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are we there yet are we there yet finishing a major remodel to our fixer upper after 17 years of ownership house was built in 1922 and the difference is amazing blog archive blog archive may 2010 1 mar 2010 2 feb 2010 1 jan 2010 1 dec 2009 3 nov 2009 3 oct 2009 3 sep 2009 2 aug 2009 2 jul 2009 8 jun 2009 8 may 2009 9 apr 2009 5 mar 2009 6 feb 2009 8 jan 2009 6 dec 2008 12 nov 2008 17 oct 2008 4 sep 2008 11 aug 2008 12 jul 2008 5 jun 2008 4 may 2008 4 apr 2008 1 mar 2008 1 feb 2008 2 jan 2008 1 labels exterior 48 kitchen 29 living room 16 master bath 16 framing 14 interior 9 excav 8 master bedroom 8 powder room 8 stairway 8 dining room 7 flooring 6 before and after 5 concrete 5 siding 5 tile 5 drywall 4 lighting 4 wtf 4 garage 3 general 3 hallway 3 office 3 paint 3 top floor 3 breakfast nook 2 demolition 2 foundation 2 guest room 2 pantry 2 plumbing 2 utilities 2 stairway top floor 1 basement 1 bathroom 1 bsmt 1 christmas 1 insulation 1 mosa 1 off topic 1 stairway kitchen 1 trim 1 windows 1 yarnwall 1 tuesday may 4 2010 mon ce qu une belle porte que vous avez there have been incremental fixes and finishes happening over the last month in the construction industry we would say the project has reached substantial completion for beneficial occupancy which means you can use it for its intended purpose what we re doing now would be considered punch list items i m getting the feeling this could go on for a long time in other words we will never be done nevertheless l continues to work on door and window trims and fine tuning much of the finish work today he was this close to finishing the trim on the french door only to find out the last piece did not quite fit this will need final paint and the final piece of trim but it looks very good i should get better pix than this which was at dusk and so hard to gauge light value with the camera the contrast and workmanship is very clear on the close up shot i am loving the way these dark trimmed bits make the doors and windows pop the rain chain has been completed and attached to barrel l chose the lotus shaped rain cups and i think it works very well it seemed that as soon as we put up the rain chain it was tested with buckets of rain buckets one might even say barrels the chain was whipping around in the wind so much l had to find a way to secure it vertically i thought this would be awkward but it s about 7 feet up so i don t even see it since these pix were taken l has planted some sweet potato vines in the cutout at top of barrel hopefully they will grow down and around the barrel that s all for this report it might be a while before there s another my what a lovely door you have posted by eileen at 10 40 pm no comments labels dining room exterior tuesday march 30 2010 housewarming misc bits we did the first housewarming on march 20 and it went better than i could have imagined the house was clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy as the saying goes we did put in some extra effort but some areas simply aren t done and we weren t going to worry about them i think we ended up with at least 50 people all told and i think at one point we must have had at least 30 at one time it was crazy and exhausting but i loved it elizabeth stepped up to the plate figuratively and literally and took care of the food table refilling drink coolers veggie trays at one point running out to plaid pantry for more mayo and mustard she was a trooper and she even cleaned up afterwards while i relaxed and visited with relatives she took the kitchen from after party disaster to model home in 45 minutes in other news l got the new rain chain and barrel he set up a place for barrel with pavers and retaining wall and one length of chain which will eventually need to be 2 stories long then within hours of him doing this work we entered a period of about 48 hours of nonstop rain talk about timing the rain cups on chain are a little different and i m glad because they add a little character to the back porch one thing that was mentioned uh a couple times was that there were no house numbers displayed at some point we took down the old ones and never put the new ones up the substitute mailman was not pleased nor were a couple souls trying to locate house for party we downloaded some celtic y fonts on sunday and within a couple days l had a wonderful painted customer house number sign posted on the house don t you love it i told him that not everything needed a celtic or irish flavor and he said he wanted the sign to hint at the style within the house once again i think he hit a home run posted by eileen at 10 02 pm no comments labels exterior tuesday march 9 2010 the home stretch wow it s been over a month things don t feel like they are slowing down but the construction is definitely l has been working on baseboards and trim and some landscaping but there s not much clever to say about any of them we got 4 hellebores plants which are going in front of porch landing we got some primroses to put in immediately behind the retaining wall l thought they looked a little lonely so after this pix was taken he went and got 10 more we tried out some curtains for front window they are still a wait and see they do block more light than i expectd but the color is a dead ringer for the red couch and i like the spare square pattern it makes for a very dramatic look after not having trim on the window for so long it just looks really polished we are getting rid of the old kitchen appliances the dishwasher left about 10 days ago i worked several hours on old fridge and i m not even sure that i should show you the clean pix the gaskets were the worst omg how does stuff even get in there you can be sure i went to check the gaskets on new fridge after that the oven in stove needs to be cleaned and the microwave is probably in pretty good shape once we get the big stuff out and i can reach back there finally gratuitous cat pix eiko is growing like a weed from just under 4 lbs december 5 to nearly 8 pounds now we have taken to locking her up and giving joe a 5 minute headstart on the kibble because he needs to gain some weight and he s been way too paternal and caregiving to push her out of the way when she dives into his food we think eiko is actually japanese for belly with legs as you can see she eventually forgives us housewarming is in less than 2 weeks we won t be at 100 but i