The New Powder Room is almost done.....

So tantalizingly close, but yet so far.

All of the plumbing is done, including the new-fangled toilet that has a flush for - shall we say - "liquids" versus "solids". The only peculiar thing is that while we weren't looking the plumber switched out the faucet on the vintage sink we had selected with a rather tacky/dreary new faucet (and charged us an additional $150 in the process!) but at least THAT'S over.

Tomorrow the carpenter returns to put up the shower walls, put down the baseboard trim, and put the door on the bathrom (which is always a nice touch, don't you think?) Then it will be my turn to put those little touches on a room that only a Christian homemaker can really do.

They'll be pictures, of course, so gird your loins accordingly.

We've also made an honest woman out of the basement bedroom: It has a closet, and a new paint job, and (perhaps) even a carpet soon. It's not nearly as suicide-inducing as it previously was.

Progress, thy name is Chez Vel-DuRay!