The Project Part 3

Besides redoing the basement of this house, I've been making changes on the other floors as well.  This house hasn't had anything done since we first fixed it up years ago when we bought it.  It was time for a refresh.  This is one side of the living room area.

I took the leaves out of the "Thanksgiving table" which significantly shortened it and I moved two leather wing chairs to the head and foot of the table.  You can see garbage bags and cardboard on the floor.  There is still a lot of cleaning to do.  Last summer, a painter sprayed the ceilings in the basement with white paint.  I did not see, until after the fact, that he had not covered anything on the other floors.  More importantly, he did not turn off the A/C or the fan on the system.  It picked up the paint spray and blew it out from the top of the house to the bottom.  It is on every single surface of this entire house.  It found every nook and cranny too.  We spend a considerable portion of each of our days cleaning.  And just when we think we have finished an area, we find more paint dust. I think it will take years before we get it all and I am not exaggerating. 

The dining room has a lot more room now that the table has been shortened.

This is the view out of the dining room doors.  It is soon to be a sea of green.  I planted so many perennials last year and I can't wait to see how many come up.  I have some fun things about to happen on this patio in conjunction with the rest of the outside work.

Back inside, I had the carpenters build covers over my radiators to provide areas to sit things.....like pumpkins!

 

I bought this bear footstool many years ago in Taos, NM and he has found a perfect spot to live now.

I took the Black Forest carvings down from over the mantels and hung some Winter paintings.

I hung the carvings on the front walls and am having my electricians add art lighting to highlight them.  My cigar store Indian was happy to get the paint spray cleaned off of him.

This is the painting on the other side.  Having a central, double fireplace is tricky when it comes to arranging furniture.  I'm still moving things around.

This is my antique apothecary cabinet in the breakfast kitchen.  These windows look out to my terraced garden which needs a ton of work which I will get to eventually. 

So, this completes the tour of the house for now.  Once I finish this floor and the top one, I will show more but that won't be for a while. Meanwhile, I will be dusting!