The slow transformation

First of all, my good friend Bruce has resurrected his old blog. Gay Patriot. I owe a lot to this blog, when my son came out as gay, I needed help, because he was somewhat conservative and I knew -the ‘Gay community’ is one of the most cruel out there. So Bruce and Dan, were a great source of knowledge and comfort. Dan, being local, became a very good friend, and yes I have had the pleasure of visiting with Bruce and his husband John. Turns out, that relying on social media to get your opinions out, isn’t a good idea. Bruce has been banned from Twitter more times than I can count. Somehow he manages to crawl back. Old media (funny how we define old) like blogs are a much healthier platform. I’m enjoying mine, even if I only have a handful of people who read it.

The remodel is progressing, slowly. It always is slow, with covid – it’s even slower. The tiles stick out, there was no way to remove the brick, so they were put on top. but what to do with the rough edge? Before there was a narrow strip of rounded wood. But this is much thicker.

Here is the solution and I think it works well, They reinstalled the strip of wood and simply grouted the rough edges. First of all, no one will be staring at this, they will look at the front of the fireplace, and yet, if someone sees it, it is finished and complete.

Next, the electrician came by to put in the boxes for the new sconces. The sconces are very heavy, so reinforcement is necessary. The painter is coming next week, part of his job will be patching up these holes.

Here is the old table in the breakfast room. It is actually too big for this area. I found it in a store that sold unique furniture, I fell in love and wanted it, even if it is a little big. But it is gone, sold to a young man, who hopefully will enjoy it for many years.

I have a dining room table, we can always sit there when there are more than 6 people.

New table arrived. Yes, it is midcentury modern! Me who doesn’t really like mid century modern, and yet, this one is beautiful, and so much smaller! I have to get used to it being smaller.

As you can see, this table seat 4 comfortably, 6, not so much. The chairs haven’t arrived yet, and they are quite big. Too late to only order 4.

I already have the chandelier that will replace this, it is very large, but it is white, so hopefully won’t be too overpowering. Not installing this until the painting is done, and then this too will be sold or given away. It came with the house from the previous owners, nice, but I doubt I ever would have bought this myself.

This is what the living room is looking, I’ve been emptying all the cabinets and shelfs in preparation for the painters. I still have to remove a ton of stuff from the kitchen… I’m not painting the cabinets, just the walls, but a lot of items will need to be moved.

We have the fairy house Eyal painted, trying to hang it on a tree. And guess who is running away with it.

Give it back!!!

Lets hang it here!

And wait for fairies!

Leah

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