Little by slowly ... but faster

A friend of ours always says things happen little by slowly. The basement and ancillary projects seem to fall into this category, but the last week has seen real movement. Our good neighbor Rich came over and helped Tom get the priming and painting done and things are looking mellow.  The first picture below is of where my office space will soon be and the second picture just shows a wider angle, including a bit of where Tom's studio will be, to the right of that half-wall.

The ancillary project is getting new rugs for the dining room, living room and library nook. The rugs that are there now are starting to show their age and we will be moving them downstairs to the basement area. We bought the rug for the library this past week and ordered the rugs for the dining and living rooms. Here are pictures of the library nook with the old rug, with the bare wooden floor (which I cleaned thoroughly with my steam mop), with the new rug and with the new rug and furnishings. We decided to move the stationary bike into my bedroom for now and will move it to the basement when it is ready.

The rugs for the dining and living rooms are the same design as the library one, but the center and outside trim are ebony.

And yes, Tom did paint that triptych on the library wall.