Where Have I Been?!

Sometimes you get right in the middle of things and then life comes at you fast. Last fall around the most recent update my brother died and I immediately left to go take care of things. This happened when I was finishing the outside of the front door. To sum it all up, I was dealing with that off and on until about March and I really didn't feel like starting any projects at home for a while. I wasn't in the mood to finish the ones I already started either, or really do anything much at all.

On top of that, I may have mentioned on here that a house we own in a historic neighborhood had a construction accident. There was massive damage and no one's insurance would step in and take care of their client's responsibility (there are three responsible parties). We ended up having to file a lawsuit and here we are, one year later. It looks like everyone may settle up next week so that burden will finally be lifted and we can move forward with that.

So where does that leave us now? The next project will be the corner of the house with the master bedroom, bathroom, closet and half bath off the family room. Basically, I am finishing rebuilding the 2002 addition. I have almost figured out the floorpan but there are a couple of things that I think still need improvement before I'm ready to get out the circular saw and start tearing things up. I'd also like to have a source for the vanity and design the built in hamper in the bathroom first, and have stone/tile picked out. With any luck I'll be able to get this project going in October and it will take a LOT less time to actually do because I won't have to keep stopping to go research some crazy idea one of us found and wanted to incorporate.

Immediately after this project wraps up I'm moving on to the next one, the dining room and den. This will be a little more of an adventure because I'll need to contract out some of the work. I am not an expert in putting in Terrazzo, adding doors to the back yard or rebuilding a fireplace. Since this is in the original footprint of the house we're going full MCM here. I've lifted a few cool ideas from pictures and house listings so it'll be fun to see how much can be incorporated here. To be honest I'm looking forward to this more than the bedroom/bathroom.

Stay tuned...