November 12, 2016

I have not done a blog post since the end of  August but thought this was an easier way of posting pictures I took at the Quilt Fest in Smithville, TX yesterday. It was held in the Smithville First United Methodist Church. It is a 2 day event over the second weekend in November. Saturday is the hanging of the quilts in the town as well as the display at the church. Several quilts there from 1800's and early 1900's. Met a lot of nice people and it was a nice little trip.

                                                           Grandmother's Bow Ties!

Made for her daughter's wedding. She didn't think using the pattern name would be good. So instead of Storm at Sea she titled it Smooth Sailing! Good choice! Gotta love those batiks!

                        Story of the quilt below. Beautifully hand quilted as well as pieced!

                                                        Write up on the quilt below

                       This is the story of the quilt shown below. We talked to Joyce and Glenn.

It was funny, retired from the Lancaster area of PA and now living in Smithville. We, of course, enjoyed talking to fellow Pennsylvanians!

                                                       This is the write up for the quilt below

Will mark this on the calendar for next year!

End of Week 12-August 27, 2016

It has been a week of small projects and touch ups. But there is light at the end of the tunnel as they say. Before I show pictures from this week I want to include two from last week. The railing installers had said they had never had to do a corner like this before. Now they can say they have!

We pretty much spent Monday and Tuesday going through some things here and getting ready for the movers on Wednesday. But we did have Peter here Tuesday morning to install trim on some areas on the upstairs floor.

Then later that day Peter and Greg put up the grab bars, towel bars etc in the 2 baths.

On Wednesday the movers met Galen shortly after 7 AM at our storage unit to load up furniture. It was a little bit of a challenge as we had 2 units-one from when we moved 

dad out of his apartment last November and then ours for the remodel. There was somethings in each coming here. I stayed home as we figured with both of us there it would be more of a hassle! Galen and the guys got here about 9:30.

Not much left in the truck by the time I took this picture. Great group of guys. They left about noon after beds and all were put together. We spent the rest of Wednesday and Thursday unpacking.

One of the bedrooms was designated for boxes

On Friday Lynn was back with his son to put trim on our steps going to the second floor. Also put some trim on the deck ceiling.

If you remember earlier pictures there was a little white showing in the front of the steps. Greg got a piece of trim, stained it to match. The guys put it in on Friday.

The painter was here in the morning and covered walls etc around the railings.

He was back late Friday to put the first coat of paint on the railings.

 While he was working inside we got to try out the deck. Tilly seems pretty comfortable but only for pictures!

 Since it was National Dog Day they both got to try out the new chairs.

 Then back to their beds so we could try out the new chairs!

We had can lights installed for when we really want light, but also bought fans with lights. Really nice and mellow with the fan lights on.

The painter was back this morning to put the second coat of paint on the railing. The first coat is still tacky so he will be back tomorrow to do the second coat, paint the trim on the deck and any touch ups we need from moving things around.

End of week 11-remodel update

We are down to those final items which take time. The electricians were here on Monday getting the lights and fans hooked up on the new deck.

On Tuesday the shower glass people were here. They got the big mirror back up on the wall in the  big upstairs bath and also did a little work on the shower doors. They needed a little adjusting. Wednesday was an off day. The railing people wanted to come on Thursday afternoon to install the railings on the stairs. However we had some furniture being delivered on Thursday afternoon so that was not going to work. Furniture delivered Thursday afternoon and the railings were installed today!

                                                                      Preparation

    This section was fairly quick to install

 Figuring out an angle at the turn on the steps

 Came out to see how they were making out-no railing! Actually they took it out so they could do the welding outside.

All in place now and waiting to be painted in the next week or so!

Galen put the shelving back up in the closet in my old sewing room. I can start getting that organized.

We have the movers lined up to deliver our things from storage on the 24th. (Wednesday). It will take them 2 days of painting the railing. When they do that they will also touch up any mishaps from moving furniture. Probably this coming week there will be a little floor work-molding, grab bars on the showers, and a pane of window glass that needs replacing. Also the mason will be here on Monday to fix a brick on the outside that was damaged when they were working on the deck.
We are getting close to the finish line!

On the weather front we had 6 inches of rain starting last Saturday and ending pretty much on Wednesday. More however is in the forecast for the weekend.