August 24-28
Monday: Bonus room bookcase inserts. Under stair cabinets. Upstairs network outlets connected while we were away but the network doesn’t function (cable modem was connected to switch instead of Airport Extreme) Continue reading Week 24: Under stair cabinets, paint touch ups, bookshelves
August 17-21
We were away this week, so I don’t know what day things were done, but over the course of this week: Continue reading Week 23: While we were away
August 10-14
Monday: Backsplash for kitchen and downstairs half bath & ramp sink for master bathroom. A little nudge from the guy who runs Westhill apparently got the ramp sink to the head of the line. The slot drain is 1/8″ wider on one end, so they’ll have someone out tomorrow to do the Caesarstone equivalent of planing it to an even thickness. Continue reading Week 22: hardwood final coat, ramp sink, backsplash, glass template
August 3-7
Monday: Painters worked on bonus room, master bathroom, hall closet, pantry, back stair well and various touch ups. They also had to respray (after “floating” some filler to cover the chips) the family room cabinet doors. Continue reading Week 21: Carpet, network, painting, electrical
July 27 – 31
Monday: Sorting out the leak from the hall bath into the downstairs light fixture. See the separate blog post on the good and bad of the leaking wet room. Continue reading Week 20: Cabinets, plumbing and electrical trim, painting
July 20 – 24
Monday: Cabinet installation – master bathroom and bonus room desk+shelves. The stair guy worked the entire day in his workshop (what used to be our garage) cutting and working on items for the stair railings and base. Continue reading Week 19: Stair railings (really), countertop, network wiring
July 13-17
I set up a folding camp chair in the corner of the bonus room to see what it was like as a reading spot – light behind you for reading and fresh air and a view in front of you. I think I like it 🙂
The venting skylight gets the late afternoon sun. The existing skylights on the other side get morning light. Did I mention I like windows?
Continue reading Week 18: Bathroom cabinets, stair railings, templating
July 6 – 10
Monday: Beautiful floor is covered again with RamBoard (cardboard to protect the floor from dings and scratches). Cabinet install comes to a halt after water stop cocks in hall bath leak after re-installation. The plumber will replace them when he comes to install the sink but they’re plugged for now.
Tile guy arrives at lunchtime and finishes area around window and bullnose on pony wall edges. Grouting tomorrow.
Continue reading Week 17: Cabinets, grout, cork flooring, closets
June 29 – July 3
Monday: Morning zoo, afternoon silence! The painters (not a full crew) were finishing up initial wall painting in the bonus room and walls in the hall by the family room. The kitchen cabinets were delivered, unloaded and piled up in the family room. The hardwood floor crew (2) arrived as did the tile guy for the master bathroom! Continue reading Week 16: Cabinets, hardwood floor, bathroom tile
June 22-26
Monday: Trim for two remaining kitchen windows. Painters caulked, sanded and primed new trim. Continue reading Week 15: Skylight, paint, trim, skylight?
