Some Before/After

Okay I am going to see if I can load some before and after pictures of some of the inside work we have completed.  As time moves along we have updated even our after pictures.  It is true the more you live in a space the more you figure out what works and what doesn't.  When we purchased the boat it looked like the 70's threw up in it.  Dark and dingy, so we opted for a lighter tone to the whole place which is evident by the color choices we made.

Galley Settee before

Galley Settee - after

The Galley is where I spend most of my time and as Mike well knows a happy wife means a happy life.  I am going from a huge kitchen in my home to a "petite" galley on board the Lady J.  But I am bound and determined to make it work but everything must have at least two uses and is easy to use.  The galley before we made the changes was hideous at best, stained counter tops, bad appliances and not a good use of space.  So we painted everything in a cream color to lighten it up.  Mike crafted new cabinet doors and we designed a flip out table to the right of the stove for more counter tops.  But when not in use if folds down flat.

Galley- after

Galley-before

Sorry having some problems with placement of the photos, but you get the idea.  The state room we made only minor changes to.  I made new window coverings and a new cushion that lays between the bunks.  Mike and I also designed a storage unit to take advantage of the large open space between the bunks.  Outfitted with baskets this has become a great place to stow smaller items.  The only thing really left to do in the state room is replace the flooring.  The current piece of carpet laying in there is "gross" at best, but for now it will have to do until other "funds" become available. I will be adding some more pictures and updates as they become available.  For now this is a good start.

State Room-before

State Room - after

Starting a new Boat Blog

Well here we go again.  I decided to start a new blog on a different site.  The old site was going to charge us for keeping our blog with them well.  I can think of a 100 different boat parts that we could buy with the money.  So we will start a new.

We are spending (or have spent) the last 8 days (our of 10) up here in Sandusky working on the Lady J.  It's been a great week.  So much going on here at the marina.  The place is buzzing, literally with sanders, polishers, buffers and the guys hauling boats around.  Everyone is so anxious to get their boat in the water.  We made a commitment finally to have ours at the very least in the water by July 1st.  Mike has been working feverishly at it.  Well so have I, until yesterday when I wasn't watching where I was going and stepped into a 3 foot deep hole in the Galley floor that Mike had opened to work on the water system.  3 hours spent at Firelands Hospital Emergency room and I have come back with a sprained knee and torn calf muscle.  Wearing a stylish knee immobilizer.  Ugh!  poor Mike he's not only taking care of me, but is still working on the boat.  I told him we should stay here that way he still has the opportunity to work on the boat. (I know he would rather be here than anywhere else.)   We need to get used to this since there will come a day when we are out and won't have a "house" to come home to.  So I am spending my time working on the new blog and watching him while he buffs and polishes the boat.  Which by the way he is doing a phenomenal job.  A gentleman named Dave showed up yesterday to work on the boat next to ours and in talking with Mike told him that he would show Mike how to doing the buffing and polishing (since that is what he does for a living, Dave that is).  What a great guy and how lucky are we to have this little "manna from heaven" drop upon us.  

Well that's it for now, will write more later and add some photos once they load up.