Woohoo, work has begun on updates to The Compound. It’s not too exciting today, just redoing my front door so that Lindsey, Rhonda, and Lynne can actually get out of it when they’re visiting. Why they would WANT to leave is beyond me–I never would if I didn’t have to.
I was asked if I didn’t want a beautiful new custom-made front door, but that’s not currently in the budget, much to the dismay of Joe.My.Contractor., not to be confused with Joe.My.God. Although: I did have to stop for a few seconds to worship my new sink when the granite guy pulled it out of the box before he measured. I got a little misty-eyed as I thought, Boy, Tom’s REALLY going to enjoy doing dishes in that!
Heh.
I guess I’d better start taking “before” photos, huh?
ooohh exciting! yes, take before & after pics for us!
It’s not that we want to leave. But if we never left, you’d have to feed and house us all. Have you any idea how many dogs that would entail (no pun intended).
I’ve hobnobbed with my fellow greybeards, and we’ve concluded, young lady, that that pun was intended.
Right now, it would add three canines to the mix. But Lynne is a threat to get more any time. (In that regard, Tim makes me nervous, too.)
what about visits from the Ss???? That would be three more, bringing the total to NINE and increasing the pounds of dog by approximately 350 pounds… Not sure what Sugar, Rexford, margo & Guiness weigh… but that would be A LOT of dog. A whole hell of a lot. And even as expansive as the compound is that is a lot of dog. Then there is the poop…
Photos, yes!
I have sink fantasies, especially for ones like this. The scene introducing Barbara Stanwyck’s character, in Christmas In Connecticut, where she’s writing about her farmhouse, makes me dream of sinks like that, with a dog hiding behind that curtain, nursing pups.
I’m sad to say that there’ll be nothing that charming. Charm either takes (1) wealth or (2) someone willing to scavenge the countryside for cool and rustic things.
Or a Glock and a good holdup plan, but you know I’m not big on planning.
Whoa. I hadn’t looked at the pricetag. Yikes City.
That is a really nice ‘country home’ sink. (Wow. Really expensive, too.) 🙂
Now that I see the price, I’m going to have to start fantasizing about gas station mensroom sinks. They’re bound to be cheaper.
Mark, I think we have one in our shed. I will bring it to you next time I visit. 😉
Men’s rooms bathroom sinks, I imagine, can tell lots of stories.
Pass the fondue please.
Damn you, MarkGHarris for putting such fantasies in my head!
before shots are a must. you will forget what it looked like as the remodle progresses. Then when you look at the photo proff, you will say “Gross. I lived with that????” Or at least I did when I looked at the before shots of my kitchen cabinets (when they were painted YEARS ago)
I’m so glad I am not the only one who would never leave my house if I didn’t have to.
How exciting!!!!
I would love to see before and after photos.
lol!
Good luck with it. I look forward to hearing about the progress.
This conspires a few questions:
Does this mean that I should remember to retrieve my knee pads and work gloves from Hammond this weekend as we breeze through?
Will you let me come over any time I want, to drool over your new kitchen?
Will you let me sleep on your couch when Rhonda kicks me out after I see your new kitchen, get inspired and then immediately come home and start knocking down walls and ripping up counter tops?
*Before and afters are a must. I can’t believe you even asked.
Re: This conspires a few questions:
Knee pads and work gloves: check.
Coming over to drool: check.
Sleeping on couch: check.
Photos: I keep forgetting to shoot the befores. There’ll definitely be afters.
Tom and I are trying to decide how much the floor people will clean. I basically haven’t really cleaned in months because…well, as you know, I thought this work would be done long ago, and I kept putting off cleaning because of that and a too-busy schedule. And there’s no point cleaning now, because each day brings a new influx of dust and debris.
As soon as we get the closets emptied, we’re going to paint them, hopefully well ahead of the floor people. But once the floor people are done, we’ll basically have only one afternoon/night (Thursday, December 6) to scrub baseboards, doors/doorframes, and windows/windowframes. I’m ALL for having a big ol’ pizza/cleaning party. Tim won’t be here. =( So if you want to help, bring it!