Progress on both homefronts

One of the things we need to do soon is to paint the stairwell in our current house. It is one of those areas that is so hard to paint that it has been neglected. I got a good start by dismantling my collection of sewing stuff that has been on shelves on the landing. For awhile it was fun collecting old sewing notions and tools, then they got to be hard to deal with—well dusty. And who likes to dust a bazillion little things? Not me. I've decided to sell the majority on eBay. I've divided them into two lots. I could probably make more money if I sold some of them separately, but frankly I just want them gone.

I'm turning over a new leaf and clearing things out of my life. But I decided I can't yet give up my old scissor collection. Notice I didn't call them "vintage" or "antique", though a few qualify. Most are just old scissors and I love the way they look hanging on a wall. They will probably go in my studio once it gets built. I counted 53 pairs when I took them down.

Shelves are gone. Nail holes are filled. The wall is ready to paint.

Things are happening at the new place too.

Ray is assembling the kitchen cabinets in the livingroom. We got the cabinets at IKEA. I think I am going to love them. They are highly rated by Consumer Guide and very economical. As you can see the insides are laminated particle board, but the doors and drawer fronts are solid oak. After Ray assembles them the IKEA contractor will install them.

And this was the really exciting development today. The tile layers got started.