Toward the Goal

Put in the wall, did a little mud and painting.  (can I just say, that will NOT be my chosen line of work)  Then we moved out the washer and dryer and went to work.

My oldest daughter told me that it looks "finished".

Now we are working to decide how exactly we are going to put all the things into the room.  To stack or not to stack, that is the washer and dryer question!

Not only do we have to make a decision on the washer and dryer, but we need to then decide if we are going to put the new furnace in this closet or try to do an under mount in the crawl space under the house. 





Do we put in shelves or do we put in cabinets?  Do we add doors if we do shelves and not if we do cabinets? 

If any of you follow me on pinterest, you will see that I am scanning the web to try to find good ideas to put this closet together.

Laundry Closet

We have a large area in our home that is all connected, a large entry way, dining room, kitchen, and a hallway that has the laundry closet.
We laid our own tile and it was our first big project.  To top it all off, in true Cherish fashion, I can not just lay down square tile in a square pattern on a square floor, that would be too easy!   I wanted the tile on point and then offset with a smaller accent tile.

Bless my sweet husbands little heart, he agreed (after some intense discussion) and we began to lay tile.  It took a long time to get in the first line, but once it was in strait we just went like crazy.
We got all the big area done, but we didn't finish the hall and laundry closet.  We wanted to make a few changes, moving the pressure tank and the hot water heater.
Let me just say that you can never really get a plywood floor all that clean.  For more than a year I have had a laundry room that looked like this...
There is a wall, it is the back of the new pantry that they put in for me before we put in the floor, that is not finished and so that needs to be done as well.

Brrrrr....

January came in a little like May here in Montana.  We saw 60 most of the first 2 weeks.  I was starting to think I should till the garden and get the seeds in the ground!!

And then...  on the weekend we have to travel far and wide... the snow and wind.  It is 2 at my house, I am working hard to keep the house above 65 and we are leaving.

There are winter weather warnings that get worse the closer we get to our destination.  So, we are packing all the snow clothes and extra food in the car.  Hand warmers are on board and all of the other "emergency" things necessary.  We are planning a large amount of extra time in there so we can drive slowly if needed.

And we are off!!!!

New

Well, it's a new year, we have a new website, and so we are looking forward to new ideas.

Hope you all have a great new year.  We look forward to helping you with your home decor and gift needs!