Another weekend of snow....but life lightened by a friend's lovely wedding and some birthday celebrations. Reminds me how many awesome people I have in my life. New job has also permitted more lunches with friends and walk homes (sometimes with Abe), so really enjoying being back downtown. It was a bit of a dark time in the winter and this spring has felt very light and positive in comparison.
Though little has been done physically on site at the house, we've continued to move forward. The electrician has done the wiring for a lot of the lights and plugs. Based on input from friends and family, we have the pot-lights and island lights on separate switches, and all will be on dimmers. They have levelled the floor in the pantry and re-insulated, installed a light. I've never had a pantry, think we'll love having the storage space. Based on Herman's suggestion, we took down the wall over the interior door and opened it all the way up to the ceiling. Small thing, no real cost, but opens up the space visually. The plans for the back bathroom/laundry are confirmed so now just waiting for an engineering report from the city. We knew this back area had issues, the floors were so wonky. So we are removing and rebuilding two of the exterior walls and installing new posts - a bit more serious than we thought but what can do. This part requires taking down part of our exterior fence to get the machinery in, so we are hoping that the neighbours don't mind giving us access through their driveway......blah.....I keep reminding myself that at the end, we will have a level, warm, safe space.... We are having to start thinking about finishes for the space, which is fun-ish. Preference and price are in a constant dance. The kitchen planner from Ikea is coming on Monday. I've already drawn it all out and used their online planner - but why not get an expert opinion. At this point, any cupboards and drawers sound like luxury. We also went to the tile shop, to get a sense of what we both like. By some miracle, we look at 500+ tiles and both somehow selected the same 2-3 options. What the?!?!? I have no idea how that happened but have lit a few candles to the home renovation gods, to show my thanks.
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