5days to go

Boston terrier picnic 2010

Plumbing!

Disposal in, faucet and soap dispenser, and a dishwasher! It's coming together.

Next up:

washer/dryer

floor sanding upstairs

furnace servicing

chimney sweeping

priming

staining cabinet doors and drawers

Countertops are in!

The concrete counters are in! The stove is in. The cabinet faces are stained. It's starting to look like a kitchen, very exciting!

Lauren You are Awesome.

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Week 8

Ahhh. 13 days and counting till move in. Let the stress...well, continue. It was window weekend for Eric and the team.

The aftermath.

AFTER - yes, the siding has to be fixed.

BEFORE
AFTER - now I hate that red deck even more than before.

BEFORE
I am very proud of my cabinet sanding. 25 doors/drawers, both sides. Can you believe these are 60 year old doors?
Pretty. All ready to be stained and get modern hardware.

Eric said he was practicing his contractor butt crack. I told him he was ruining the picture.

The master bedroom windows were aligned so they had to frame in the window.

OMG. It's light in the master bathroom. And a HUGE mess. They installed the window and....no wonder it smelled bad in there. MOLD. Who wallpapers a concrete exterior wall? Well, no more mold. But, a mess. I'm so glad the nice subs thought to leave the toilet paper holder for us. I think this bathroom just got priority over the upstairs. Jeff, get your hammer ready. I have a feeling this will be your Thanksgiving project. :)

The west exterior wall we found out had dry rot. Nice. 2.5 hours later, new sheathing.

Eric's pride and joy. The kitchen windows.

Front bedroom window. For all those wondering, yes, we still have to fix the drywall around the windows and install trim and a sill.

Master bedroom framing from the inside to align windows. We will be living upstairs initially while we furr out this wall with drywall so you don't see the stepped foundation wall.

Week 7

We have been busy. The windows were delivered today! Yeah! Except it rained which is unusual for early September so we'll see how the installation process goes. In preparation, we have been wrapping up a number of things.

Eric took 5 courses of brick off in order to cut a larger window opening. Post move in, we'll be installing horizontal cedar siding.

I have a sink!!! And a nice one at that.

Countertop making has commenced. We are using a decoupage compound on top of newly contructed 1/2" ply with 1.5" waterfall with 3/8" routed edge. The compound is a slurry mix of fly ash, pigment, and cement. It will essentially look like concrete w/o us having to make forms and pour it.

Stair trim piece has been installed.

All new hardware on all the doors. We will refinish the doors at a later date.

I sanded down all the cabinet surfaces this weekend to reveal beautiful birch plywood. I also started to sand down all the doors and drawers. What a job. We are currently debating if we restain it to the previous yellowish pine color or just apply a topcoat to let the natural color through.

Job site dogs. Let us in to play in the dust!

All the electrical has been wrapped up. The last things to do were to cut in the cans for the stairwell going downstairs. Pretty.

The handrail has been order as well for the mezzanine. It will be a powdercoated steel rail with cables.

Next: Window installation, floor sanding, fixture installation, cabinet staining, order washer and dryer.

We have MANY more handrail and countertop pictures for your viewing pleasure if you want.

The windows have arrived

Our windows come on Tuesday. Just in time.