Progress

Today Damian got a little bit closer to finishing the front staircase. He has spent the past week or so sanding, stripping, scrubbing, staining, and painting the stairs and surrounding walls. Previously we thought that there was so much paint and gunk on them that we'd end up just cleaning them and painting them. Now, they are a beautiful, golden wood, which looks wonderful against the mossy green on the walls that we weren't so sure about when we painted them a while ago.

In other good news, the vanity in the half bath is almost completely installed. The door isn't on yet and the faucet isn't installed, but the cabinet, countertop, and sink are in place. It looks wonderful.

It was a perfect, gorgeous day outside, so we did as much work outside in the 60 degree sunshine as we could. I planted 69 garlic cloves and 68 tulip bulbs and moved dozens of orchids from the cabin to the house while Damian cleaned out the trailer that all the pieces of the house were shipped to Maine in. He have been using it for storage for the past year, but yesterday we sold it, finally. It will be such a relief to get that eyesore out of the front yard.