kids bathroom & Mr I's room

This is a small peak into the kids small bathroom. Rubber ducky theme, of course. It's not done, but on my list to finally knock out ASAP.


Curtains I finally got around to making to replace the 23+ year old mini-blinds that grossed me out.

Update on projects

Hall closet into a pantry & the pantry into baking storage. We got a fancy "Pantry" door to put up.

Wasted space under the stairs turned into a storage bin for toys & shoes. Just realized I loaded the wrong picture. There is a handle on it to pull it in & out.

The park has been moved to our backyard...

Mr Pilot & Mr Independent spent a few days building this before Mr Pilot left for school. As all the other projects going on, this one, too is not complete, but is use-able. Which, honestly, is more than I expected for the time frame. I found the slide, monkey bars, swings (minus baby swing) off of freecycle.com. All we had to do was buy wood. I could have taken the original wood but some of it was rotten. Best to just start over. To the right there is a deck & a sand box. On the other side there is a fireman pole. Also on that side will be a rock wall (pieces also off freecycle). The metal ladder is temporary until a wooden one is built. The bottom part is a "house" for Princess - all though Mr Independent has already stated that it will have a bathroom, fireplace, 2 Christmas trees, & his sleeping bag in there. The top part is his fort.

Downstairs floors

Are finally done! Mr Pilot finished them up shortly after Thanksgiving. We are still in the process of moving furniture around between the rooms figuring out where we like things best. Baseboards still need to be installed, too. When we figure all that out I will take a better picture.

The master bedroom...

closet finally has a door!! YAY! The Pilot installed a bi-fold door & moulding. It really changes the look of things. Finishes it off. The inside still needs some finishing touches.

He also stained the vanity, the mirror trim & the medicine cabinet a chocolate brown. Oh & he moved the temporary flooring from the kitchen up to the bathroom area.

Installing hardwood floors

The Pilot has been busy installing hardwood floor down stairs. He's about half way done. It's quit the process. Two pictures below. 1) The floor he is installing. It's hand carved. 2) The surprise we discovered under the original hard wood in the entry way- ugly linoleum.

2 more rooms & a small hall to go & he'll be done.

Update

The Pilot has been back for just under a week now & the projects are back on in full force. I have pictures, but still need to load them. For now you all will just have to deal with a list.

1) The patio - is almost complete. One of my projects had an unforeseen malfunction. On of the wardrobe kind. ;) lol Since I put a lot of time into an alternative use has been thought of. I was originally making a 6x6 place mat hanging divider (total of 36 place mats). I painstakingly stenciled all 36 mats & linked them together with metal loops. Since we live in a valley we tend to have a constant breeze. The week I hung it it was a pretty heavy breeze. So mats were coming disconnected. The Pilot is going to help me rehang them against the house where the wind won't cause issues. As soon as it is totally complete I will post pictures.

2) Veggie/herb box - The corn has a new home!! So does the pepper plant (we have 4 peppers growing) & the mint. It's pretty cool looking. Again, pictures to come later.

3) Master bathroom - we've come up with a really cool spa like design. I'm so excited to get started on this project, but I think it will probably be a few more months. See #4 for why...

4) Downstairs - we talked & talked about replacing the rather worn carpets (thanks to the 2 & 4 legged children) with hard wood. Today we finally purchased the materials. Who knew just picking out flooring could be so exhausting! We went to 2 stores earlier this week & got samples to bring home to view in the different rooms in different lighting. Then today we went to another store & back to 1 of the earlier ones. After hours of debating what to do we became happy owners of new wood flooring. It's hand scraped & brown (no hints of red).

That's about all for major projects at the moment. The Pilot might become an expert plumber sooner than he thought he would be. One of the toilets is screeching & hissing.