Trailer living - in the driveway

Pretty much since the remodel started, we’ve been cooking and eating in our trailer, which is parked in our driveway. Once the family room furniture was covered for painting, we spent our evenings there, too, watching streaming channels from our computer. Two days ago I started working there. Yesterday, Randy started working there, too. And either tonight or tomorrow it looks like we’ll sleep there, too, at least for a few nights.

The trailer’s been a lifesaver! First because it has “hot and cold water laid on,” as Mrs. Honeychurch said to Freddy in “Room With a View” in the famous pond scene. With no kitchen and no hall bath, without the trailer I’d be getting hot water from our little master bath sink. Not feasible, really. Now we get up in the morning, Randy turns on the heat in the trailer, I make our breakfast, and we eat there. It’s great. Cozy.

Now we packed and moved all our belongings out so the workers can do the flooring. They’ve started painting, too, a white paint with gray tone. It’s going to be beautiful. After living in our cozy little trailer, it’ll feel like a mansion!

Our little home…not away from home.

Belongings in the garage…

…Belongings in our “gazebo” tent in the backyard…

I started a meeting the same time as Randy and, even with both of us using headphones, he couldn’t hear. Solution: Conduct a meeting sitting on the toilet, with the bathroom door closed. :D

…and belongings on the backyard deck.

Kitchen floor going in - wood slats that match our existing original wood floors that is in the hallway and all 4 bedrooms. They will re-sand and refinish so it’s all the same.

Great room flooring. It’s “engineered wood,” which they will try to match as closely as possible when they refinish the real wood. If you look at the corner you can see the paint. When it’s against white you can see the gray tone. The crown molding and mantle will be more of a shiny white for contrast.