Check out this first photo; it's a composite showing the living room - note the green paint on the left walls where the bookshelves will go. Notice also that great looking ceiling and the recessed lighting trims that are now installed. And that big stack of cardboard in the middle of the room? The new kitchen cabinets. They're in Ikea Flat Mode right now.
I actually have about a dozen pics I want to upload here now, but for some reason the blackberry isn't able to send them all. This next shot is of the new entry closet. The same "Ivy League" green as the bookshelf walls in the living room, and the closet is "Honey Harbor". That niche to the left of the closet is where we hope to someday have a Reverend Tom Fisher furniture item with four drawers, one for each of us residents, to hold our cell phones, wallets, etc. Not to mention some type of handsome thing on the top - maybe Heather's Buddha. Other pictures that are yet to be posted include the new Toto Eco-UltraMax, installed in the basement bathroom by Ray the Plumber yesterday in about an hour. Really a good flushing toilet, yet it hardly uses any water. The basement is completely primed now, ready for the ceiling paint next. "Ivory White" flat latex. Jonni wanted us to go with eggshell, but there's just the windows at the end of the long room and it'll show every little imperfection, so I overuled.
And if you've been reading this blog regularly since it started, you might remember how I fussed over the stair opening and how to trim it all out so it looks neat and simple. I figured it out - it's all done with drywall with simple shapes. Given that Pete is the Super Smoothwall King, what better way to handle all that trickiness than to let him put simple drywall shapes to receive paint. So Pics of that are due on the site soon.
I crossed the line into painting dangerland too - in order to get the walls and ceilings above the stairs, I had to prop an eight foot stepladder up against the tall wall and lay in a flat 2x12 plank as a scaffold, then had to stand on a short ladder sitting on the plank. Quite the risky thing.
This morning, Heather and I were discussing the front yard and garden design while we sat on Steve's carpentry step extravaganza in the sunshine sipping tea on a short break. I didn't have anything to draw with, but there was a huge stack of wood scraps of all shapes and sizes, so I started using what was handy to build a little front yard model. That's another photo I really need to put up soon - as soon as I get the dang bberry to work.
And lastly, here's a peek at Steve's carpentry for the big stair thing. It's pretty cool
The siding and probably the decking will be arriving Tuesday; that's put Steve totally busy on the outside of the house. Meanwhile, I'm guessing Pete will either finish the drywall work that Steve started in Danny's room and the basement bathroom, or he'll start on the kitchen. I'm hoping for the kitchen. That would be good.
I'll upload more pics soon. Thanks for stopping by and make sure you click on the ad. Maybe it's higher now; I don't know.
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