Progress Report on The Breeze Inn: Vintage schoolhouse lights hung in dining room. Check. Vintage postcards of St. Petersburg hung in downstairs bathroom and part of my vintage tin sandpail and toy watering can collection installed in downstairs bath. Check. Master bedroom nightstands painted glossy black to match the Baptist Yard Sale bed. Check. Dresser for Andy’s room painted barn red. Check. Sorta, it still needs a few touch-ups. Drapes made by Tacky Jacky hung in master bedroom. Check. Slipcover for living room sofa made by Tacky Jacky. Check. Bedskirts for Andy’s room ($7 from TJMaxx–score!). Check. Fabulous desk from Ballard’s Backroom Clearance Center (on sale–$139 plus 20 percent off–score!)–installed in office space. Check.
Lack of progress: Heat–not so much. We changed propane gas suppliers, but when they came out to install the new tank they detected a leak in the underground pipe. Billy the plumber came running and they’ve found the source of the leak–a cracked pipe–and that’s been repaired. Billy swears I’ll have heat next Friday when I head down to Tybee before my Saturday book signing event in Baxley. So this week I spent two nights huddled under a down comforter and over my heating pad. On the bright side: at least we had electricity. And electric space heaters on loan from my friends Ron and Leuveda.
Stove: Also not so much. We hauled the defective Bosch stove back to Sears in Atlanta and demanded to exchange it for a working stove. Hauled the new Kenmore stove back down to Tybee, but had an installation glitch, so we still have to get Sears out. Whenever they decide to send somebody. I won’t be holding my breath.
Overall: It’s starting to look and feel like a home. Curious neighbors have started dropping by to voice their approval of the remodel and to welcome us to the ‘hood. My sweet little backdoor neighbor even offered to bake us a pie. Doncha love the South?
Our list of projects still seems pretty long, but we’re beginning to see the light of day. If not the heat.
Oh my gosh I can’t believe you left a comment on our blog. I am just one of your biggest fans. Love your books. Can’t wait to read the new one. And that tray can be yours. I would love to send it to you!!!!! Thanks for all the wonderful reading!!!! Lauri@chippys
Oh my gosh I can’t believe you left a comment on our blog. I am just one of your biggest fans. Love your books. Can’t wait to read the new one. And that tray can be yours. I would love to send it to you!!!!! Thanks for all the wonderful reading!!!! Lauri@chippys
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Its me again, I was so excited about your comment I decided to do a little feature about you on my blog cause I love you so much. Hope you don’t mind and I borrowed a picture of you. Please don’t hate me. Lauri@chippys
LOVE it!! Uh…sand pail collection? Didn’t see that. MUST see a picture!