The long-awaited completion of the renovation happened today! It's official because I walked over and paid the last bill. For the last few weeks I've been waiting on the medicine cabinet to arrive and be installed - it has been a little weird not having a mirror in the bathroom. If you don't believe me try it sometime. Anyway, yesterday they installed it and it's great - tons of storage in there. It's a fully-functional bathroom now, much roomier and civilized than the old version.
Of course, now that the contractors are finished there's still more for me to do. I decided to change the color of the livingroom and bedroom, and to paint it myself. Not sure why exactly - I guess I wanted to contribute something to the effort. So in only three days of work I painted the living room Dusty Road. Here's one of the walls. The painting is my favorite, titled The Brooklyn Bridge and features my apartment building in the background.
The box at left is my new TV, which came today and will be mounted on the wall in the next week or so. Also on the way are a couch and chair to replace my old dusty ones. Funny story: the first couch I bought wouldn't fit through the door last week so I had to send it back. We're going to try again next week, with a slightly smaller couch. If that doesn't fit, I may settle for a beanbag.
Thanks for following along these past several months! I may update this blog as I make new improvements to the place. The bedroom is next ..
