End to Project Season!

I officially declare an end to Kelly Project Season! Really! We have painted, dug, scraped, cut, sanded, painted, dismantled, built, hung, rehung, sweat, occasionally cursed, and stepped back to check for the last time this season! Seriously!

This is a recap of our "deliverables" as Rick likes to call anything accomplished.

We started with a revamp of our dining room and built the murphy bed and shelves.

We are really pleased with this project and it has already been useful to flip the bed up and use the room for guests or... working on other projects!

As soon as summer started, I removed sod from around my wishing well and eventually (with the help of my ever thoughtful dad) laid mulch and planted a few more perrenials to create a new sitting garden where I can watch my birds. It is also turning out to be an excellent place to drink coffee in the morning.

And finally this weekend we installed new flooring in the kitchen! This was a long time coming and I am sooo pleased with the results! We have had that stick-on-tile on the floor since we moved in. It buckled and was broken on some of the corners. The final, laughable straw was Saturday morning when we woke up and walked through the empty room to get the kick start cup of coffee. We had moved the bench out the night before to be ready for the new flooring. Just as I was taking the last step through the empty room, a twitch caught my eye by the wall. There was a little garter snake stuck to the underside of one of the broken pieces of tile! Poor guy! Rick peeled him loose and dropped him out the window! At least now it should be harder for critters to come visiting!

So this was the last of our projects for the summer. Really! (except that Erin's friend gave us a bag of books and Rick is thinking about building another shelf in the library) Well, I have to run and call the roofer about the porch. But that doesn't count as a project since we won't be doing it. Well at least not by ourselves. Hopefully.