Deconstruction

This one has been in development for a while, with the editors at one anothers throats arguing over semantics and ‘voice’ of the post.

Another slew of pictures of the new bathroom. This is perhaps 85% complete, with the last mile being maddeningly elusive. The sink was too wide to allow the drawers to […]

I’m sitting here on Wednesday waiting for David to show up and wow me with his dispute resolution skills. I spoke to him last night and he said he would be here first thing in the morning. It is 9am.
I got home yesterday and Justin had been here all day putting up the […]

Here is another photo glut to start your new year off right.
Last week all the tile and grouting was done after the drywall was finished. First the floor tile went in, it is very rough and just what we were hoping for.

Next Justin and Cameron put in the vanity, which looks […]

By that I mean the vacation.
Last week Jimmy and company finished the drywall, and came back on monday to spray the ceiling. He was only here 10 minutes, apparently he left some needed equipment at another job site.
He sprayed on Tuesday, and I primed the walls and ceiling yesterday. We’ve been calling David […]

Unfortunately I don’ t have any thrilling photos today, gentle reader. I tried to take some but the bathroom is of a size preventing good detail shots. What I do have is a cornucopia of literary goodness detailing our week at “The Palance.”
Monday saw Rick and Apprentice arriving. These guys are really […]

Here is a blast of offensive images - I never realized just how bad it looked in there until it was all stripped down and captured by the unflinching camera eye. Nothing really too worthy of comment here…they showed up Monday and began destructifying.

These are of the small patch of linoleum in the entryway […]

Significant progress made in the kitchen, and while there are a few loose ends to tie up it looks like everything will come together nicely, and it has been very nice being able to live in the kitchen for the past week or so. Remaining items include a new trim piece around the top […]

This was a pretty low weekend as far as the project was concerned. Friday night Jill and I started going over everything and were quite alarmed to discover that the holes drilled for the cabinet pulls didn’t line up vertically or horizontally, and as a result all of the pulls were very noticably out […]

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It is 3:15 on a Wednesday in Mission, KS. Andy is in his office working. Enter Rick, the plumber, stage right. With Rick is Joe, assisting Rick.
[Rick] Andy? We’re just finishing up, we’ll be taking off now.
[Andy] Oh, sounds good Rick, did you get it all taken […]

Yesterday was sort of an odd day…the electricians were here nearly the entire day making everything hot, attaching light fixtures, putting on faceplates, etc. I have thought for weeks (months?) that I would be euphoric when this milestone was reached, but it was not all it was cracked up to be.
Call me […]