It’s been a while since I posted because we hadn’t done much around the house but this weekend we got a lot done.
First up on Saturday morning we went shopping. We went over to AcMoore and got the antique maps my dad gave us framed (well we’ll get them in a few weeks – but we picked out frames and mats etc). This was not cheap but we’re very excited to see how they look and they’ll be preserved now. One is an old atlas (1905) of NH and the other is a survey map from 1892, it has our street before our house was built. I’ll definitely show pictures when we get them back framed!
Then we headed over to babiesrus and bought a glider for the nursery (it has to be ordered) – so our first nursery purchase has been made! We still haven’t picked out a crib set yet but since the nursery hasn’t even been demo’d yet we’re not in a rush 🙂 We had a 20% off coupon, hence the purchase of the glider!
Finally we finished up at home depot, buying the hardibacker for the master bathroom floor. When we got home we got right to work, I moved all the oak flooring that was stacked in there and vacuumed, then Ryan put down the hardbacker. Then I put up some plastic over the exposed part of the ceiling to keep insulation from dropping on anyone in there (1/2 of the ceiling hasn’t been demo’d at all yet).
hardibacker laid down ... we still have to remove the radiator when we really refinish this room so we just layed enough to make the room usable, on the right where it's still exposed is where I've now stacked all the oak floor we pulled up.
The ceiling covered
We'll probably put the head of the guest bed up against this wall. Very classy guest room 🙂
Once that was done we moved on to working on drawers for the built-ins (7 left to do). This was quite a project, first we had to make the blocking for the hardware to hang on (so the drawers could slide out without hitting the doors), then we cut some of our poplar planks down to size and then planed it to 5/8″ (the hardware I bought only fits up to 5/8″ thick wood – oops). This took a LONG time but once that was done we dado’d the boards (to slide the plywood bottoms in) and I got to work cutting the drawer pieces to length and pocket hole drilling them while Ryan installed the blocking and hardware slides in the cabinets themselves.
On Sunday we started making drawers, unfortunately they didn’t quite fit where they were planned to fit but they all fit someplace so 3 are done. It’s possible we’ll have to cut the fronts and backs of one drawer fresh at the end from the one plank we have left. Not sure why since the measurements aren’t different but something is off with one of them (the blank space).
3 more drawers done and installed (still need face frames but we're saving those for last)
4 more drawers ready to go!
The last cabinet, ready for the hardware to be hung!
The absolute worst part about all of this is that we have to hang the drawers to make sure they all fit properly etc. However then we have to take off all the hardware so we can paint the built-ins – ugg! But we’re getting close now, only 4 more drawers to make and the hard parts are done.
The rest of sunday we relaxed (ryan had work to do) so we put on some movies (ending the evening with Emma!) and I stitched.
Royalty ABC - I had previously finished the large queen stitched diamonds and backstitched row below it so Sunday I did the long arm row and then scrolled...
And this is the bulk of what I stitched on Sunday. The next part of the alphabet, a satin stitch design row and the start of the large flower. This is now page 3 of the design! More than halfway done!
I really love having some time to stitch again, it’s been so long and doing a piece like this where each row feels like a little ‘finish’ is really easy to pick up with just a little free time.
The only downside about this weekend was that poor Fitz got an eye infection (dogs can get pink eye evidently). Luckily not contagious to humans, I felt bad for him and after a visit to the vet this morning he’s on antibiotic drops a couple times a day for a week. It’s already clearing up and he’s definitely acting himself. I’m undecided about daycare tomorrow (i need to call them and hear what they think) but might just postpone and do daycare on Thursday this week instead of Tuesday, give him more time to fight it off. Even though he’s acting normal and definitely needs an energy outlet!
That was our weekend! With 4 drawers left to build, face frames for all 10, then the doors to finish the built-ins are getting closer! Let’s see what next weekend brings (besides the super bowl of course).