Making Progress... Sort of

The title of this post might give you the idea that I'm losing steam and maybe even burning out on this whole restoring a hundred year old farm house thing. Not to worry, quite the opposite as a matter of fact. I titled this post because I do find it ironic that you can work hard all day and then when you describe what you've accomplished, it doesn't sound like as much as your body feels it's done that day. Maybe it's age catching up, I don't know. I do know these projects wear me out and I sleep like a baby at night. Except when the cats get hungry early in the morning, then sleep comes to a halt until they have food in their bowls. Their antics could fill up another blog and then some though, so we'll stick to the subject matter at hand.

As you can see, the bathroom is coming along nicely. I know it wasn't that long ago I mused about having it functional by July 1st, but that was before I got help with that delusional part of my personality. Now that has been straightened out, I'm proud to say the hall bathroom is fully functional and we achieved that status by August 15th. It's not anywhere near finished though and I'm not even going to stick my neck out and throw a target out there. I do know the upper three feet of wall above the subway tile and board-and-batten wainscoting will not be painted until November. I gave my word on this and those who know me well know that is about as rock solid as it gets.

The picture of water coming out of the shower head demonstrates just how functional this bathroom is now. It also shows the tank for the toilet mounted six feet up on the wall. The high tank toilet doesn't necessarily make the bathroom more functional but it takes the cool factor way up there. The shower also is pretty cool to use. It's quite a bit different than what most of us grew up with but every time I use it, I can't help but think about how it must have been over a hundred years ago. I'm sure a tub/shower set up like this was not found in every household back then, but those of us using it in this old farmhouse sure do appreciate it.

The last picture is of the French doors leading into what will someday be the kitchen. Before we had these installed, there was an out swinging door leading right into a wall. Because of that, the kitchen was boxed in and dark. After some wall removal and the addition of these doors, the area for the future kitchen is open, naturally well lit and easily accessible from the back part of the property. That's pretty important for us because we plan to grow lots of vegetables in the garden and we don't want to have to navigate complex walkways and entryways to get these veggies to our kitchen.

All in all, we're making good progress on restoring this old place. It just feels like there should be a whole lot more completed for how sore and tired my body feels every weekend. Truth be told though, I wouldn't trade this for anything else.