Update on Parkesburg House Interior

It is afternoon here in Fairbanks.  The clock on the laptop says 2:48 PM.  Sunset today is 2:50 PM.... so I guess I could say good evening.  Sunrise was at 10:33 AM.  I woke up at 8:00 AMish.  It was dark.  It was -27 degrees.  The dogs stepped outside the garage door, peed and booked for the heated bedroom!!  By 9:30 AM, there was a dusky light.  And the light here is dusky and will be that way until 3:30 PMish.  There are only 15 days remaining in the darkening days.  After the 21st of December the daylight hours begin to lengthen.  Honestly, it is not as terrible as I had expected.  I had imagined all day darkness, like nighttime darkness and that is far from the case.  I can certainly live with this.  Not all that bad.

Still fighting SSA.  Called Candace again today as I have not seen my money.  It has been sent twice this week and the technicians are delving deeper as to the reason why.  I will keep calling until I am back on track.  I am getting lots of paperwork from my investment groups.  It seems that while my guys know I am alive, their back offices need to have paperwork to back it up.  What a pain in the butt.

Checked in on my generator.  When I ordered it, I was told it would arrive in a couple of weeks.  But no call, so Miss Squeaky Wheel called.  It is still on back order, but Jonathan Woodway feels that they will be shipped shortly.  But it will be delivered when it comes in.  I will keep checking on that, too.

Living Room furniture arrives tomorrow.  As soon as I finish this blog, I will be clearing things out in our living area to make ready for the pieces we bought.  I will try to get pictures of before and after.  How the pieces will be living in the room may be changing until we are happy with the setup.

A couple of days ago I got a text from Artisan Restorations.  In it were 8 pictures of the completed interior of the main floor of the Parkesburg house.  The lady should be moving in soon, and wow... is she moving into a nice house.  If it looked as good as John and his crew have made it, I might not have thought about moving.  But I did not have the resources to do what he has done.  It is lovely.

Here is the outside porch.  That was the room just off the deck but before the kitchen.  I used it for junk and storage.  There are all manner of possibilities for this space now.

It is a beautiful floor.  All I had was concrete covered with fake grass.  If it had electric, it would be a nice little TV room or reading nook.  The morning sun would be wonderful, even in the cold days.

The beautiful floors continue into the kitchen.  He moved the washer/dryer from the far corner to the nook where I had my microwave and other cooking items.  Makes the kitchen seem much bigger.  Might even support a small table for breakfast and meal prep.  I cannot tell if they changed the counter top or not.  And it looks as if Rudy's cabinets (he made the door and drawer fronts one winter) are still in place.  Probably just really well cleaned and shined up.

This is the view of the kitchen from the far side.  They put an accordion door at the top of the stairs.  I have no idea if they did anything down stairs.  I cannot tell if they just painted over the paneling.  It is a nice clean white, but the trim that Rudy put up is still in place, so I am guessing paint.

Here is the view from the living area to the dining area.  New wall-to-wall carpet.  Everything has been painted white or ivory.  Two slim overhead lights so placing a dining table is easier.  Wonder what they did with the round oak table I left behind???  It would not work in this room, so it really does not matter.  Just wondering.  Smoke detector in the corner,  There appear to be curtain rods in all of the windows along with skinny Venetian blinds.

Living room.  I am sure the recliner and couch have made it to the dump.  But I was not paying for them to make the trip.  The side table has hopefully found a nice home.  More nice carpet, painted walls and general cleanup.

This is inside the Happy room.  More paint and continued carpet.  A perfect office or study or TV room or little bedroom.  My Dad spent many a night in this room after he moved up from Tennessee.

This is my room.  Carpet following inside, new paint and I assume window treatment the same with skinny blinds and a curtain rod.  The house looks like it has been loved and totally up-to-date.

Finally the bathroom.  Wood on the floor... or wood-like on the floor.  With the tub now along the back of the room, I am sure there is more room to get dressed and undressed in the room, if needed.  Totally different feel for that room.

I am sure that they have worked with the water and waste lines in the house.  They were the next thing I was going to have to deal with if I was still in the house.

Anyway, now the little house that was once my home is all spruced up with many years of sheltering families ahead of her.  Makes me smile.