First, he changed around an ugly hallway fixture that's been here since before we moved in...
That's better! And tho u can't really tell from this picture, it throws a Lot more light, so it is a lot safer.
When we moved in here, there weren't many closets at all in this house....so bit by bit, we're trying to rectify that.
This is the upper loft....it's above our dining room, and it's situated right off our master bedroom. The perfect place for a couple of nice big closets!
The Gman started on this project last year....but you know how it is. Too many things to do and if the weather is good, we tend to be outside.
And all we really needed, in the beginning, was more closet rod space so we could hang our clothes.
The black pipe is the stovepipe from the woodstove...and I had painted the walls of the loft last year, before the Gman started the construction. Once it's all done, he will mill a nice pine beetle board and we will run that up from that ledge to the ceiling. Then, I can finish painting that bit of wall there.
So the other week, he got back to work on it....he finished trimming out the inside with pine panelling. He finished the wiring, so now we have one light in each closet, as well as one light outisde in the loft walkway.
The one closet has basically just the rod in it....there is enough room in there to hang all our hanging clothes. There's also one closet in the master bedroom, so that's enough for what we need.
Eventually, he will build closet doors. Until that time, he's hung hooks and ran string along. I'll just open the sides of two matching sheets, and string them up there to keep the clothes clean. I think it will look a lot better than the two old housecoats currently being used!
And...we will put down laminate flooring to match what is on the main floor - oak. It's very nice and is so easy to maintain...gotta luv that laminate.
The other closet, I am going to try to design....ideas appreciated!!! Here's what I'm thinking....we need space to put things like cowboy boots, my purses, scarves, etc.(That piece of OSB? That fits into our bedroom window when we put the air conditioner in there for a few weeks in the summer....gotta find a better storage spot for that!)
We also have a LOT of "other season" clothes. You know what I mean....we have basically whole wardrobes for summer and winter. We do a lot of layering up here when it starts getting cold. As a result, we have lots and lots of clothes.
I'm thinking of maybe asking the Gman to make two or three shelves to run along the back of this closet. That way, we could keep, say, the Winter clothes on there. All the sweaters, hoodies, long johns, etc.
Maybe we could run the shelves around the corner, so that two-thirds of the closet would be in shelves. And it's a nice deep closet, so there should be plenty of room! This should take care of all the clothes.
Then, if we leave the other side more open, maybe we could customize some shelves there to hold the purses, belts, scarves etc....with all the shoes and cowboy boots down below....
What do u think? Let us know if you have some great spanky idea that you've seen or done - we need all the help we can get!!
This will be the Gman's new Rhubarb bed....just below the greenhouse, this area gets lots of sun. We're toying with the idea of putting a hoophouse here as well.....
A nice healthy strip of fall rye seeded in the main veggie garden. We use this Every Year to increase soil fertility and help stop erosion....
A Christmas cactus - I got this from a friend last year during the holidays....this year it's actually blooming. I managed to not kill it!
Whiskeyjack
Cabbages lining the kitchen counter.....
A pretty darn big cabbage!
Carhatts drying on a stucco wire fence.....(hummed to the tune of Chesnuts Roasting on a Open Fire)
We could only give so much milk to da Wolf....and the Gman can only drink so much too!
And...Dinner last night...Baron of Beef, roasted with potatoes and Buttnernut squash.....dayum, was it good! Grass fed beef from one of our Valley neighbours, there's nothing better!
Ree's posting about changing out her hair colour....meh.....she's gone from auburn to dark...it looks nice on her!
I even have some Bedhead happening in this pic! (See my lil Alfalfa sprout sticking up there)
First, he changed around an ugly hallway fixture that's been here since before we moved in...
That's better! And tho u can't really tell from this picture, it throws a Lot more light, so it is a lot safer.
This is the upper loft....it's above our dining room, and it's situated right off our master bedroom. The perfect place for a couple of nice big closets!
The Gman started on this project last year....but you know how it is. Too many things to do and if the weather is good, we tend to be outside. 
So the other week, he got back to work on it....he finished trimming out the inside with pine panelling. He finished the wiring, so now we have one light in each closet, as well as one light outisde in the loft walkway.
The other closet, I am going to try to design....ideas appreciated!!! Here's what I'm thinking....we need space to put things like cowboy boots, my purses, scarves, etc.
We also have a LOT of "other season" clothes. You know what I mean....we have basically whole wardrobes for summer and winter. We do a lot of layering up here when it starts getting cold. As a result, we have lots and lots of clothes.
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