Slow and Steady

The leftover repair work is winding down to an end, and we must be running out of steam (and money), so we've been taking it easy lately. Spring brings the flowers around the house to bloom, and here are some fresh-cut calla lilies from my front yard:



The kitchen cupboards are starting to be furnished with some essential tableware:


And cookware:



Along with the roof, we got a new skylight to replace the old, leaking, sun-brittled one. It's more domed that the old one we have, which, due to lack of valley flashings and poor placement, was a huge ceiling leak waiting to happen.



Here's the view of the skylight from inside the house. It helps bring natural lighting to our little dining area near the kitchen.



Tung put up the rod and curtains for the guest bedroom. The sheer layer is the first layer. His mom is custom-sewing all the curtains in our house.


It's exciting to gradually get the finished pieces and put them up.


Over the weekend, Tung and his dad mounted our flat-screen HDTV on the wall above the fireplace. Due to the lack of studs, we don't have much choice over the placement. We still need to hook up the cables to make it work.



Here's a warm and homely touch for our leather couch, often too cold in the winter. The TeleNav blanket also adds a nice, contrasting splash of bold color to the muted tones of the family room.



And what better way to spend an evening after the house work than to take a little snooze?