It's been a long haul with this old house, and at times, it has been made longer and harder by my adult sons, moving home, coming to stay a few weeks that ended up being years and 1 is still living or 'camping' here.
But I have regained my downstairs bedroom, the needed repairs and repainting is not finished but I'm now sleeping in my room and am making progress with the remaining repair work and painting. This evening I did some clean up work, have the top of my chest of drawers cleaned off and even moved some of my dolls back in.
It has been over 6.5 years since this was my room but I once again have use of my computer desk and my laptop is now residing there. Granted, I still need to do the repairs in the corner where the old brick chimney was removed, and finish up the painting in this corner, then do some tweaking with the bookcase so it will integrate with the corner computer desk, and I also am putting in another electrical outlet in this corner, and will need a light, borrowing Ben's clip on 1 for now.
The attic expansion project is still on going, but most of it is done, I now have a sewing studio and the dolls and I have a retreat--which is where that son is now camping... and I want him camping, not settling in and putting down roots. He's been back living at Mom's for close to 4 years this time, and is working now, has been since early June 2017, is paying on back bills and helping some here, the city utility bill is now his responsibility, he owns my old truck now, and has his own insurance. I am finally the only person on my auto/bike insurance and the only 1 driving my car or running my bikes, which work nicely for me.
Work is still hard, arthritis is slowly increasing as is my pain levels some days but I have won a bid to a job which should be a bit easier on my aging body. But I keep working, keep earning a living and have the money I need to pay my bills and some days, even a bit extra.
And this evening I have worked on removing some of the adhesive residue on my chest of drawers, from the move from Missouri, so it's cleaning I should have done years and years ago.
Last time around the computer corner was the southwest corner of the room, the west wall is an outside wall, and I decided that this time I will put myself away from that winter cold and be more comfortable. And I will get a small area rug for the computer area, so my feet don't get as cold in the winter and so the new computer chair, which I have not yet bought, will not damage the hardwood floor's varnish.
The room now has actual doors, sliding doors with barn door style hardware, and gates to keep dogs out, as does the stairs. Most of my shelving is going back up, but some will change locations, and the room is now pale pistachio. the trim is done in hedgerow olive, and the colors work well, I don't like the colors for fabrics, don't like olive much at all, but it works well with the wall color, so, yes, I do like it here, for the trim, for those shelf boards, it really works far better than white woodwork, no problem with all the different woods that are in here, and it's the green that worked best with the wall color, which works great to make the room feel clean, fresh, relaxing and peaceful.
And I am going to Michigan Fiber Festival this August, it's been 12 years now since that first and only trip, and I am so looking forward to the festival, hoping to take a class or 2, will be going with a good friend, he's going for the trip and holiday, I'm going for the fibers and friends and fun.
And now that the laptop is so much easier to use, I hope to blog more often and to get busy with that genealogy stuff I want to work on. And once I have this room settled, stuff move down, around and in place, I should have a cleaner, more tidy and easier to work in sewing room, but it won't happen as fast as I want.
But spring is about here, it will warm up and bike riding season will be here, so riding will take some of that weekend time the old house has gotten lately.
