Mud on your shoes?

    Got mud on your shoes?  That's okay, come on in.  We have an entire room dedicated to mud and the removal of it. Erika Powell  and Leigh Ann Harris of Urban Grace designed this beautiful space.  We will be using many of these ideas as we build the mudroom.  I've been told that eventually we will be putting things in like walls and flooring.  The big questions is when?   

 

Layout

North Wall

South Wall

East Wall

West Wall

Pantry

 I am in awe of people who can take a blank space and pull together such a beautiful space.  Thanks Erika and Leigh Ann.  I can't wait to get me some mud on my feet!

On the Market!

     So I know I've been talking about this for months, but we finally got this stupid house on the market.  It took a lot of pain, sweat, tears, and cleaning.....oh so much cleaning, but it is officially listed on the Elmira Corning MLS  Click on the link, take a look, and tell your friends and family about this awesome house.

 This is what the dining room looked like while I was taking pictures of the kitchen.  It was my technique for picture taking. One room looked fabulous while the rest of the house....didn't look as fabulous.

     Meanwhile back at the farmhouse..... work is still continuing with electrical, plumbing, and heating.  Word on the street is that we will be moving into insulation and drywall territory in about 3 weeks.  That will be exciting!

We have already have our new garage filled.  nothing like getting a move on the move.  (I plan on refinishing  I hope my mom refinishes the upside down blue sofa and gold chair.)

Our heating system that we just found out is installed wrong.

 The pic below shows a picture of the radiant floor heat.  Nothing says home like warm feet in the winter.  One of the downfalls of radiant heat is that it takes longer to heat up.  We are looking into a secondary heating system to make up for this shortfall.

Master bath tub.  

   I know these pics are not too excited, but it is where we are at.  I am actually starting to think of colors, fabrics, and finishes.  That my friend is where the fun begins.  Here are a couple of sites that I am getting my inspiration from. Pinterest  and Houzz.com.  Both of these sights allow you to search pictures and add them to a "virtual pin board" or "idea book"  I haven't completely figured out either of these sites, but I'm sure my 10 year old can help me figure it out.  Let me know if you have any good sites you would recommend.  I definitely should be spending my extra time looking at more websites of beautiful things that I can't afford and don't have time to make.  Do you think web surfing counts as a hobby?  If it does, I've found myself a new hobby.  

Slow and Steady Wins the Race...Right!?

       So here's the update (or lack of one).  We've been pretty busy trying to get our current house ready to sell.  This has involved a lot of packing up, putting away, touching up paint, decorating and redecorating. I Pretty much have been making the house the way I've always wanted it in order to let someone else live in it.  What can I say, I've got a generous spirit.  This is what home sweet home has looked like over the past few weeks.

I like to call this look  shabby chic.

Organization waiting to happen.

Here is what I hope I the rest of the house will look like.

The reason this looks so clean is because everything that was in this room is now in my hallway.

This buffet is my latest Salvation Army project.  I wish I had taken a before picture.

Progress is being made on the new house. This is where the SLOW and STEADY part comes in.  Plumbing fixtures are being placed.  Here is the downstairs bath.

Eventually there will be a wall and then I hope to put tile on that wall.

This is the tile I hope to put on that wall.  I also hope to hang this shower curtain over the shower...but first there needs to be a shower.

I would like to buy the toilet in the middle for all of the bathrooms in the house.  The only problem is that it doesn't have the traditional flush handle on the side.  It has the buttons on the top.   Anyone have one of these?  How does it work for you?

    Here are some other random shots from my phone.   I think this is the bathtub fixture I bought for the master bath.  I have three pictures of shower fixtures in my phone, and this is the one I like the best, but I'm not 100% sure it's the one I bought. I guess I can always take the one I have back and buy this one if I didn't already.

Possible paint choices.  I think I'm leaning towards the strip in the middle, the second and third colors down.

 

I guess that completes the non progress report.  I've spent a lot of time getting nothing done.  This however is going to be the week of change.  I can feel it in my bones.  Can you?