the pictures...
I don't have much in the way of "before" pictures...
of the massive LR/DR/nook mess...
there are several reasons for that...
I didn't take pictures...
my "other" camera wouldn't download pictures...
by the time I figured out how to get pictures on my computer...
some were lost "in the process"...
trust me... it was a mess...
[those of you who saw it...
thanks for your silence about it...
and for helping, change it...
"you are forever in my heart"...]
DR/LR...
this is the DR west wall, "before"...
you can see the paint swatch on the "old" color...
but by this point... a LOT of stuff was gone...
the furniture you see had been in boxes...
and things were moving along...
s-l-o-w-l-y...
but moving, none the less...
from another angle... you can see that some painting...
had taken place...
before all the prep/repair was "perfect" enough...
by some standards, however...
at the risk of seeming ungrateful...
[and I'm very grateful...]
the "quest for perfection", although appreciated...
was, at times very frustrating for me...
and as a result...
there are some areas of window trim...
as yet, unpainted because we ran out of time...
[you can't really see it...
but I know where it is...]
here we see the "deeply red" accent wall...
finally finished...
[sort of...
it needs a 2nd coat & trim touch up]
the LR fireplace wall...
[complete with Lacy...]
and the TV cabinet...
[complete with cats...]
HIDDEN MESSES...UNCLUTTERED
my bedroom closet after donating about 10 bags of clothes & shoes...
my hall "storage" closet...
after "extreme" re-organization...
THE OFFICE...
these 2 pictures are of the book shelf area...
this is the file cabinet, to the right of the kitchen door...
this is the book shelf area, "after"...
[downloading 10 cartons of books...
and a dozen bags of trash...]
here, you can actually see the file cabinet...
and the closet can be accessed...
PANTRY/NOOK/KITCHEN AREA...
the "nook" wasn't too bad...as it had been cleaned out...
nearly a year earlier... and was just "cluttered"...
as was the kitchen...
with all the stuff which needed to be in the pantry...
but couldn't fit because of clutter...
this is the "pantry"...on the utility porch...
[which is a misnomer, as it is entirely inside the house...]
20-something bags of donations...
& 6 bags of trash later...
the nook, notice the shutters... uncluttered...
[before Gracie "ate" the grape ivy...]
and the pantry...
CEILING FANS/LIGHTS...
even after 20 years...
I never got over being "startled"...
waking up in the middle on the night...
and seeing THIS...looming over my bed...
[there was one in the office too...
originally... even in the BATHROOM...]
there was a short in the switch...
so for the last 3 years... it didn't work...
the one in the office worked...sort of...
well... it stirred-up a lot of dust...
so I was really glad to see this...
as a prelude to this...
and then, God said, "Let there be light"...
and it was good...
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