The Work Continues

Yes, we are still in the basement and the remodel continues.  A little here, a little there. Each thing that is completed makes us happy and look forward to the next thing.  I am so glad that Gary and I both are relaxed about things and don't feel a great rush or pressure for things to hurry and get done.  It is helpful that we have been able to still access kitchen appliances and to have a bit of counter upstairs to use as needed.  We can also use one bathroom upstairs as well.  I guess getting older means that we understand that "this too will pass."

So in the past few weeks, we have gotten some sheet rock and taping done, more caulking on the library wall, and the master bathroom is almost completely done.  It is only lacking a shower fixture (that the plumbers convinced us to change) and a faucet that had been boxed without a key piece.  Hopefully, both of those will come in this week and get installed.

master closet light

Below is one of the lights that our designer had found for our bathroom.  Although almost everything else in our bathroom was changed from that original design--this was a must!  I love quirky lights! Perhaps you already figured that out by the master closet light I chose.

Over the tub

You can see the missing pieces in these two pictures--the faucet and the hand held showerhead for the shower head.  The plumber suggested that the magnetic one was much better than the one with a hook we had ordered.

Our frameless shower door did require
a top piece because of how we decided to
have the door open.  It is so beautiful, I don't
want anyone to shower in it.

Here is what the completed faucet look like.

We kept the same look of a frameless mirror
that we have always had even though it is not
"in fashion." It is practical.  This one is bigger than
our prior one.

And the bathtub faucet and safety hand rail.  One of our goals in the remodel is to make the house more suitable to age in place so we added handrails at the tub and in the shower.  Small things but hopefully, helpful if needed.

In the kitchen, they have started putting together the new cabinets which are replacing our desk area.  This will be a bank of cabinets with a full freezer....part of that aging in place focus.

When they repainted the master bedroom, we realized that there was a definite aging of the light switches, so Gary has gone through and begun replacing the switches and the outlet covers throughout the master bedroom, bathroom, and now in the kitchen area.  We had not put that into the bid for the remodel, so I appreciate the skills and willingness Gary has to do this work for our house.  He also installed the lights in the bathroom to save us some money there. too.  My mom told me to marry someone who could fix things---Gary certainly met that criteria (and many others.)  

When all of the kitchen doors were removed, I started noticing some of the aged and stained parts of the inside of the cabinets and I was wondering if I made a mistake in not replacing them all with completely new cabinets.  However, last week, I spent some serious time cleaning them and am very proud of the result.  They aren't perfect, but they are sturdy and well-built and they will last us another 20 years. And it feels good for the environment not to discard them yet.  A win-win!