It's kind of hellish trying to get over a cold amongst banging and sawing and dust. It doesn't help that I seem to have hired The Two Tenors to renovate my basement. I'm not complaining though. The price is right and the basement is coming along swimmingly. O Sole Mio!
The back yard is almost finished.
Let me refresh your memory. This was my garden before....
You can't see the Nova Scotia slate path, but it's there. In the last photo there's a brick wall that enclosed a mound of soil that used to contain Sumacs which grow like weeds. After they were dug out, that garden looked bare and random.
This is what it looks like now...
You can finally see the slate path. The wall was dismantled to make borders around the two flower beds. I still need to get more wood chips, and to string the solar lights and it's done!
The basement is almost finished as well. The tenors were so fast, that I didn't manage to take decent before shots but here was the work in progress.
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| This is the laundry closet. The machines and doors were removed in order to lay down the ceramic tile. The floor was just painted concrete before. |
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| Here is the living area. It looks like a hurricane hit it, and you can't see the wood burning stove amongst the rubble. In the foreground is the jacuzzi tub I bought for $95! Surprisingly, it works! |
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| This was the storage room that now is in the process of becoming a spa bath. I can't wait! |
Very soon, I will have a finished basement and a wonderful garden to entertain in. Since I have moved here, I have not really entertained as the space on the main floor is so chopped up and small. I can't fit more that four people in my "living room".
This project has depleted my finances, however, it's going to significantly improve my social life. What good is money if you're living like a hermit, right?
Stay tuned for photos of the finished basement. Whoop!
