Floors are Finished

Floors are just so beautiful! I'm really happy with them, and all my fears are gone about them not looking good with the maple cabinets. We bought a Roomba and when things get slow, we watch it bump into walls and spin around. I can see why people name them - he - I mean it - looks so sad when it gets stuck, and then happy to head back to its base....

Painting should be finished by Wednesday, with any luck, and then hooking up fixtures and appliances. Our contractor's 91 year old mother passed away Friday, so we may slow down even more for a bit. That's life. Fortunately the painter finished with Marina's room so that we could stash Ethan's stuff in there (while he's on the AIDS ride) and HOPEFULLY, for all our sanity, he can move into his room when he returns.

Here's the floor!

We've Hit the Two Month Mark!

Not too bad I guess, but I am getting impatient for all the last things to get done.

But we do have floors, just finished today! I just have one photo to post, in Marina's room, since the other rooms have cardboard pieces or appliance boxes on them, and they haven't been swept from this week's drywalling and sanding (for the heater closet and living room doorway). But I keep walking around the area barefoot cause it feels so good, so warm! They still need the edge piece and baseboards and some thresholds, so I'll post more pics when it all looks spiffy.

Next to come is finishing up the last of the painting, electrical, plumbing and finally appliance installment (I can barely remember what we ordered).

The roofers came and put dormers and vents in the red tile roof. And, I just looked out my window onto that part of the roof, and see that the guy replaced a few broken tiles as well! Nice! The heater can go in anytime after the painting is done. Sort of anti-climatic that we won't be using it for another 5 or 6 months!

But we're starting to look at bathroom stuff and stair carpet for the next phase. It's hard to build up enthusiasm for it somehow - maybe has to do with kitchen overwhelm, job overwhelm, lots of offspring activity (Marina is getting readying herself for her travels to Israel/Romania/E.Europe and moving to Portland, and Ethan is finishing school, renting a house, AIDS ride and moving back home!) and then also getting geared up for Strawberry music fest! How could I not be overwhelmed?

BREATHE!

We Have Floors!

We went from sparse communication with Craig, the floor guy, waiting for the flooring to be delivered so it could acclimate, to suddenly the floors had to be installed TODAY, upon delivery! He has a job next week, so he can't wait, so he'll start TODAY! That old tile is too well glued to the floor, so he'll work around it - TODAY! So, although the drywallers were here finishing the closet and the doorway to the living room, he began work on it TODAY!

And it's beeyoutifullll!! Here it is in the family room,

in Marina's room (looking toward the window),

in Marina's room (looking away from the window) - wish I knew how to get the color better, but this will give you a better impression of how it looks in person,

and in the kitchen, next to the cabinet (I think the color matches better in person).

Reminder: Greenwood Bamboo, vertical, carbonized

Rolling Along

The upstairs landing painting is finished and it is exquisite!! I'll post photos next week when we get back from Marina's GRADUATION from Prescott College (while celebrating Ethan's 21ST BIRTHDAY).

Today's news was multitudinous and exciting: Countertops will be installed Friday, then early next week will be the ductwork and prep for installing the furnace. The heater closet will get finished, as well as the gas and electric.

Then (trying not to count our chickens), if all goes well we might have the drywall and patching done by the end of the week, as well as finishing the electric in the kitchen, which would have everything ready for the last round of painting around the 12th. Flooring could start before the end of that week.

If and if and if ... it all could be done before Strawberry on the 22nd.

Under the Rug

I was always curious about what we would find when the carpets were pulled up.

Ethan's floor, original 1920's I believe, with a nice big plywood patch from a more recent era:

Marina's room, a more recent add-on was modern plywood: