Spring, it is time to beautify our dwelling

mezzanine or loft

Last year Richard asked me whether it’s possible to make this place beautiful. I said yes. All you need is a little bit money and a lot of hard work.

So we decided to have a mezzanine built and put a floating floor. Purely from the esthetic point of view, hardwood floor would be the best. However, the old floor was tile on cement. A hardwood floor would have cost too much money and labor, and would raise the floor too much. So we compromised and put a floating floor. With the floating floor, the maximum we raised was probably half an inch, so all the doors stayed intact.

As for the mezzanine, Richard said to wait for the spring wood. So there you go, a beautiful mezzanine with spring Canadian pine and old steel gas pipes. In addition, we also added a window, changed the door. The old door was made with metal and now the new one has glass panel to allow the light to come in.

With a few touch-ups here and there still to go, all of these got done within the month of April.

It is extremely rewarding to reap the reward of your hard labor.

Right now I am extremely happy with our newly beautified dwelling and am keeping it clean and shining, free of dust.