Thanksgiving and a visit to our church ... our future home and studio!

 

(Above:  Selfie taken at the back of the sanctuary.  Click on any image to enlarge.)

To celebrate Thanksgiving, Steve and I went to our church to see progress on the renovations that will transform the space into our future home and my large, fiber art studio.  Every time we visit, we have moved things ... things that can withstand the dust from the on-going work.  Today, two of our bookcases were moved in.  On other occasions, sealed tubs of yarn and vintage fabric were brought.  Boxes of books are there ... but not all the books we have! LOL!  We've moved my Cabinet of Curiosities and the four, old doors on which tagged keys once hung (and will hang in the future!)

We are elated that the ugly old carpeting has been removed from the sanctuary floor and from rooms in the living area.  The flea-bitten sectional sofa is now in the construction dumpster.  Soon, the carpeting will be gone from the stage.

The exposed duct work is gone from our future bedroom.  There are new windows throughout.

 

Custom cabinets are ordered and installation is scheduled for the first week in January.  Soon, this will be our kitchen!

All the ceilings have been sheet-rocked.  Most of the walls are finished too.  The building has passed inspection for the wiring, plumbing, and duct work.  HVAC units are in place!  The photo above will be the living room on the second floor.  The openings overlook the sanctuary and are supposed to get windows that will open and shut.

There are five openings.  The larger ones on the short walls will have the two stained glass windows that we already own.  We had comes to terms with leaving them in Columbia ... until this plan was devised.  Of course we are both very happy about this!

This is the view from the living area ... down into the sanctuary ... which will become my STUDIO!  Yes ... we are indeed thankful and excited for the coming year!  Happy Thanksgiving!