some assembling required.

seems like there is a lot of that going on, enjoyed quilt club last night, we were productive and enjoyed some good eats, and finalized plans for hilton head. (l-r brenda, joyce, me and kathy)
millefiori is blocked and ready for finishing and the button bands, hope to have this finished today, love love the color, and look forward to getting buttons in nyc in november.
basement update, a couple other photos are on flickr. here's where the new plumbing meets with the old, lots of pipes and assembling with this home improvement project! most of the sheetrock is in, and the ceiling and doors will be next.
steve works on the pocket door for the bathroom.
finally, not to leave andrew out- he's "assembling" pasta salad for the church picnic tomorrow. he's making his favorite-suddenly salad- bacon ranch.
it's a wet and soggy saturday, think i'll go get started assembling my cardigan!

hi-tech update

thought i'd do my basement update a little differentlythis week. i ran out of memory just as i was getting ready to enter the cedar closet where i have stashed all my yarn, so that'll explain the sudden ending. the basement project is moving along, will be glad when it's finished -we've got tons of fine dust that somehow keeps making it upstairs!

hope everyone is having a great weekend.

update.

proposed craft area, doesn't seem like much as been done, but we are making progress.
one of the biggest hold ups has been the plumbing in the bathroom, some "adjustments" are being made, andrew enjoyed using the jack hammer to "help" the contractors out!
steve is putting together the bottom row of cabinets (from previous post), steve loves ikea. the door fronts have bead boarding on the doors, and we'll go with brushed nickle looking handles.

a knitting update, finally got through clue #2 of 6 on the Winter secret stole. the pinning isn't the best, or exactly in line with it's true shape, but you get the general idea.
hopefully by friday the photos will show more progress.

The boy's got taste

must get it from me!
i don't know about those with teenage girls, but it seems that with teenage boys, you can't hold onto the furniture you buy for them as a toddler. why??? because apparently as they grow their feet begin to hang off the bed, okay some girls may have this problem, but i know at 5'1", I don't and haven't--such was the case for PJ. we purchased his bedroom furniture when he was a baby in the hopes that that would be it, we even got the twin bed to match.
needless to say mother nature has created a need for round 2 of furniture shopping which began on saturday. fortunately, i didn't have to go on this excursion as i had my knitting (class)group over for the morning. i was completely taken back when i was shown what he picked out, i must say i was actually pea-green with envy, he picked this group, ain't it gorgeous!
and will look lovely with the pale mustardy-gold walls.

the cheeky bugger did have the nerve to ask if he could paint the walls BLACK, um that would be NO!!! then he asked if he could get black bedding, again, No, but maybe we can incorporate the black with the bedding-not sure when we're going to have a chance to shop for sheets, etc. he has been threatened with bodily harm if he mistreats this stuff, can't wait to see it!

BTW, Steve ordered me the end table that matches the coffee table for the living room, so it was a win-win for me.

photos courtesy of www.havertys.com

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2 + 1 = . . .

new furniture. . . steve spend a whole week clearing out the basement, re-arranging stuff and moving the computer/tv from out of the bedroom into the new office space downstairs (space without sheet rock, etc., but space with actual walls nonetheless). Now that we have an open area in the bedroom he wanted to go look at chairs and table to create a sitting area in our room. So off we went on Sunday to Haverty's to see what they had, and then we returned on Monday to look again. I did not take my knitting, but this trip took me away from knitting (ugh, wanted to finish Clue #4, I'm nearly there 10 more rows!, but I digress) and so what was going to be 3 possibly 5 pieces of furniture turned out to be well . . . a lot, we got this set for the family room, the old will go into the basement to provide more seating when that space is finished, we'll keep the recliner, and this, this, and this to go in the living room, I love the round chair, it's my "Austin Powers is my boyfriend" chair. Well, Austin Powers might have one that is a bit more psychiadelic in color, but I so LOVE this chair. Oh yea, and we got 2 of these and this for the bedroom. We'll have everything on the 16th except for the mocha chair and the cocktail table for the living room. Now if we could just get new flooring . . . . . . .





TTFN



Gratitudes:

A spouse who has the time off from work to take care of these kinds of projects

Making progress on my SOTS

Some custom dyed yarn that's coming my way soon!!! You have to go to Ravelry to learn about that!

Copper Sink???? Way Cool

My boss is in the process of re-doing his kitchen, we've been discussing the plans 'cause he knows how important a kitchen it to me. Well, he had to go and tell me about the copper sink his wife decided to put in- love it-- here's the website.

http://www.coppersinksdirect.com/


Watch out Steve- I'm sold on this one- would love to know how durable this thing is--

I was really sold on the gorgeous copper tub that the website shows when it first comes up- so Pride and Prejudice! Mr. Darcy come wash my back!!!





pictures taken from THe Copper Sinks Direct website