“November 30th, toilets or no toilets.” November 13, 2007

That is a direct quote from Amy regarding our moving date. Here are the latest pictures.

The slate in the kitchen looks amazing.

This bedroom is one of the rooms with newly refinished woods floors.

First coat of paint on the living room and hall.

My sitting room…just needs the trim and ceiling painted, then carpet.

The amazing “Is it olive? Is it brown? Is it yellow? Paint” in my bedroom. The answer changes depending on the time of day, the angle you’re looking at it from, and what lights are on. A decorating enigma.

signs of progress. October 16, 2007

People have been asking how the house is coming along and I’ve been reluctant to put up more pictures because the lion’s share of the work that Nate has been doing is very necessary, but doesn’t look very exciting. The house has been completely rewired and plumbed; the kitchen doorway widened; the paneling in the mudroom cut down to waist level, new drywall hung and the doorwall replaced. Various rooms are in various stages of being mudded, sanded and painted. So anyway, that said, here are few pics.

Lowe’s my home away from home.

The kitchen (all the cabinets are stacked in the living room)

Almost done painting the kids’ room..carpet coming soon.

My bathroom is plumbed, soon to have fixtures, beadboard, tile, drywall.

frasier in his *dress* collar that MA sent from Kenya. I tend to reserve this collar for bath days.

it’s gonna be great. i swear. August 23, 2007

They used duct tape to *seal* the door wall. Yeah, Nate had to totally replace that.

This is the kitchen. C & V were skeptical about this information.

Dining room looking into the kitchen (and the mudroom beyond that) and off to the right the hall that leads to the first floor bathroom, Nate and Amy’s bedroom, and Nate’s office.

Living room.

A view of the huge kids’ room.

This is my bathroom. Really.

Beneath the ancient tile in my bedroom was newspaper circa 1950.

The basement.

Believe me when I say that it looks better gutted than it did shoddily finished. You just have to catch the vision. I won’t lie, it took a couple walk throughs for me to catch it.

Since these pictures were taken 3 weeks ago Nate, and a rotating crew of dedicated souls, has rewired and plumbed the entire house. Pretty soon we get to start replacing windows and putting the walls back together. Fun stuff.

PS. Since Frasier is the star attraction of this blog I thought I would mention that he’s doing well and sends his regards.