It has taken the whole summer, 

but the END of the repairs is in site....

 Corner rounds were installed & painted 

once the floors were able to be walked on.

It's so nice to have them looking finished.

The new mantel arrived & was installed last week

 Then stained & finished.

This week I've finally gotten the last of the boxes unpacked
& even hung all our stuff back on the walls.

Summer has slipped away & Fall has arrived...
but at least we are re-settled in our home.

Not done yet though...

the final phase is still to come, with the replacement

of the cracked travertine flooring in our master bathroom. 

(the up-side is, that's confined to the back corner of the house-whew!)