corner view ≈ room, for a bath {renov# 21}

{previously}

j. slapping on the plaster

a handyman told me, once you move into your unfinished house, finishing is no longer a pressing issue. i nodded, thinking i don't think so! then son and i moved in. canceling the ground floor and its functions is what we needed to do, as much so physically as in our heads. what a switch it was. initially it raced a storm. 

grey, brown, beige, creme, white - dust it is

until springtime, when matters started to look up. they also looked dusty, for sunlight and full moon nights were flooding those empty spaces. i realised if anytime soon-ish we want to cook in the room where cooking is projected, i had better put my skates on. 

temporary light bulb

recently though, i've been blogging close to speed limit, i've been rummaging and whizzing 'round the house choring, i've been thrifting. my word! have i been thrifting : filling up box after box to stow away again. but i've not been handling one single proper power tool. how to press on?

fridge on wheels

well. by pressing on, i guess. like i'm always telling the other, you go on by going on. and as i'm devouring the umpteenth episod of 'building a house in the country', in which amateurs take on jobs ten times the size of our renovation, i gaze, i listen and i do realize. things get done by getting them done. graft, courage, vision. 

back in the recent day
when bathroom and kitchenette joined forces

i have never posted anything on our freshly painted bathroom, 'cept for a measerly tiny series on FB. we did however cut back its double function (bathroom/kitchenette). i scarcely mentioned that. but we do now have a bathroom that breathes a little and which leaves room to imaginaton. 

before everything started on our bathroom

to boost ourselves up further, and prolongate a pep up late night call, i'm posting this little before/after series. to reconvince myself mainly, there's a road we've been walking, 

releasing painted over duct tape alongside bathroom window

a clear line we've been following, 

a dream we've been chasing. 

half way there is just so much better than merely on the lookout for grander things. [half way, though, might be on the optimistic side.]

the stage of ripping off layers of wall paper

but i do agree with the handyman now. once you move into an unfinished home, finishing is no longer a pressing issue. 

washing up today.... still happens in bathroom. yep.

i'm convinced somewhere deep in there, zen can be found too. a totally better before/after image is going to have to wait till the mosaic gets fixed to the shower walls (haven't gotten the mosaic yet, that's my excuse).

all this to say, really, there's always room for exciting destinations, but i'm glad my bathroom has somewhat landed. thanks, cole, i find your themes interesting! on jane's corner view, hosted by francesca.