Friday, October 28, 2011

Pictoral Update - Getting closer

I finally took some time to take pictures.  Lots of detail work / painting yet to do, but the final cupboard should have been delivered today, so beginning Monday, things should start happening to finish the kitchen and the addition.
Coming up the back hall.  


   
Island toward the dining room.    

I know... but I LIKE white appliances!




A functioning downstairs bathroom!




The walk in shower with Rain shower head.




Meanwhile on the way upstairs....

The dining room - KILZed(tm)

The living room in similar condition.  No more "smokey gray".
The place doesn't smell of smoke anymore....  just KILZ.

The final door (the closet in the closet door) being prepared.

The view in the other direction.  Baseboard trim and the window trim yet to go.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Pictures say a Thousand words

Unfortunately, I haven't taken any pictures lately!    Past time to do so.   Perhaps later today.  But an update on what has been done / not done.

Most of the kitchen cupboards are in.  One was MIA and should arrive the end of this week.  That has pretty much stopped work on the addition as we can't finish much of anything else there until it arrives.  When it comes, the counter can go down, which contains the sink so the plumbers can come back and hook it up, then the dishwasher can be hooked up, and once the plumbers / heating guys are here, the registers will be installed so the carpenters can finish the trim.. and on the cycle goes.

Meanwhile, we (thank you Kay and Terri!) put on a coat of Kilz (8 gallons) on virtually ALL the remaining unpainted walls and ceilings.   That means the living room, the dining room the hall to the upstairs, and the final upstairs bedroom / office.  We even did the hallway to the basement and two closets.   For those of you who never got the original tour, we used Kilz for one specific reason.  The previous owners were heavy smokers and the place reeked!   If you don't seal it in, that smell keeps coming out for years on end.  You have to use oil based Kilz as well.  Over 8 hours straight of painting, but it's done!

Now I have to go back and tap out and repair some cracks before the final coats of paint can come.  Lighting and fans are up in the upstairs bedroom as are all the rest of the electrical outlets.  I still have to finish off the Data outlets in five locations, as well as the central location in the basement.  We also have done nothing to the porch yet, but that will come.

Strangely enough, we must be getting closer, because I'm reluctant to take pictures because things are such a mess.   That didn't used to matter, so apparently we're seeing an end!

Monday, October 17, 2011

From floors to ceilings & walls

After a bit of a pause (lots of stuff happening in the background) visual changes are beginning again at 414 Main with more to come this week.   The flooring is down in the kitchen, new bedroom, and new bathroom.  The vanity, vanity light, sink, and toilet are ready to be installed in the new bathroom.  The doors and trim are ready for the addition.   All the kitchen cupboards are ready and waiting to be installed. (That was supposed to start today, but hopefully will start tomorrow.)  Appliances are ready to be delivered and installed later this week (assuming we are ready for them.)  The freezer has been moved from basement to basement.   We've had insulation blown in all walls that we couldn't get to to insulate in any other way.   Those holes are now filled.
Carport.
Kitchen Flooring is down and ready for cabinets.
New Bedroom floor is down (Thanks Jonathon!)

Meanwhile, upstairs, the master bedroom walls and ceilings have been finished.  They are now painted but these pictures were taken with only the primer on.   I ran out of non-tinted primer and finished with some pink.   People asked me about an accent wall.  Don't worry, it didn't happen.  Ceiling is white, and the walls are "Poetic Justice" aka beige.




Now we are ready for a return trip from Electricians, plumbers, and general contractor.  If they get back this week, we'll have a kitchen that works, a usable bedroom, and two fully functional bathrooms (one that will even have a door!)  Now if the LP people will just set and hookup the LP tank, we could actually have a furnace and (soon) a gas stove that work as well.