so the roughing of the house is officially finished as of today. That means all walls are as done as they'll be before being insulated and drywalled. There is backing (extra 2x4's) on walls throughout where things will hang--curtain rods, flat TV's (uh, someday!), etc. Mike said the sliding doors are in, but I don't know if he meant the actual doors themselves or if the framing for them is finished (we have sliding doors between the laundry and mudroom, between the mudroom and kitchen, and between our bathroom and walk in closet). This also means everything is done in order for the insulation to happen--once the electrician is done. Which by the way he never showed up Thursday or Friday. That's a little irritating. So I assume they'll be out there tomorrow? Who knows I guess. So as if there aren't enough decisions to make, another one has come up that needs to be done now--do we want anything fancy done to the ceilings in any of the rooms? Examples of this would be wooden beams (I LOVE beams), coffered ceiling (don't like that much at all--the kind that looks kind of like a grid on the ceiling), stepped/tray ceiling--and there are numerous ways to do that last one.
Tray ceilings are kind of cool because you can do different things when you paint, or you can put lights inside one of the tray areas. I guess it's a little pointless to do any of these ceilings upstairs since it's mostly for looks. Our kitchen and great room are already cathedral ceilings, so we can't do anything different in those rooms. We could do something in our bedroom, but it's a bit of an odd shape so I'm not sure how you'd go about even doing something in there. So really the only room to consider I guess is the dining room. We'll do something in there, it's just a matter of what... We have realized some more (insignificant) poor planning on our part...initially we thought we'd have open shelves above our closets and pantry, meaning there is literally an area above the actual closet (or pantry) about 1ft+ tall to place things--plants, decorations, etc... Well, we have realized we aren't able to do that anywhere we thought we could. The closet near the entry has plumbing that goes through the wall and up through the ceiling, so it's impossible to do there. And I don't quite understand why we can't above the pantry seeing as the ceilings are 9 ft tall. But I guess there's a reason. Oh well...we talked about having the closets in the kids rooms open above to have a shelf, but I am guessing we won't. Just another place to become cluttered I guess.
Tray ceilings are kind of cool because you can do different things when you paint, or you can put lights inside one of the tray areas. I guess it's a little pointless to do any of these ceilings upstairs since it's mostly for looks. Our kitchen and great room are already cathedral ceilings, so we can't do anything different in those rooms. We could do something in our bedroom, but it's a bit of an odd shape so I'm not sure how you'd go about even doing something in there. So really the only room to consider I guess is the dining room. We'll do something in there, it's just a matter of what... We have realized some more (insignificant) poor planning on our part...initially we thought we'd have open shelves above our closets and pantry, meaning there is literally an area above the actual closet (or pantry) about 1ft+ tall to place things--plants, decorations, etc... Well, we have realized we aren't able to do that anywhere we thought we could. The closet near the entry has plumbing that goes through the wall and up through the ceiling, so it's impossible to do there. And I don't quite understand why we can't above the pantry seeing as the ceilings are 9 ft tall. But I guess there's a reason. Oh well...we talked about having the closets in the kids rooms open above to have a shelf, but I am guessing we won't. Just another place to become cluttered I guess.I have not officially started packing but I spent countless hours sorting through everything (well haven't finished quite yet) in basement. This includes kids toys, games, barware, gift wrap and bags, and my scrapbooking stuff. I have also taken breaks in sorting to do something I've wanted to do for ages: go through all my digital photos and delete many that didn't turn out, or some I copied the same folder 3 times. I have gotten through 2002 and 2003. After looking at so many pictures I am so in the mood to scrapbook! My plan is to eventually print all the pictures I want, put them in journaling photo albums, and scrapbook only the best ones (there are many many of those...) So I'm actually looking forward to it, and I am hoping it is a project that can keep me busy while we are in between houses. I might need a little something to keep me from going crazy!!!
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