Then and ..... now!

Here is Kylie in our empty room!

Notice the fireplace on the ground and the extended room. Now....

The firplace looks amazing. Crown molding will soon be up! Window treatments done. Just need some furniture.

This is the wall that Rick built and rocked and put in shelving with a light! Looks great!!!

Progress on the pantry wall

Rick had this done in no time! Okay it took some time but not as much as putting rock on the wall! The left and middle opening will be book/audio shelving and the right will be the door to get into the pantry.

The fireplace has been moved up so that Rick can put a hearth under it! This was Friday evening & I'm supposing that by tomorrow we will have rock on this wall, too!

It took Rick one long evening placing the rock on the wall. He is a getter-doner!


Notice...another Kalamazoo friend! Janelle Cammack came to visit us...ok she does live here in Salt Lake but those Michigan friends are keeping up with us! The plastic covering the kitchen is due to our painter painting the ceiling white. It looks marvelous!

Janelle, Rick and I. Rick ended up hiring someone to help with the brick. Thursday made him realize that he had a much bigger project than he was expecting. We are still planning on tearing into the master bedroom and making it bigger by taking down a wall that is connected to a smaller bedroom. More on that!