One wall was framed in yesterday. Up until now, the foundation was exposed in our basement. Apparently this is not up to code by today's standards. But it was back in 1981. Good Lord, no wonder it always felt cold in that room!
One wall is framed in.
Poor Derek had the onerous task of removing the 'harvest gold' tile from the wall and the floor. And once that was done, he had to rip up the horrible multi-coloured indoor/outdoor carpet. And once that was done he had to scrape off the 30 year old compressed rubbery underlay from the concrete slab. Good times!
Off come the wall tiles.
Smashing off the floor tile.
Scraping off the underlay.
Fun times!
The TV room is now devoid of any carpet, tiles or pellet stove.
Our club chairs arrived today from Restoration Hardware. We were given the sage advice (thanks, Shelley!) to either buy one large chair or two small ones. The chairs are small. They 'go' with our art deco furniture and will increase our seating capacity in the living room.
But I don't know if I would ever buy furniture on-line again. Things look a lot differently in a catalogue than they do in real life. That being said, I do like the club chairs. They look a little on the small side to my eye, but I'll get used to them. I hope.
The delivery guys thought I was nuts when I asked if they would pose in the chairs for a photo. But not that nuts. They willingly complied.
Our new club chairs.
Our over-sized clock arrived from Restoration Hardware today as well. We like it. It has an industrial edge and it goes well with everything. It is now hanging over our buffet and we can see the time from the kitchen, dining room and living room.
Big and beautiful.
We're getting there.
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