It has a beautiful window. The previous owners added a stained glass look to it, which looks nice - there is 'lead' and some color to it. It makes it so that people can't see in, which is always a plus in a bathroom. ;). I didn't get a good picture of it, so here's a not-so-good picture. I'll try to get one tomorrow.
We started by taking everything out - the medicine cabinet, the other cabinet, the vanity, the tile and fixtures - even the funky floor came out
And I started removing the wallpaper border. Isn't it funny how renovating a room is like opening a time capsule. There's paint colors, wallpapers, floors, it's funny to see it all. The border came off in two coats, and fairly easily, then there was this weird looking stuff underneath, and at first I wasn't sure what it was, then I realized it was paint. Lavendar wall paint with emerald green sponge painting on it. it really as best covered up!
Our plan for this room was to have two 'medicine'' cabinets with glass shelves in between and panel work on the walls to match the rest of the house. Jim had already built the cabinets so he installed those
And installed the new vanity and sink
And that's all for today!! It's functional again and starting to look the way we envision.
I'll post more tomorrow!!
According to legend, if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring.
I don't know about you, but I'm hoping for an early spring!
Well we are feeling pretty lucky about how we came through the storms Wednesday night (well, actually about 3:00am Thursday). The radar was ugly and they have now confirmed 13 tornadoes.
The Mount Juliet one is about 4 miles from us. This is one of the buildings that was damaged. There were a couple of people on the building at the time, but they were able to take cover and were okay.
This is just a short way from the other building. This is a Dollar General at the intersection of Lebanon Road and Mt. Juliet Road. That section of town was badly hit.
I'm not sure exactly where this one is, but you can see the size of the trees that were ripped apart.
I have to say, the winds were the worst we've ever heard. They started with that freight train quakity and then started swirling. The house was making noises I've never heard! They said there were 105 mile winds in downtown Nashville. I have since noticed that one if the flagpoles at the federal building downtown has been uprooted. that's some strong wind!!
We were watching the news, and the radar now has the ability to show not only where there is probably a tornado on the ground, but it shows where there's a 'debris field' - which is debris floating, or being carried by the wind. So they can pinpoint the areas that are in immediate danger. While the winds were so bad here, they were talking about this cell being just east of the Mt. Juliet radar station. The radar station is about a mile or so east of us, so we knew there were bad things happening around us. It's always so much worse at night. There's a certain amount of comfort in being able to see what's happening around you.
Fortunately we had no damage. It sure is a reminder that we need to make sure the storm shelter is ready for use.
We're watching a documentary on Henry Ford - I didn't know his son was named Edsel. Interesting to see the evolution of the motor vehicle, and how people's perception of it has changed.
Henry Ford's creation of their assembly line forever changed the way the people worked. He was much more of a technical thinker than emotional. In order to reduce employee turnover, he paid his employees well and he created a profit sharing plan. Truly a visionary. I bet he would have loved the computer age!
We've come a long way!
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