We had a nice weekend this past weekend. Not only was the weather pretty nice yesterday, but we also got quite a bit accomplished around the farm.
Saturday morning we had a bunch of errands to run to fill up our pantry and so that our animals have something to eat. We also made a quick run to the home improvement store where we finally got the hook & eye latches for the doors upstairs and some paint sample chips so we can start making a decision about repainting all the doors and door frames in the house. All the walls are currently white (aside from where the dog has dirtied them already) and the doors and frames are a sort of vanilla color. The color is just a bit too intense to really flow with everything that is definitely one of our upcoming projects to just make things nicer inside.
After the errands, we installed the hooks for the cats. That is probably one of the easiest projects we’ve done so far. You just screw them in and you’re ready for action. It really doesn’t get any more simple.
So we now have them on our bedroom door…
and the bathroom door.
We plan on eventually moving their litter box into the bathroom and may move their food in there as well if we have the space. But for the time being we’re just going to let them adjust to the new freedom and hearing the dog more clearly with the door partially open.
On Sunday we had some really nice weather so we did a few small jobs inside and then a few more outdoors as well. We have an ongoing project of moving things from the storage rooms at the front of the courtyard back to other areas in the barn or around the far. Some of the items in these rooms is staying where it is but some of the smaller furniture pieces that we’ve taken out of the house are being moved into the barn where they are out of the way until we figure out what we’re doing with them. We also moved the old saws from the horse stall (they used to be mounted on the barn door) to the barn along with a few other smaller things which were being stored in there. We’re basically just trying to get some order and move things to a more final resting place so we are ready to get started on other projects as soon as the weather turns warmer.
In addition to that, we also started cleaning the attic in the main house and moved several boxes up there as well which were in the extra room. These are basically boxed that I’ve moved with me for several years now without opening and it’s reaching that time again to see just what is inside the boxes. I know they’re supposed to hold various mementos, Barbie dolls and other similar things but I can’t say with certainly anymore what is in them. So I figure at some point we’ll need to go through everything and repack them.
This is basically what the floor looked like before (it still does on that side since we just ran out of energy during this whole process). There are wood planks and bricks under all the dirt if you look closely.
And now we have a few boxes in a cleaned up area and are making use of this rather heavy table which was already stored up there.
I can’t remember if I posted any photos of the floor before when it was “discovered” by us around Christmas but there are actually wooden planks in the attic which we think may be more or less the same material as the floors downstairs. It won’t be the best quality of floor but it should look pretty nice after it’s been sanded. And it appears that there could be a dirt insulation under these boards as well. There’s only a few places that don’t have any flooring at all so we’ll just figure out what to do there when we’re ready to finish out this area…but it’s definitely got tons of potential.
And we brought this piece of furniture down from the attic to use for kitty food storage and whatever else we may need it for. It’s a nice little piece of furniture although it needs a bit of love. They weren’t very gentle to it and there are a few noticeable scratches in the finish. So one of these days it will get an overhaul as well…but in the meantime it should serve this purpose well.
