So pretty

This was from the top of our front door.

She's naked!

I know it's been a while, but we've been very busy!  With the record setting heat and drought, we have still been working on the outside of the house (crazy, I know). 

We realized that in order to put in new windows, we had to remove all of the old siding.  It was just in too bad of shape, and wasn't going to work.  So, with the help of Mom & Roger, we removed all of the old siding in a matter of days. 

We have now almost completely removed all of the old windows and decked the house with the help of dad, and David (our very handy hired help).  We have found some great wood siding that is very close to the original that will look great up there!

I have found my treasure!

After looking for months, I have finally found my vanity for our master bathroom.  We basically had two rules: 1. must have 2 sinks, and 2. it must have a column of drawers in the middle.  We wanted something that was practical, but yet beautiful.

We wanted something that had the feel of an older piece of furniture.  Check it out!

We will put the sinks on each side.  It is hard to see in this photo, but there is highlights of silver on all of the woodwork.  It is absolutely breathtaking in the sunlight!  It also came with a mirror, which I can re-purpose and hang on the wall in another room.

Now all I have to do is find the perfect sinks for this beauty, and the faucets to go with it.  And, I need to decide how I want to protect the top.  Any suggestions?

New Skylight

Goodbye Carpet!

The walls are officially gutted! YEA!!!!  Except for one little closet that we were not going to do, but have decided to do, in order to put in a second laundry room, so we can have one on the second floor.  It was the only place we were leaving plaster, so it serves us right for being lazy and trying to cut a corner!

We were so excited about being done with the plaster removal, we celebrated by cleaning it all up and removing the carpet in the master bedroom and the landing.  The floors are so gorgeous!

We also worked on the layout of the bathroom.  We have been trying to figure out how we want to lay out the master bath.  With everything out of there, we were able to tape off everything where it would be to see if it would all fit.  It is a go!  The floor in the bathroom does not look as nice, but we are putting in tile anyways, so it just gives us extra planks to fill in bad flooring in other places if it is needed. 

An even more exciting tidbit of news is that we have a clawfoot tub to go in that nice little space in the photo above on the left side!  It is the perfect size, and I got a great deal on it.  I will have to purchase a set of claw feet, and re-finish it, but for only $75, what do you expect! 

 

Roger is coming down this weekend to help Mitchell remove the middle, unused fireplace.  We have no use for it, and it is just taking up space, so they are going to remove it before the roof is put on next week.  I know we need rain, but let's say a prayer that we don't get rain Monday or Tuesday so that we can get the roof on so we can remove the lovely swimming pool from our attic!

What would your house say?

While we were working on the house this weekend, many thoughts were going through my mind. 

Who were the people who lived there before us?  What kind of memories were made there? 

Little things like the cloth diaper we found in the ceiling bring these thoughts to mind.  How many children were raised in this house?  How did they do it without central heat and air?  And only one full bathroom?  WOW! 

While I was vacuuming off the wallpaper (yes, vacuuming) I wondered why they chose the patterns they chose.  I imagined a husband a wife at the local department store picking it out.  Do you think they argued about it, or the wife just picked it out herself? 

I guess we can say that with any house we live in.  I wonder many things about our Edmond house as well.  Silly things like why did they decide to put carpet in the bathrooms (which we had to remove) and why did they put in so much white tile- it's so hard to keep clean!

I just wish that the walls could talk and tell us the stories of previous tenants. At least we have lots of little treasures to help share the stories. 

I will post photos of our progress from this weekend later this week.  I just wanted to share my thoughts this evening.

You Light up my life

This last month has been very productive, which is why we have not written!

I have made several acquisitions for the house- mostly in the lighting department.

This is from Walt's Farmhouse.  Martha and Walt are giving it to us! It is going in the Dining room.

The tile we purchased at Renovation Station for only $.59 per Sq ft. This will go in all 3 bathrooms, the kitchen utility, and breakfast nook.

2 Light fixtures for the bathroom, for only $15 each at Renovation Station. I may paint them white.

Beautiful light fixture I purchased at the Bethany Antique mall.  It was originally priced for like $150 and I was able to get it for $80!  I am planning on placing it in the master bath.

I am very excited about where we are at on the house.  We are done gutting it, and are waiting on getting the roof put on.  Mitchell is working on the plans for the electrical and plumbing to get the license.

I have also purchased the clawfoot tub for the master bath, but do not have a photo.  I really liked it because it was smaller than most- measuring only 4 1/2 foot, rather than 5 or 6 feet.