Unrelated Photos

Connecting to Through My Lens 

with this wide assortment of unrelated photos.

Which one do you like best?

I liked the repetition of the pavement's dotted line in the tanker cars. They extended as far as the eye could see.

(Captured through the car window.)

Rare to see one of these barn signs and in such good condition.  Maybe its younger than I thought.

Seen in Pennsylvania.

This door could be anywhere but it was in Wellsboro, PA.

Stately don't you think despite its worn appearance?

Neptune's silhouette along the boardwalk in Virginia Beach, VA.  We were surprised to see it there.

Project Progress Report

So the painting portion of this project started on Saturday.  This is one big room but divided into three spaces.

Looking into the pantry you can see the shelf supports minus the shelves.  Since these are tethered to the wall for safety I painted through them.

The small refrigerator you see there is technically part of the mudroom portion.  The lighting plays tricks with the color.  It is a pale purple not blue.

Painting of the laundry room has not been started at this point of the photo but you can see some of the stuff that has migrated to the front hall.

Here's the mudroom.  The bench with the shoe cubbies is covered to protect the wood.  Should have done that with the stairs behind there to the loft because Dan spilled paint there reaching to the ceiling.

He worked all afternoon to paint the ceiling.  An incredible task because of the  duct work and the heights.  Here he is Sunday morning touching up spots so he could put the ladder away for good.

Pantry all done and awaiting shelves.

I still have to paint behind the stairs and then up in the loft.

Over the laundry sink we put up a plexiglass backsplash.  The hardware store cut one to size for us.  Easy enough to put up with screws in each corner.  Now cleanup in that sink doesn't splash the paint.  Why didn't we do that 10 years ago?

More photos of Dan on the ladder.  I had to use a flashlight to spotlight spots for him to touch up.

The color is a nice improvement to the space.

I couldn't have tackled this project without Dan's immeasurable help.

I'm taking Sunday off and will take up this next phase Monday.  Stay tuned.

Johnstown, PA Cathedral

 We visited Johnstown, PA in late December.  It is famous for a devastating flood in 1889.

After visiting the museum about the flood I got these photos from the car.  I don't know if this cathedral predates the flood.

Linking to Inspired Sunday

Task Begun

When we moved into our house we had the primer paint tinted green.  This meant that some of our spaces did not need another painting.  Now 10 years have passed by and the pantry/laundry/mudroom/loft space needs painting.

To start the process I needed to empty the pantry.  That task started today but it means everything that was there has to be somewhere else while I paint.

Here is the pantry with the selves emptied and the start of removing the horizontal shelves so I can paint behind them.

Stuff has been piled on the buffet,

on and under a table set up in the front hall,

on the bar,

on the dining room table and another table beyond that,

and on a counter.

I am actually culling as I moved things out.  I looked at expiration dates for the food stuffs and considered whether a particular pan or small appliance I needed to keep.  My giveaway pile is growing.

Above is a portion of the laundry and loft.  See those high ceilings.  Dan will have to help with that.

The small roll top desk will have to be moved out too.

It's January.  No work to be done in the gardens or yard so what better time than to tackle indoor projects.

The new paint color is a pale purple or lavender.  We used it in our bedroom hall so we like the color. I need to measure to calculate how many gallons I need, then buy the paint and some new brushes and begin section by section.

What projects are you tackling this January?