Last week we had the floor refinisher come back to put a semigloss on the floors and repair a couple of bad boards. The result is a floor that looks like new. We're quite pleased.
We thought the garden was looking a little skimpy, so a quick trip to the local garden center took care of that. We've been careful to keep everything hydrated during this unseasonably hot weather.
Here's what we've done in the bathroom to make it useable: new faucet, hung a new mirror, caulked the sink and tub, and hung a shower curtain. Now if we could only decide which of the two soap dispensers we like best we'd be in great shape.
The day after we bought the house in December we had a bunch of trees cut down to let more sunlight hit the house. Many of them were fruit trees. We left this plum tree because it was inconspicuously on the side of the driveway. Well, with plums littering the driveway--attracting squirrels and bees--and the whole thing smelling like rotten/overripe fruit, this tree may need to join its friends in the great lumber pile in the sky.
Finally, here's the real world counterpart to the New Yorker cover that we posted yesterday. Here's our bed in a room that will not be the bedroom (it's there while we wait for the refinished floors to cure a whole week).
And here's our makeshift dining room. Note the blue painters tape along the baseboards that we just painted. Life imitates art. We're using a new Sherwin Williams paint for all the white trim.
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