Back Again Blogging!

The months of October and November just wore me out and I needed to take a break from house things. Unpacking during the holidays was pretty stressful; it was difficult because this house is actually smaller than the one we moved from and doesn't have nearly the storage space. It's a good excuse to get rid of things we don't need.

I was so exhausted from trying to finish the house enough to move in, the move, and the unpacking that I couldn't work on any of the finishing until recently. I had a large dinner party last weekend, and used that as a motivation to get a few things started again. There is still so much finishing left to do that the thought of it was overwhelming. But in getting ready for the dinner, I was able to get motivated to accomplish a few things that I had been putting off, like getting most of the boxes out of the spare bedroom so it actually looks like a bedroom instead of a storage locker, and finishing the basement steps, which until two weeks ago were still raw wood protected by three layers of construction paper.

I have a few pictures to post, and will take more showing the mostly finished inside of the house. Pictures turn out very well when taken during the daylight hours, but I'm never at home during daylight except on weekends. I was so busy working on things this weekend, I forgot to take some pictures.

Below is my green shed, which can be used as a garage. I could put my Prius inside, as it will easily fit, but I'm using it mostly for storage right now. It doesn't have too much stuff in it anymore, but there are some furniture items I need to take to a charitable organization to get rid of. The garage, from Duramax, only came in green in this size, 12 by 20. Actually, it matches the roof quite well.

View from the front of the house.The porch railing that Jeffrey did. You can also see the cement steps. I'm putting in permeable pavers, VAST Pavers, instead of a cement sidewalk. I just ran out of time before the snow came.

Stuff stacked up in the basement. My mom can't handle clutter, so anything that doesn't have a place upstairs gets dumped in the basement. I'm working on putting in more shelves in the basement where I can to create more storage.

For a while, the main living area in the basement (my living room/kitchenette) and the office area down there were totally filled with furniture and boxes from floor to ceiling, front to back. It's getting better, but it will still be a long haul to getting rid of things to open everything up.

More soon.