Yesterday afternoon I headed back to the old house to pick up a few more things. In conjunction with this, I also had to take puppers to the vet because it was time for her checkup after the UTI scare and we noticed some blood in her urine again…but that’s a topic for a whole other blog lol.
I managed to bring back our primary work computers and hope to be able to set those back up tomorrow in the office, which actually is starting to be usable. By then Macky should be finished in the room in front of the office which means we can set up the small bookcases in there (currently in the bathroom since they were in the way in the entry hall) which I can use for magazines and other random books we’ve assembled (until we get the new shelves built in the living room and start rearranging everything again) and can get some more boxes out of here.
As you may be noticing, the next few months of our lives will probably involve a lot of shifting and reorganizing as things get finished and we figure out just how we want things laid out. We definitely have enough space around here for everything we have and everything we have plans for but since we only had so much time and energy for the move itself, we had to temporarily store some things here and there until we can work out all the details. So the farm itself is sort of like one of those little puzzle games where you have a picture and a few tiles which you need to keep shifting from place to place until everything lines up correctly.
Anyway, when I got back home yesterday, Macky and his guys had made very good progress. As far as I can see, they completely finished the work in the former dining room, aside from being able to cover up the drawings on the wall. Apparently at some point, the family living here before us put in a few sheets of drywall when they finished out that part of the house. At that time, they also left their mark on the property by drawing a few things, one of which was actually written in English but unfortunately we didn’t manage to take pictures of it all before and it was quite hard to read. But some of the artwork must have been done with permanent markers because even though Macky painted everything yesterday, part of it showed through again. When we painted in the office, we noticed the same problem but we used something similar to Killz which can be used to cover up just about anything and it didn’t show up again. So I guess we’ll see how that goes and if we have to recommend our own paint to him.
Today they’re working to finish up the entry hall. Now that all the old wallpaper is down, they need to do a bit of texture and repaint everything. He’s also going to be putting down some new trim along the floor and he’s picked out some nice moulding…I only wish we didn’t have so much furniture in the office already so he could put it down in there as well…but since the walls are almost completely covered with furniture, you can hardly see them anyway.
As you can see in the picture below, he’s also put drywall over the staircase which was showing here. It really makes quite a difference in appearance and should look really great when it’s finished. He intended to do this at a later point but figured since he was here already, might as well take care of it now. Then he’ll move the light switch over a bit so it’s closer to the bathroom although we unfortunately can’t move it right next to it or inside because there is a beam in the way…but after coming home and having no switch at all yesterday (he thankfully left the light on), I will just be pleased to have a switch in general.
