Just whistle while you work

It was labor day weekend. Dewey made a return visit. This time, he and Superman put in a new, custom, cottage style kitchen window! The window reminds me of the kind you would find in the little cottage in the middle of the forest in "Snow White". Snow White flings open the sashes and little birds come and help her clean the kitchen. She hums and whistles as she sweeps.  If a bird flies in MY kitchen, I will be swinging a broom at it to get it out!!  The good news is the kitchen is officially under way.

Next, they took down the chimney. The house had two chimneys; one in the living room and one outside the kitchen. The one outside the kitchen was used for a cook stove back in the day.  We had no intention of using a cook stove, so the chimney needed to come down. Superman thought it would be a long process, guess again.

Then friends, Jeremy and Katie, came to help us.  Katie helped me paint some chairs.  Jeremy helped Superman take out the base of the chimney and then they tore out the drywall and cieling  in the kitchen. It looks so different! After much thought, I think I'm going to paint the cieling white. I know there are a buch of wood lovers out there, but it's a cottage, it needs to be white.

Before I knew it, it was Sunday. Ladybug and her family came for the day. We had a bunch of projects for them.  John and Sunshine helped Superman carry the rest of the chimney block up the hill to the trench. It was HARD work.  Ladybug and AJ helped me put a second coat of paint on the chairs.

Then John and AJ headed upstairs to tear out the wall between our room and John and Sunshine's room. AJ pulled nails out of boards for probably an hour or more. After the wall was down, I stood looking at the large open space. John suggested that it would make a great master suite. For a fleating moment (two days) I thought about that possibility. Then I decided it was better to have the extra bedroom. But it was fun dreaming about it.

Our new friends, and neighbors, Jim and Linda, came over for a house tour. Jim's  grandmother used to live in the house.  He stood in the doorway and said, "I haven't walked through this door in 50 years!" It was a very cool moment.  We showed them all around and talked about some of his memories in the house.  I'm sure at some point, I will be able to introduce you to them.  In the meantime, they are putting up with all of our clammering, hammering, and big machines!

Things were quiet on Monday. That is until I fired up the pressure washer! I had been wanting to pressure wash the porch and get rid of all that flecking paint for some time now.  It only took about an hour. Now it's ready for some primer and new paint. Superman took my picture.  I don't make it into many pictures because I'm usually the one taking them. He should have told me to take my glasses out of my pocket. They made my butt look big! lol

Oh, before you go, I wanted to show you how the chairs turned out.  They are just adorable!