The Main House: Scaffolding/The Roof...

So it's been 9 months since the fire and not a whole lot has happened.  There was asbestos abatement as we found out that there was asbestos in our ceilings...which collapsed all over our stuff.  So we had to throw away all clothes and anything with fabric.  Then the house pretty much sat for a period of time.  There was a reason for this but it's a long story and not really worth talking about at this point.  It just is what it is. Moving on... so the newest thing is that we have a dumpster, porta potty and scaffolding, oh my.

It sounds so boring but when absolutely nothing went on for so long it's encouraging to see progress. The next thing to be done is to remove the entire roof, re-frame it and re-tile it. It just started but it's going to take about 5 months. Needless to say nothing can really be done in the house until a new roof is put on.  As it stands the house is not weather proof and leaks when it rains...awesome. We occasionally go in the house just to plan and see what's going on in it.  It's so bizarre to see it now. It doesn't even feel like our house anymore. Probably because it doesn't have our things..or walls! Meanwhile I've gotten quite used to living in our carriage house.  For Christmas I bought a half Christmas tree to save space.  Yep you read that right.  It's literally a half of a tree...fake, of course.  It was really a space saver though.  Since our decorations were in our basement and in plastic containers they were able to be saved. So the kids stuffed every ornament onto half a tree.  It was kind of comical to see but they loved it and that's all that matters.

Now that Christmas is over I'm looking forward to a fresh start in 2020.  We had a rough 2019.  There were a few highlights but mostly it was a pain in the ass.  Here's to a New Year, progress, and keeping my sanity in 550 sq ft with kids who are trying their best to drive me bonkers! Honestly, they've really been troopers and are good most of the time #nothey'renot.;) Happy New Year!

The Carriage House Project: The Bedroom Moodboard

This was the plan for the master bedroom.  Master sounds a bit stately for such a small place, but, you get it.

Fabric: Sanderson Etchings and Roses
Light: Pottery Barn Kids Quinn Chandelier
Bed: Wayfair Lyster Platform Bed
Nightstands and Dresser: West Elm
Rug: Rugs Usa Temara Morrocan Demarche Tassel Rug
Bedding: Wayfair

Anywho, the room is mostly done...except for the curtains.  I've completely let the ball drop because I've just had more important things going on and the room is completely functional without them.  I've always loved the fabric though and it's discontinued so I'm not sure if it will even happen at this point.  I've got my source on standby to buy it if it's still available.  We shall see. The rest of the room is cute though.  Or it was until my husband left a bottle of scented plug in oil on the nightstand and it leaked, unbeknownst to us.  It wasn't until we were dusting that we noticed that it totally saturated the top of his nightstand. So the nightstand smells great but looks like crap and is completely ruined. So we'll be buying another one. I'll post some pictures soon...like after the craziness that is Christmas;)