bedrooms, bathroom, red door, and a speaking engagment

it's been quiet on the blog because it's been

busy at quinby cottage!

just wanted to pop in and say i'm still here

and will be back tomorrow to give a

cottage improvement update!

i have two big projects underway.

the master bedroom and the kids'

suite upstairs, which includes their bedrooms,

bathroom and a hall that joins the two.

and, as usual, i found myself diving into

an unplanned project in the midst

of those two things.

inspired by the above picture (source unknown) and this

i have decided to paint our front door red.

it's sanded and ready for some makeup.

pics to come when she's all prettied up!

but first pastor j and i have been asked to speak at

campus crusade for christ at the university of south carolina

tonight.

 the topic?

the boundaries of love

wish us luck!

new year, new projects

2010 went out with a fizzle for us here at quinby cottage.

the last week of the year was spent in submission

to an evil stomach virus. one by one it took out each of us.

so my plans to get a jump on some of my projects went down the

toilet with. . . well, you know.

instead, the last week of 2010 started with me running

back and forth between these two guys who, for the first two hours of the

onset of the virus, refused to leave the toilet.

i grabbed a bench for each of them.

eventually bean succumbed and made his way to a pallet

i set up for him outside our bathroom.

tank, however, was too afraid to leave for fear that

"more sick come out."

while i didn't get started on any diy projects i did firm up my list.

there are lots of small things to finish up like patching and caulking

nail holes and trim from our wall demo, painting interior doors (they are all going

black), finishing touches in the kitchen, final coat of paint in our

stairwell.

my big projects include: an overhaul of the boys suite upstairs. our cottage

is 1.5 stories so the upstairs consists of two bedrooms with a bath in the middle.

the ceilings are pitched which makes for challenging

furniture arrangement. my plans are shaping up for the room so stay tuned.

our master bedroom will also get some attention this year in the form

of paint, vertical planks, and a diy headboard. pastor j and i are both content to

wait on this. the boys area and a few other projects take priority.

with my new nailgun (a gift from my parents) and a hand-me-down

jigsaw from my mother-in-law i look forward to tackling it all myself.

what does your project list look like?