HIGH COUNTRY JOURNEY:
GETTING SETTLED!
As I write a bit of verse for this part of our journey, we have been 'settled' now in our High Country home for 9 months. Obviously I have not maintained my journaling prowess very well! So again, this will be mostly captioned photo of our settling in progress!
NOVEMBER 2019....
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| Shortly after moving in, I am able to enjoy my early morning view from the coffee nook window. Everything I had hoped for, although I have to keep a hat next to my chair because sometimes the sun shines right into my eyes! |
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| Early November saw me begin the process of revamping and painting some of the old cupboard units and preparing them for my new "COLORFUL" studio work room. |
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| Lots of drawers to paint and make beautiful -- these are part of the old dresser the boys had upstairs on Broadway Street. |
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| My first job was to get rid of the tan and brown paint - I set up a tarp out in the dirt and went to work! |
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| We repurposed the old entertainment center (previously located in the guest room) into a china closet of some sort. |
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| Slowly my studio is taking shape! |
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| We'll add a countertop later once we have everything in place! |
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| Rick decides it is time to get a little artwork up on the walls! |
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| We initiate the island countertop with an Italian Pasta party with MT Nesters. |
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| Shelves for the studio and painting the two drawer nightstand for the guest room. |
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| Hallelujah! By Thanksgiving we have the garage cleared out enough to get BOTH rigs inside! |
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| (And just in time for the first snow of the season!) |
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| Jed is home for Thanksgiving and helps Rick install the upper cupboard unit above the sink. This unit came from Bandon - the one Erik took down because he couldn't see the ocean from the stove! |
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| Getting Jed off after Thanksgiving break - he found winter! |
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| i can't remember what Rick was working on, but it was a cold set up outside the Shop! |
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| The Shop remains wrapped and the top half is done, but we still need to finish the bottom half! |
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| A whole new ballgame to decorate for Christmas when you don't know where everything goes - it's all new! But the piano remains a display area for multiple nativity scenes. And I wired lights for every shelf. |
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| The rose porcelin creche from Don and Pat is back on a mantle - just like Aunt LaV had it! |
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| Trailer is safely tucked into its new winter home - inside the Shop. |
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| Rick checks out his handiwork as we hang Christmas light and set up the outdoor creche on the porch. |
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| And December sees the headboard finally added back to the master bed - all beautifully refinished and stained. |
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| I think in my eagerness to take advantage of the high ceiling, we might have cut a tree too big for our shortbed truck!! |
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| And we have to borrow the church's 8' ladder to decorate. Thank goodness Luke was home early to help out! |
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| A much 'skinnier' tree than in the past, but it nearly reached the ceiling! |
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| "Daughter' Jess asked me to be her mom at a snowman paint party. It was fun and.... |
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| .....my handiwork looked perfect over the sink in the kitchen - matching the snowman theme! |
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| Just a reminder of the incredible view we have out our back windows! |
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| These two snowpeople sat on the ledge above the door - with a snowy backdrop! |
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| Work on the Shop siding starts right after Christmas! Jed was a good help. |
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| Our entry sign is decorated for the season! |
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| On December 31 my new clock arrived for the studio. So appropriate! |
JANUARY 2020....
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| Siding on the Shop continues...one board at a time! |
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| Slowly but surely! Rick starts on the west wall - gotta make the side facing the neighbors look better first! |
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| Thought the neat lanterns Bogarts gave us looked good up on the mantle after the Christmas decor came down. |
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| Repurposing time! The old breadbox is converted into a TP holder outhouse for the master bathroom. |
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| New furniture begins to arrive! We ordered the glider chair and ottoman online! |
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| Kitchen a la January.... |
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| Guest bedroom is ready for visitors! |
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| I made curtains from old PYG fabric to hide the tie dye supplies under the studio sink. |
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| Spent a little time labeling everything in the studio...for MY sake since I couldn't find anything in its new locations! |
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| Sunrise happens far to the south in the dead of winter, but the colors are still glorious! |
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| New wall hanging made to match one from old house.... |
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| ....old house bear fabric hanging. I wrapped both fabrics around an accoustic sound board to help deaden the echo in the Great Room. |
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| Finished wall hangings above the entry dividers. They help fill a large blank wall. |
February 2020...
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| A new quilted cloth for the coffee table is made from fabric scraps. |
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| Another amazing sunrise! |
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| Two matching fabric wall hangings made to go on east wall - mounted on accoustical board as well. |
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| Primroses and planter brought by the Engstroms for our Open House in February. |
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| Rick continues work on siding the Shop. |
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| And finally....the last board is nailed in! |
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| Bert (our robot vaccuum as named by Rick) was at first 'scared' of the bears on our new entry rugs. |
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| We ordered a hallway rug for behind the couch. |
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| New welcome sign painted for driveway entry - mostly to include the address numbers! |
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