Deconstruction

Electricians showed at about 10 this morning, and our hopes were quickly raised to think that the lights / power would be on in the ‘new’ portion of the house. Alas, but it was a false prophecy…the electrician is going to return after the countertops and backsplash are in to finish the job. […]

As you can see, despite frequent cleaning and various attempts at putting up barriers to the dust, it is omnipresent in our house. Right now there are only cursory attempts by us to keep it under control, but soon enough there will be a day of reckoning when justice will be meted out […]

Here is a slew of pictures from the past few days. The countertop guy came at 8am today and measured the countertops and made templates for everything. Tile is mostly done now with just a few left to go (they ran out at the end of the day and need about 5 more […]

Justin and David’s son in law (still don’t know his name…) showed up today around 11 to start tiling. The tile was much thicker than I thought, and it looks great in the kitchen. It has just enough variation to keep it interesting. They got about 80% done with the kitchen […]

The picture didn’t turn out well (since there is no light) but you may be able to imagine that anything starting with a ‘5′ is below the comfort zone as described by various government agencies.
When we got back from Springfield it was 55 in here, and despite endless tinkering yesterday I couldn’t get it […]

Here is another batch of photos from the end of today. They have started putting in the trim, and hung the doors in addition to to building the little wine rack you see above the sink. We awoke today to the sound of Rick walking in and saying “plumber” - an introduction or […]

See all the new pics from today below…David and Dick were here almost all day installing cabinets. In addition, the newly added countertop guys (as if we needed more parties in this project) came by to check out the countertop in the main hall bath. The plan is to have a 32″ high […]

We sprung out of bed early this morning, eagerly anticipating the sounds of hammering and er… cabinet hanging. Always wanting to keep us guessing, Dick strolls in around 10am and the magic begins. Today they hung most of the wall cabinets, and started the installation of the base cabinets in the kitchen. […]

So I’m sitting on the back porch enjoying the sunshine, tearing apart a burrito when David comes around to make some small talk. He and his son-in-law had been rustling around in the garage for a bit after lunch. The conversation went something like this.

David: Beautiful day, isn’t it
Andy: Yes, very relaxing.
David: Well, […]

The cabinets were delivered on Monday and shepherded in by Justin, David’s son. Unfortunately he let us know that installation would not begin right away due to scheduling conflicts and a nasty finger / saw injury he had sustained. He asked if that was OK, and what could I say? I’m rather […]