Shower

Old shower (when we bought the house)

New shower

Last spring we had new vinyl flooring installed in our bathrooms.  Several years ago we knew our master shower leaked and thought it was fixed, but when they ripped up the old floor we realized our shower was still leaking.  It was actually the pan underneath the shower that was leaking.  So after a few months of sharing one shower, we finally got our shower replaced in our master bath.  We got cultured marble walls, which is what we had before.  They made it taller than our previous shower, to be sure to cover up a hole in the piece of marble that we kept, and also made the door bigger, instead of having a door and a fixed panel on one side.  I like the new recessed soap holder and the shelf.  Although it is the same size as before, it seems bigger.  We like being able to use our shower again! 

New table

Our new table with 8 chairs

 The first kitchen table we had was a wedding gift from my siblings.  They gave us money and we picked it out from a store about 45 miles from home.  We owned one small car at the time.  So after we bought the table, Keith had to take it apart to get it to fit into our car so we could drive home.  Recently we have been talking about getting a bigger table.  I was looking online at some local classified ads and found this table with 8 chairs on a Thursday night.  The ad said the sellers were moving that weekend, so they wanted to sell it quickly.  We brought it home Friday night.  This time we left the kids home with a babysitter, and took the seats out of the van, and put the back seat down flat.  Keith did not have to take the table apart to get it in, and even packed all eight chairs in! It is shown above with two leaves, but also has two additional leaves which store under the table. Let us know when you want to come over for dinner!  We have extra seats at our table.  

Getting there

Bedroom one - destined to become a play room for the kids.

Bedroom one with closet view. The built in shelves might be my favorite part of the basement. Caleb's new craft projects have found a home.

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 2

The basement is finished, except for the carpet. We thought we had carpet picked out, but it did not work out. We are still looking. It is crazy looking for carpet. Every store prices things differently which makes it hard to compare from store to store. Some stores include information on carpet such as face weight, density, and twists; while other stores have to call the carpet mill just to get that information. Some stores are having free labor sales right now, but carpet prices seem higher. It is very confusing, and slightly frustrating. We got a babysitter on Friday to go and look at carpet.

It looks different

Our basement is getting finished! We bought 2 gallons of Gobi Desert paint today, and picked carpet. It is different from the pictures we have posted. We realized the carpet we were looking at was not the best quality. The color of our carpet is Duck Feather, and is lighter colored than the other samples we considered. We are getting the floor measured on Monday. Keith started priming yesterday, and will continue to work more on it next week. He is taking Tuesday off to help with the painting.

Easier than painting

Here is roughly what the paint and carpet will look like. Thanks Keith! Let us know what you think.

A Little Color

I am trying to choose paint for our basement in the process of being finished. So I bought 8 ounces of Gobi Desert paint, spilled half of it on the carpet, and used some to paint this board. I spent a couple of hours trying to get the paint out of the carpet, then Keith worked on it some more when he got home. The kids watched 4 episodes of Scooby Doo, and ate popcorn while I tried getting the carpet clean. The picture above is in one of the rooms where the paint will go with just natural light coming in the window. The small square of carpet is the carpet we will probably get. The picture below is in the family room under artificial light. We have the same light fixture as we will have in the basement and compact fluorescent bulbs. I wish you could come and see it in person to let me know what you think. Please leave your comments to let me know. Also, please share your thoughts on sheen. I am debating between Satin and Semi Gloss.