And the walls went up

Here are a few shots of the room, drywall partly up, and beams painted.   Looks much more like a habitable room now...

And these popped up in the flower bed..

And then there's this:

Flowers

The flowers we planted on Mother's Day are thriving.  The blue lobelias are so much more impressive in person.  The neighbors were so kind as to give us the orange dahlias in the pot.  By the way, if you double click on any photo you can view all the photos in a slideshow.

Our Big Backyard

We are so lucky to be able to walk right out our door into Jackson State Forest.  So many trails to explore...

Bonus picture...downstairs room is somewhat more organized now.

Painting

Finally completed painting the bathrooms.  Just needed a change of color scheme.  Started with the down stairs, an ambitious job involving 3 colors, including black trim, and then did the upstairs smaller room

Upstairs bathroom before and after.

Progress

All that wallpaper peeling was just an archealogical excavation... we ended up tearing out the dry wall for a fresh start.  The insulation was old and lame, so we decided to replace it.   Cheryl and I accomplished much demolition.  We eventually came to terms with the bigness of the project relative to our time and abilities.  So, we found someone to do the work for us.  And now it's underway!  In a few weeks we'll have our room finished.  We've got some bamboo flooring already ordered for the final touch on the room.  But now, here's the progress in the bedroom re-do.