Photos to come in my next post!

My niece and I have been working on the kitchen of our new home, for the last few days…

We were starting from a terribly dated 70’s style kitchen. This includes several dark wood cabinets, faux brick (complete with black grout!) on two walls, and unattractive wallpaper on top of more unattractive wallpaper.

We have covered the brickwork with two coats of masonry sealer and wouldn’t you know… There were still some areas where the red brick color was bleeding through. Ugh! I’m going to try hitting it with primer (Kilz brand).

We removed the top layer of wallpaper and decided not to remove the final layer. It is intact and has become one with the paneling-type wood underneath. So, we will just cover the ugliness.

I went through and caulked all the weird spaces and gaps that developed where the walls meet; and I spackled all of the little nail holes that I could find. I also caulked all the way around the kitchen window. Hopefully, this will help keep out some drafts.

All of the cabinets have been sanded and are ready for primer.

Tomorrow, sweetie will spray an orange peel texture on the walls (except the brick) and then we will be ready for paint!

I’ve chosen two lovely colors for the kitchen… A nice, crisp yellow for the walls and brick; and a nice white for the cabinets and ceiling. I don’t have the paint chips, here in the camper, so I can’t give you their names. I’ll try to remember to do that when I post the “tah-dah” photos. I’ve been trying real hard to remember to take pictures as we go!

Once the paint is done, I get to (try!) to make cute country curtains for the window. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do, but it will most certainly involve navy blue gingham.

Sweetie got most of the electricity hooked up; but he missed something, as some of our outlets aren’t working. But, we have lights and a furnace that work! We also have the woodstove, which we’ve been using the last few days while we work on the kitchen. The plan is to have the septic hooked up tomorrow. I can’t tell you how excited we all are to be able to go to the bathroom on normal toilets! There’s still no water, but that’s next on his list after septic.

To be continued…

Whew! I know it’s been a REALLY long time since I last posted… So much is going on around here – all house-related.

The dog, five cats, sweetie and myself have been staying in our small (27-foot) motorhome, since they pulled our old house out of here. I’d say we’ve been camping in our own yard for a week and a half, now…

My niece and her boyfriend are camping in luxury, in our Airstream. Since they’ve been staying in that trailer since they moved in, we decided not to kick them to the smaller quarters of the motorhome.

But, there’s light at the end of the tunnel! They delivered our new home today!!! It’s currently sitting on our pad in two sections. Tomorrow, the crew will be here to put the pieces back together!

The next step in the process will be getting all of the utilities hooked back up. This is going to take some working out on my hunny’s part… Nothing on the new double-wide matches up with where things were on the old single-wide. So, he will have to run some pipe, wire and cable to get us livable. He thinks it will take him a week to complete. After that, we get to bring in our stuff!

The timing on this delivery couldn’t be better… We’ve had snow for two days and expect more tomorrow. Now that cold, wet weather is here, we really need to be out of these RVs!

Please pray for sunshine and warm temps to hit Central Oregon!

Well, it has been a whirlwind of excitement, here on the ranch!

We are in the process of trading out our old single-wide mobile home for a much nicer – and much bigger – double-wide.

We await the initial septic inspection. If the inspector gives us the thumbs up (which we think he will) we will be off and running!

I’ve started packing and getting all of the non-essential items out of this house. My niece has been a big help, in that regard.

We will probably have to move into the motorhome, while the new place is being set up… I have no idea what I’m going to do with our cats, fish and plants. I figure I’ll jump off that bridge when I get to it.

I haven’t been doing any crafty stuff, since all of my energy has been poured into this place. But, I do have some future projects that I intend to start, once the dust settles. On top of yarny things, I have several home improvement/furniture projects I want to tackle. It’s all very exciting!