Back at the renovatin'!

Note - this is a post that Ben started mid-March, so I (Tiff) will leave what he wrote and then add to it.

[Begin Ben's post]: I bet all of you loyal followers have missed us...that is if we had loyal followers. Honestly, it would probably help if we didn't "not blog" for months at a time. What can we say...renovation interferes with everything, including updating people on what you have renovated. We have a lot to cover to get you up to speed.

Since the end of the year/beginning of the year, we have made a lot of progress actually in different areas of the home. We finished painting the (currently library, to become the laundry room) a wonderful yellow that Tiffany feels really brightens up the space. It also helped to loosen up my left a bit after the accident and generally felt like we were making a lot of progress by updating another singular space in the home. Little things mean a lot when you are renovating...trust us!

We have also made a lot of progress in terms of stripping wallpaper in the house. [End of Ben's post]

What Ben means to say is that the hallway wallpaper, a very charming country plaid, came down. I should add that above the half wall of plaid wallpaper, there was a border that said, "God bless this house." Though a very apt saying given the joys we've experienced this year, it too went down and came off easily, so I apologize that it's not visible in the photo. In addition to taking down the beloved decor in the hallway, Ben installed a new small ceiling fan. It's a bit addictive. Once you install one nice fan, you start to see how bad the others look and slowly (one by one), they all change.

Outside of shoveling snow and working in the garage, not too much work could be done outside during the winter. I also should add that Ben rebuilt the shelving in the garage and organized the shop (the portable heater comes in handy during those cold days).

Onward to more exciting posts!