…home/house stuff… not exactly 1 step forward 2 back… but along that line…
Air conditioner - WOW, in terms of comfort level - not so wow in terms of aesthetics but since I don’t “entertain” and this time of year don’t use the “living room” much - comfort level outweighs aesthetics… The A/C - sometime in May, I received a flyer form Costco and one of the items was an Air Conditioner - couldn’t order until 7/14…so I went to CO, came back and 14th approaching plus it was HOT so ordered the A/C on the 14th early in the day. On the 15th when I went to the same A/C to get a link to send to a friend who asked - not available. Anyway, it arrived several days ago, was a simple install and I am enjoying the cool! It keeps the entire house at 72 (today was 94 at hottest) - not the most attractive thing but comfort level is improved - better temp, better air circulation and faster cool down for sleeping - we are happy!
It’s on wheels so easy to move to another location in the morning (east side of house in the a.m. - right photo… west side in the p.m.-left photo)
For the step forward the subject is window treatments…I have no need of window coverings for privacy since I have no neighbors that I can see. BUT, there is the sun issue - not in Winter, but with the Summer sun angle and my wish to keep the house cool and sun damage (fading of surfaces) to a minimum… when I left for CO, I “hung” sheets and fleece blankies - I thought I would live with that until Fall, but aside from getting a bit old, there was a sale on the flat Roman shades that I wanted, hence - new window “treatments”… and away with the sheets and blankies!
Most of my favorite tools were out for exercise:
You can see 2 levels and some measuring stuff in the photo above - truth is that I mostly “eyeball” locations - considering that there is very little in “this old house” that is square, level or standard - eyeballing does just as well or better than precise measuring.
The results:
And in the kitchen:
