Decisions decisions

Lee really needs to have certain information for the plumbers who are coming next week. So a good part of this week was spent finalizing (again) bathroom layouts so we can zero in on shower and sink valves. Things are really coming together and I think we'll have some very nice bathrooms.

The basement is still looking like a war zone with wires hanging everywhere and the floor covereed with mucky canals and gravel.

One of our requests for this project is that the electrical room neatened up. A daunting job, this is what it looks like now:

The electrician was here this week to lay the pipes for the new service from the street into the house and to install the new meter. The box of the meter is huge, taking up a good part of the beautiful stone wall the masons labored over last winter. We may have to do some faux painting to make it look like the wall. Before he came, Ken was busy drilling through our beautiful wall to allow access.

The real action is still in the basement where the second steel beam was being installed on Friday. Unfortunately I couldn't be there to see them hoist it up, but hopefully someone took some photos. I did get some shots of Lee holding it while Katelyn and Bill trimmed it out.

We have a new design for the vanity in Peter's bathroom. We are all much happier with it. Peter will get a new sink and his old one will go up into Emily's room. (Sorry Ems, I guess you and I will have the only old sinks in the house. But at least you still get a sink in your room).

In the hopes that winter is really over, we have unwrapped the wisteria from its blanket. And amazingly, crocuses and tulips are sprouting from the ground after a very confusing weather season. Spring means rebirth- can't wait to see what rises from the destruction around here.