Company's coming tomorrow!The final touches on the upstairs bedroom makeover are complete. Kathleen stroked brown paint over some Holstein Cows, making them Rolfsrud Guernsies, this afternoon, signifying the final event in our project.
The cows will provide a bit of whimsy, blocking the troublesome arch and the light shafts that awakened us with the chickens. We got an estimate on stained glass for that arch -- $400, the nice Tucson lady said. We went to the Golden Goose and found the cows for $8. Their noses and udders were already pink so we had a headstart on the conversion.The dustboards went together well. We used a matching bedsheet to cover them after hunting unsuccessfully at Fabrics to Go for a companion fabric.
Readers may recall a story about Herman at Fabrics to Go who last year tried to seduce Kathleen in return for a discount on some really nice material. Check the archives. The story is still there. . . and Herman is still at Fabrics to Go in Tucson.We got some nice wall art from Michael's at half price. One is a portrait of a little girl in pink looking out the window asking "when will you come home?" We think it looks like Emily, of course. The other is a landscape we like with some good colors. We still need something for over the headboard we got from The Goose and painted pink.
The books and the floral arrangment came from the Golden Goose, as did the smaller lamp.
The big lamp is ours from Chaska, we bought a couple more lamps at the Goose to replace these downstairs. Virgil donated the phone and the television was already there... just about the only thing we had when we started. We bought a little digital alarm at Target.We are on the look out for an occasional chair so we can sit down to put on our socks. We've still got some fabric left so we might use that on a chair seat.
We vacuumed up this afternoon and eagerly await the arrival of the inspectors from Phoenix, Linda, Karen and Don.