figure we never will be so at some point you gotta sit down and drink beer posted by eileen at 10 59 pm no comments labels exterior friday february 5 2010 some of the fiddly bits first off weird thing with font colors i emailed draft and then finished it on the blog site it won t let me change the font universally weird one of eiko s new favorite places as she gets bigger it s gonna be harder to turn around i also think she likes it because she knows joey can t follow her up there we re down to the nitty gritty the finishing bits however i think these are exactly the things that will demonstrate the house is not builder grade not standard but special pride of ownership is very big and the extra touches are not for the house sale that s 15 to 20 years from now they are because we deserve finished we deserve beautiful and l has done a spectacular job this shows the trim that will eventually be on all the windows and doors but also to show the lovely warm color in the kitchen this is the baseboard at edge of french door i love how the dark accent trim defines each area the base shoe is not attached yet but this is what it will look like the additional baseboard treatment at arches provides extra protection looks good and hides the non levelness you can encounter with old houses what l s been working on for the last two weeks it s really well done with excellent finishing details the curved base pieces called corbels were pre carved and about 40 each the rest of it is built from scratch plywood bits of molding round the edges he designed assembled stained and varnished it these are the sort of finishing details that set it aside from builders grade standard stuff in new homes the trim above and below the shelf itself and oh yes the french doors after 15 years they have a finished edge around them and it really makes the doors pop yes it s shameless promotion i ve never been so proud and amazed at the workmanship l put into this project i hope sooner or later he stops long enough to relax and enjoy it posted by eileen at 8 52 pm 1 comment labels living room thursday january 21 2010 we make fire fire good especially in the wet wicked windy winter actually it was kind of mild when i went out this morning but that doesn t have the same ring to it after several delays which were frustrating and annoying we have a fireplace not only do we have a fireplace but l has redone all the damaged sheetrock redone the texture repainted etc we have a template for the small mantel that will go above said fireplace life is good in other news we have discovered a heretofore undiscovered feature of the new dishwasher apparently it cleans or at least entertains pets as tempting as this was they do perform other services like double teaming on security detail or possibly central heating l has started work on the baseboards and trim everything will be custom and i think it will all look very special judging from the bits he s completed so far these are the special baseboards that will be done at base of arches posted by eileen at 9 23 pm no comments labels hallway living room thursday december 31 2009 terrific tile and taupey walls several of you have already seen the celtic tiles in place but here are the official pix we are beside ourselves with how well they turned out how well the colors go it was just marvelous in fact the contractor that installed them he also did other tilework in the house plus all the framing and hardwood floor installation someone else did the finishing came by the day after christmas to photograph them for his portfolio it looks that good edited to add i should source the tiles http www earthsongtiles com a small studio in british columbia the pricing on tiles was amazing and they absolutely turn the kitchen from functional into the centerpiece of the remodel i started this post on new year s eve but it s taken me a couple days to get around to finishing it i m not sure what day will timestamp on this but i might see if i can figure out how to correct it we finally painted the kitchen what little wall there is in kitchen and dining room the color is a taupey color which supposedly has a hint of green but i don t really see it yet walls have been sitting with white primer on them for months and there was already smudges etc the paint instantly warmed up the room by removing the sterile white it s actually pretty subtle on camera and a little more noticeable in person i don t know that you can really pick it up in the before and after pix maybe if you double click to open up the pix eiko was helping by trying to hit a paintbrush catching a painted wall instead and leaving tiny little tracks on the tile she then had an immediate footbath which apparently she did not enjoy in the slightest finally i m not sure how these are gonna work online these are panorama shots of the before and after of the kitchen this was before we did the painting i don t know if you can scroll across to see the whole thing or not one of them for some reason is a lot shorter than the other so they don t compare straight across i may try this again posted by eileen at 8 56 pm no comments labels kitchen monday december 21 2009 omg p art 1 craig came in to start the tile work today this will probably happen over a period of 3 days today was finalizing layout measuring centering design etc but he did get started on actual tiling and you can see how it s coming together the full on view there is cardboard template where the centerpiece design will go a little closer view craig really liked the small border tile maybe because it comes in square foot sheets and you don t have to mud them in separately lol or maybe he just liked it i saw these months ago and loved them this is the transition from the normal wall to the centerpiece section the dark pinstripe is not black but a dark green it might look greener in natural light as today was the winter solstice it s been dark when i leave and dark when i get home finally the full closeup of transition from countertop to wall of course they still need to be grouted but i love the color mashup how it all goes together he will probably finish on wednesday and by then the fireplace insert guy will be here but they ll be in separate areas of the house i just love this and that we ll have a finished kitchen to show to the family on christmas posted by eileen at 10 33 pm no comments labels kitchen older posts home subscribe to posts atom