We have both had rotten colds so not felt all that great, but had to work like the clappers to get the basement finished. I am pleased to say that is now the case.
We had finished the sunroom first and then completed the office. On Wednesday the carpet fitters came and fitted to carpet down the stairs and in the lobby part of the basement – we don’t know what to call this bit!
It really looks great now. On Saturday we went shopping and bought bits to finish everything off. Things like pictures, plants etc. We are going to order a large bookcase to put my collection of books. I have updated some pics in the album. We are really pleased with the whole thing. I have to say that my husband is quite brilliant at DIY and has done an excellent job. My painting skills obviously played a part too!
Today the granite man came to take our new sink away with him so he can get the hole cut out. We had got the fitting of the counter top in for 19th Dec, but he said he can fit us in on Tuesday afternoon, so I am getting my granite much sooner than anticipated.
We pick the girls up tomorrow for their two week visit, so we will be busy from now till Christmas. We have trips to Toronto and New York planned, so we hope the weather stays good.
This week we have been trying to get as much of the basement done as possible so that it will be ready when our visitors come.
All the drywall has been done and primed. I have painted the sunroom in a nice sunny lemon, which looks really nice. We are going to put wood on the ceiling so that should really make he sunroom look nice.
Today I also bought some furniture to go in the sunroom, which can also be taken outside to the patio, so that room is near completion.
The fourth bedroom that we will be using as an office is also near completion. The walls have been painted; just the finishing touches to do and that room will be done.
The stairs were a nightmare to complete as the person who fitted the original stairs had offset them from the wall and they weren’t straight. We have had to completely redo the stairs and it has taken ages to get them to look decent. We are just about there now, so that is a relief.
The large room that you enter at the bottom of the stairs of which part will be a library (well a large bookcase anyway) just needs painting and finishing.
The huge family room will have to wait until after Christmas as we will not have time to complete before.
We had the carpet people out yesterday to quote for the stairs and the main room at the bottom and it will be fitted next week.
At the weekend we visited a fellow ex-pat who happens to live nearby. I won’t mention any names but we had a nice visit with him, his wife and two lovely children. The eldest little girl was a delight and wanted to show us the whole house, all her toys and read all her books to us. However, she soon got bored with us and went off to play on her computer. Thanks xxxx for your hospitality.
We had our septic tank pumped today – bet you wanted to know that! We had no idea when it was last done and were advised that it should be emptied about every 4-5 years. As the house was 4 years old, we figured if it hadn’t been done before it probably needed doing now. Better to be safe than sorry. It turned out it was pretty full, so a good job we called them out. It was rather stinky whilst they did it though!!!
