Carpet Is Here!

Hopefully this is the 2nd to last post to this blog!  The blog was intended to capture the story of rebuilding the beach house.  And I think that we are one post away from having the house rebuilt.  Getting carpet in the bedrooms the other week was a huge step.  It is so nice and cushy and just having the plywood covered totally transforms the look of the house.  It totally looks like a home now. 

Michael was a BUSY bee last weekend.  The goal was to finish all the little projects that were lingering so that the tools could come back to Houston and we could clean up the Home Depot section of the beach house.  Mission accomplished. 

Doors over both openings to the AC closet!! 

All the lumber and tools - gone!

OK, so what will the last post be?  Painted bedrooms.  I'm not 100% happy with the sample on the wall, a bit too pinkish for me, so need to do some more work, but in the meantime there is a bunch of caulking to do.  Michael is especially excited about the caulking!  Now, even after the bedrooms are painted, there is still TONS of touch up work to be done around the house.  But for blog purposes, Pete's Place will officially be pieced together and not only is it pieced together it has been dramatically upgraded as well!

Peace of Mind

After this weekend, we can finally hang out as a family on the porch and Michael and I can relax and not have to hover over Ella!!  The old railing was just not safe...I'm pretty sure that if an adult fell against it that they'd topple over, but little Ella could have easy fell through the big gaps in the railing.  No more though!  Michael and Dad knocked it out over the 4th of July weekend.  We are now super safe and I think that it looks fabulous! 

They even found time to make a gate for the stairs.  This is HUGE considering Ella is obsessed with going up and down the stairs.  Now our little monkey is stuck upstairs and we love it!  It is also great for keeping dogs from going up and down.  All kinds of latches on it so it easily tucks in when we don't need it closed. 

This isn't railing related exactly, but now the day lilies are safe and sound too!

Carpet Here We Come!

Flooring in the closets, trim around the closets and doors, and baseboards...next stop, CARPET.  Bye, bye plywood flooring!

For the 1st time...

in 30+ years, the bedroom walls at the beach house are white!  It is just primer and there is more painting to be done, but the hard work (for me at least!) is over I think.  Next is Michael's turn to trim everything out, and best of all, get it ready for carpet.  We had intended to just buy the trim down at the local lumberyard and at least get the baseboards in so that we'd be set to have the room measured once we pick a carpet.  But turns out the local store closed at 2:00 and Michael went down around 4:00ish.  We tried to support local business, but you've got to be open - Home Depot here we come!

Here are are newly primed walls.  It is amazing how much brighter the rooms are, feel a lot bigger too.  The small bedroom looks way bigger b/c we finally got all of the scrap lumber out.  Not a small project, and most is just piled in the storeroom downstairs, but nice to get the space back in the bedroom. 

Furniture Update

We have lived with the living/kitchen area a while and decided we needed a few more pieces of furniture.  We are super excited to have a nice new island and microwave stand.  Lots more storage and counter space.  The island also fills up a big empty space that we had in the middle of the room. 

Imagine a couple of bar stools here

Plan to buy some baskets to add some hidden storage.

I've been collecting frames for ages and finally decided it was time to take them out of the spare bedroom at our house and get them on the wall at the beach house.  A couple of them have pictures, some of them have temporary art that Addy drew, but time to dig through the family photo collections and fill up the empty frames!

Merry Christmas Granny

We gave Granny a new outdoor light fixture for the beach house for Christmas and the gift also included installation, which we did this weekend.  Well, Michael did!  It is great to have the added light, the stairs are better lit and you could easily dine alfresco and be able to see your food.  We officially have more light outside than we ever had in the history of the beach house! 

Window Coverings

We gave Jean and Granny blinds and blind installation for Christmas and got them installed on New Years.  The sheers we had did the job during the heavy remodel work, but having the blinds makes the place look a lot more finished. 

Kitchen window (still need to take out some of the extra length on this one)

Eating area

West wall

South wall