September 9, 2005

• I mentioned sometime ago that we have been doing projects in our house this summer. They are finished now, or nearly finished anyway. We still have a little work to do on our downstairs bathroom. The main floor bathrooms are completely finished, though, and we have been cleaning up and getting the house back into shape. The room that took the worst beating was probably the guest room, which is directly across the hall from the main bathroom and seems to draw air from that bathroom even with the door to the guest room closed. Labor Day weekend, I spent some time cleaning the hefty layer of drywall dust out of there and restoring the room to usable condition.

  While I was in there cleaning, Tigger, our big orange cat came in. We do not let the cats into that room because I like to keep cat hair out of there, so he was anxious to explore a space he hardly ever sees. I had the spread off the bed because I was washing it, and I watched with amazement as Tigger lifted the pillow, pulled down the covers, and managed to get himself into the bed and covered up. He had his head on the pillow for awhile, but by the time I got the camera, this is how he looked.

  

  I pulled the covers back so I could see his face. I think he looks mildly annoyed at me for doing that.

  

  I covered him back up and he stayed in the bed until he felt that his nap had been long enough. Then he wandered off somewhere else in the house. Meantime, I finished cleaning up the room. What do you think of it?

  This is the bed. It is about 200 years old and was left to my son by my uncle. Eventually, Andy will take it to his house. For now, my guests enjoy it.

  

  I bought this dresser at an auction when the mother of one of my friends was leaving her home. My friends parents collected antiques and I was happy to get this to go with the bed and also to remember my friend’s mother, who was a lovely woman. (She was living at the time of the auction but has since died.) My uncle had a dresser to go with the bed, but Andy already has it.

  

  The bed and the dresser are walnut. I have a marble topped walnut commode that was my mom’s that I use for a nightstand. The rest of the furnishings are a variety of other antiques and a bookshelf from Target where I have books for guests to read and some antique pottery pieces. The old radio in the picture here is from Dan’s grandfather. The corner cabinet was my uncle’s. It is still filled with a variety of small antique collectibles that belonged to him.

  

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