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Honey I shrunk the house!

The wood floors got dark, and the house got small. The contrast between white baseboards and dark floors in EMPTY rooms draws the eye to immediately measure the room. all of the wood floored spaces 'feel' smaller, its not just a myth. However, i think it looks 10x better. And since the rooms didn't shrink and all of our oversized furniture will still fit comfortably, who cares. Also your eyes wont be able to read the edges of an entire room with furniture within.

On another note. I had a railing idea finally that may be feasable. Attach a 1 3/4" aluminum post to the first stair (of the set that goes upstairs). Screw a bracket to the post and to each stare riser and secure slats of glass. check out this mockup i made:

High Quality Haus

The electrician has been working overtime to remove and completely re-wire the house including a brand new panel. Everything is getting its own nice circuit with the load distributed well

Andy came to visit again. We took some of the salvaged trim that we had saved earlier in the process as well as two doors and put them back in new places. We had to switch the handing on both doors and buy new hinges and switch the direction, but it all worked out good. Today Kathleen is sanding them down and priming them - it's sca
ry it looks like they've been there since 1923.

I found 1923 Newspaper under a piece of wood floor! crazy (pics to come).

Andy, Federman and I installed the two exhaust flaps and did some serious foaming (expanding foam is both gross and fun - kind of like mudsliding at woodstock)

Mike the countertop guy came by and measured up the kitchen and bathroom for stone. He approximates about 10 days from when i pick the stone at this shop (i'll do that tommorow likely)

Sinks and Faucets have been selected, and are getting ordered today.

Alex, a wood floor guy came by and told me that because the downstairs is oak and the upstairs is maple, that my only option to stain is natural colour - otherwise the two woods will look drastically different. I rebutted by showing him an area of stained maple that we uncovered (presumably original). He didn't like the idea of staining the maple dark, i am awaiting a phone call from him this afternoon to nail down a start date (hopefully tommorow) and convince him to do it dark. All of the floor surfaces are prepped for his arrival

Over the hump.

We are definately starting to see things come together.

Lots of drywall over completed electrical.
lots of patching and sanding,
some priming and painting
one done room carpeted and painted (back bedroom)
kitchen install on day 2 of 3.

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Week 52

This week has been fun so far. Everyday at the house, lots of work to get done.

With the expertise of Andy, we've learned some neat tricks.

Work Done:
-Leveled floor in kitchen with 10 bags of concrete + wire screening!
-Layed heating pad on top of first layer
-Started kitchen tile (should be done tonight and dry thursday)
-Built new entrance way / vestibule to master bedroom
-Built behind the bed 'niche'
-framed and drywalled up the old closet door in the master.
-started work on the front staircase 'niche'

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Construction Schedule / Things to do.

Wednesday:
Ciot - Tile, Grout, Screen+Adhesive?
Steve - Horses, Chop Saw, square Bronze 1/2" u channel, Silicone, Level, RONA CARD. Pickup Truck
Scott - Tools + Borrowed Hammer Drill?
Rona - Massive drill (for outside wall), Flexible Pipe, Mastic, Lumber, Drywall, Powder Mix, Tile screen & adhesive?, Nails, Corner Bead, Square? 3 inch screws, tapcons, Concrete drill bit / hammer drill? Trim kit for closet door + new master door….
Fleece in a bag (for plugging hole in wall, PATCH IT WITH DOORS)
TES - Wires for Jim, Thermostat, Heating Pads

Thursday / Friday
Guide to installing a pipe through an outside wall!
Rustique - visit.
Gingers (for ideas) / Somewhere with good prices (lou?) - sink
Ikea - Vanity (STENSKAR)
CRL - order railing setting channel
Steve the Wood Guy - consult.

PAST This weekend:
Mirror Vanities (source non-beveled!)
Tempo - Counter top for vanity
mosaic tiles (for upstairs bathroom wall!)
Closet insides (pescarollo or ikea?)
Closet doors (c-living)
3M frosting front + railing
Quest - Measure windows, Vent for W/D + Cooktop

Reno-matic

Ok. We got the keys right around 3pm on friday and so began the dusty mess.



Day 1:
-Removed all kitchen cabinets
-Removed backsplash
-Removed island!
-Uninstalled dishwasher, sink, fridge icemaker (de-icing courtesy of the warga method)



Day 2:
-Removed all ceramic tile and full layer of cement-board from kitchen floor
-Removed 400-500 'hellraiser' screws that held down the cement board.
-Met with Kathleen the painter, she's hired.



Day 3:
-Removed upstairs bathroom vanity
-Removed railing (up and down)
-Removed remaining hellraiser screws
-Met with alarm guy and electrician for consult
-Plumber came and roughed in all kitchen appliances, capped and moved sink
-Upstairs bathroom vanity demolished!
-Upstairs hallway closet, GONE!
-made opening to switch closet from master to third bedroom. SAWSEL!

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