Jan27

Little by Little

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With only a few details left to do on the living room, the demolition begins on our bedroom.  All the furniture is out, and soon the entire floor will be removed.  This may only take a day, but who knows, we may end up at a motel with all our animals surrounding us for the night.

The process is slow because the bamboo was put down very well, so pulling it up is really difficult.  Installing new ones is a snap in comparison.

How do you like them?  I have always loved Hickory floors, and it was only by chance we have ended up with them.  Remember I wanted to use a renewable resource like bamboo.

So….

God Bless the beautiful Hickory Trees that gave their lives so we could have fabulous floors in our home.  I promise to take loving care of them, and always honor them!

Jan23

The Demolition Begins….

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Early Monday morning the team was at the front door ready to demo the living room. Wow I was in the middle of brushing my teeth, and hardly ready for workers. But they were here and we had waited a long time for our floors to be replaced, so the show must go on!

Favio, Daniel, and Javier all were so nice, they knew their business, moved large furniture through small spaces without any problems, and had the living room cleared out in a very short time.  No scratches, dings, or dents!!!   There is something to be said about hiring the right people for the right jobs.

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Sadly, I have to say goodby to my beautiful Bamboo floors.  For us it was an environmental issue, and we wanted to have floors that were sustainable.  But, in looking for floors that were engineered bamboo, we just were not able to locate them.  So we had to choose engineered hardwood, and that has been difficult to digest.  But it is what it is, and I guess I’ll just have to get over myself!  This time.

Jan22

Thursday Time Out For Art

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While the crows are calling me from outside the studio window, inside the easel stands with two canvases ready to start the first steps of a new painting.

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One of my studio  walls has a couple of paintings  started,  and I’m waiting for them to speak to me, and give me inspiration.

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Inside the rest of our home is in disarray  due to the replacement of our floors.  It leaves little time or space for me to be creative and  I feel I have to be on site just to make sure nothing goes wong.  Am I crazy?  Would they really  need me for anything if something went wrong, and would they actually come to me for answers?  Probably not!  Maybe that’s the mother in me, needing to be needed.  Something that is rarely done these days since all my kids are all grown up with families of their own.

While all this is in process, my sketching supplies will be set aside so I’m able to sit and sketch…..if I’m not needed that is.  If there is time for  sketching, I’ll be calling on Zebra Designs & Destinations for inspiration…..

Stay tuned for more of the way we handle our house being torn up before our very eyes!

Jan20

Breathe…..

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Sometime life leaves us looking, and feeling like one more step, and that’s it!

This week is one of those times, with our house being  torn up to replace our two-year old bamboo floors that have warped and splintered, I feel a bit run over by a truck.  The demolition has begun, and the floors will be entirely stripped of bamboo, and the glue sanded off.  I’m trying to stay calm, and not stress, but it’s a big mess, and many of the smaller things had to be boxed and removed from the site……..by us.  The larger furniture the workmen will handle.     All my artwork….. down and in a box, all drapes….the same.  The bamboo will be replaced with a manufactured hickory, and even though I didn’t get the bamboo I was hoping for, I’m counting on it not splintering or warping, and giving us many good years of beautiful floors.

Breathe is the name of the game, I tell myself it’s a journey, one of adventure, and excitement!

What will tomorrow bring?  More chaos, but one more day closer to putting it all back together, and restoring calm.