The project started out with a 3-4 day process to spread out thin layers of a self-leveling compound to take out the 1.5 inch difference in the concrete floor end-to-end. We assume that this area must have at one time been an outdoor porch and the slope enabled water drainage. Pictures below show the initial progress. This same tile will be used for the kitchen, so this is basically helping Peder with working out the kinks.
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