Cable railings, closet floors and filling cabinets!

Things are moving along!  We finally found a local source (good old Hardware Sales) for the cable railing components - what an experience that has been.  That allowed us to install the cable railing this weekend and be ready for our inspection tomorrow.  It was a learning experience about swaging (crimping) little tiny washers and cable (not fun to cut), but we are happy with the results.  Bill finished the master closet floor and I painted the upstairs bedroom ceilings white so the rooms don't glow so much.  I also spent time unpacking boxes from storage and the apartment so that the kitchen and bathroom cabinets are starting to look like someone might actually live there some time soon!  Can't wait.  It's been several long days, but.....

A funny aside - I actually did not wear my "work uniform" (consists on any certain day of one of two pairs of jeans and one of three shirts) for an entire day on Thursday.  It felt GREAT!  (Yes, friends have noticed and I do wash them regularly.) I can't wait to wrap up the project and do that more than once a month!   Lots of pictures today!

So here is the brand of tensioners (like there isn't enough tension in our lives
already) that we used for our cable railings.  We got them locally after a lot of
hunting around (and being told that they didn't carry anything like it two weeks
earlier) and they worked wonderfully!  Youtube came through with an installation
video that was invaluable!

Here is a picture of the tensioners attached to the posts, but the cables still
free.  Bill and I both commented on how we liked how the cable flows - there
might have to be a cable sculpture in our future!

Here are the tensioners before the second end of the cable is
connected.  It's an interesting system.  Heed their warning to
wear gloves when cutting and attaching the cables - it works
much better and the cable doesn't stab you!

Here's Bill getting the center post on the second side ready for cables.  Kind of
a picky job, but ........

Ta-da!  Done!  So this is the second floor deck off the guest rooms!  Nice view into the yard  -  I love how the
cables kind of disappear!  It is a great place for morning sun and afternoon shade!

One of the upstairs bedroom after the ceiling has been painted white.  Ah,
much gentler!  It was a little too bright before!  I had so wished one coat
would do, but it took two!

Emptying the apartment!  Bye-bye books and magazines!

There's a temporary rule - we can't leave the apartment without taking a box or
container full of stuff up to the house.  The kitchen is looking pretty empty, but......

They are starting to fill up at the new place!  Yahoo!  It might actually happen!

We don't have a lot of space in the new kitchen, but this pantry
is going to come in handy.  Wish it was a little taller, but!  Already
moved the to-go cups out of it and into the island.  We don't need
them everyday!

And the last of the oak flooring!  Bill finished the master
bedroom closet about 6 this evening!  He may still do the
coat closet, but he's not sure yet!