Flood Update: Part 4

~Thursday (January 13)~

Around 12:00 p.m., Mr. A shows up to do his daily measurements. He is very punctual, arriving 1 minute early today. Finally, everything is dry! J I am SO happy that all the “noise makers” can go! It looks like Mr. A and his company will be doing all of the restoration work. I can’t complain. He does a good job and we’re happy to support a fellow Christian. He will be coming back Monday to start work!



Mr. A put down carpet padding to make it nicer to walk on the kitchen flooring (This turned out to make a bigger mess than we bargained for!)



We enjoy a quiet afternoon. We listen to a “Selah” CD. We haven’t been able to put in a CD since the flood due to all of the noisy blowers. It seems a little too quiet in the house now! In the late afternoon, Mom talks with Mrs. F (a lady from church) on the phone about coming to discuss paint colors for the basement. She plans to come over on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. Apparently, we have authorization from the insurance company to paint the whole basement—rec room and spare bedroom. We may take advantage since it probably could use it.

~Friday (January 14)~

Finally! A good, peaceful, quiet night’s rest! I was “out like a light” and it felt good to catch up on all of the lost sleep of this past week. Today should be a pretty quiet day as we actually don’t have anybody coming over. I will enjoy it, as I believe next week reconstruction begins, and that will be a busy time!

~Saturday (January 15)~

Around 5:00 p.m., Mr. and Mrs. F arrive to talk colors. We start in the basement bedroom. Mom and Dad thought that some sort of light/New England-style yellow would look good and brighten up the room. We decide on a “cornmeal” color. I’m sure it will help that room to feel “happier!”

(Sorry for the blurriness of the pictures in this post. The basement can be rather dark at night, and the lighting in our spare room is especially poor.)



Daddy shows Mr. F the damage in the basement.



Mom and Mrs. F discuss colors for the basement bedroom.

 

Mom and Dad decide on a medium-dark blue for the wall at the bottom of the stairs and for the wall outside the bathroom. Mrs. F said it will create a dramatic entrance.

Then we walked upstairs, and Mom and Dad along with Mrs. F discussed colors for the dining room for quite some time. They decided on a dark green and a cream color. We will do the green on the bottom half and cream on the top half with a chair-rail dividing it down the middle. The reason we’re painting the dining room is because everything has to be moved out when they sand and stain the wood floor, so we thought it was a good time to strip wallpaper and paint in there. We’re going to get so much done in the next few weeks!

(The following week, not much was done at all. We tried to iron out issues with the insurance and the restoration company and get the work order finalized. Nobody came out to the house. It was a quiet week.)

. . . To be continued. . .