The New Hive

Jay has been working very hard on finishing my second bee hive. It is going to Liz and Chris's house out in Caz, so we happened to have some red stain that would match their barns.

What We've Been Up To.

So, we haven't been doing a ton.....but here are some updates.

The new mite catching tray for our second top bar beehive

The new top bar beehive

frames for Steph's paintings

new curtains for Dining Room

My new drop spindle...this is not easy.

my hand washed wool - hoping to blend this with some alpaca to eventually spin with my new drop spindle

Uh Oh! Here we go again!

BEFORE

AFTER

And you guys thought we were done.....Just started stripping the woodwork in the living room. This time, we are doing a wall at a time.

finished coat rack!

It's finished and beautiful!

Jay's December/January Project

So my amazing husband (he reads this) has been spending his spare time building me a lovely craftsman style coat rack for the newly remodeled front entrance. It's pretty damn cool. Here are some photos. We stained it tonight. Eventually, we may purchase some tiles to put into the 3 squares. The coat hooks have been ordered and are on route.

Rugs!

We are slowly adding the finishing details to our house project....rugs! jay got me one for Christmas, a round wool rug for the dining room and Judy and Michael brought us back a Silk on silk Oriental rug for the upstairs hallway.

OMG!!!!!!

At approximately 5pm this evening, Jay installed the final piece of woodwork for the house project.

the last piece of the project

I am not sure if we are in shock or what, but we will need to celebrate! The only thing left to do is strip the paint off the interior door and restain it. That shouldn't be too hard. Perhaps we will work on it this weekend....oh wait...we are building shelves in the basement this weekend.....