I hadn't intended to start anything when I walked down the basement stairs. Nope I didn't. My only thought was to block the newly knitted sweater I had just finished for "O".

But what to my wandering eye did appear but an old worn out carpet with the looks of wood under there.

So I pulled and I pulled, with the cat's help of course, all those 40 year staples to uncover "Oak Floor Treads". Do you know how many times I've walked down those stairs in 9 years?

The old belfry of a brain is churning now. I can't let stairs of this beauty just sit in an old room full of books ……and hence began the partial basement remodel.

So I packed up the books and cleared out the room with extreme joy in my little heart !

Later that day……

Handyman Marshal and little"O" started tearing things out.

Pulled down the ceiling and discovered that we have a 10 foot ceiling in the basement. Amazing!!! I thought the drop ceiling was hiding all of the electrical and plumbing but not so. That is hid somewhere else and now I will have a 10 foot ceiling!……in my basement!!!!! It will be the tallest ceiling in the whole house.

In three weeks my little remodel will be done, with the cat's help of course, and I will have a beautiful,cozy place to read,write, and keep my ever growing book collection. I promise to keep you posted.