Paint!

We were able to get a sample of granite on Wednesday, and also see our slabs. We picked out the kitchen and dining paint color, and by the end of the weekend had two coats of paint on the walls. That's exciting progress!

Somewhere in the long weekend, Mick figured out that it would be much easier to do the window trim before the tile went on the wall in the bathroom. Detour to making trim.

We also made a diagram of where the heat coils are (and aren't) in the kitchen and dining. There are a few items that may come up through the floor later (central vac), and it would be a major oops to cut one of those.

Mick has cut into the first sheets of the plywood that will be the cabinet boxes. Stay tuned!

Walk the plank...

The electricians and the floor crew were here on Monday. The electricians ran the in-floor heat coils, and the floor guys covered it all with a leveling compound. Mick estimated 38 bags of mix put into 3 gallons of water each. That's a lot of wet (and smelly) stuff on the floor. No walking on it for 24 hours.

We have a plank to the "dining/office" and the "computer/office".

What's that?

We returned home on Sunday night from a nice weekend with my parents. Mick got two deer. Andrea missed.

The floor crew had been through and put down a thin coat of "green". We decided it was probably a bonding layer.

HardieBacker

The tile crew installed HardiBacker cement board today. It looks the same, only gray with lots of nails (every 8"), and seams.

Elizabeth is still having a blast with a racetrack in the kitchen. She might be disappointed when we finish!

Picture post

I owe you some photos, so here goes!

The dining room after sheetrock, but before texture. The plastic curtain is protecting our living/temp dining/temp kitchen area. It got a little tight this week.
View toward the kitchen.

Elizabeth painted the office. There is a rumor that it could be her playroom.

Here's the kitchen after the primer coat of paint.

We moved the temporary dining room to the office/playroom. This feels like fine dining! I even found a couple candles for our first meal.

Painting

On Wednesday I picked up our floor tile samples again, and we picked out paint colors for the office and bathroom. Mick finished ceiling painting throughout.

We made lots of progress on Thursday. I was done with work at noon, so we painted the breezeway ceiling, the bathroom, and the office.

The kitchen and dining color is on hold until we can see our granite.

Tomorrow: pick out grout colors for the tile floors, touch up and clean up the areas that are painted, and lots of other small stuff. Maybe I'll even be inspired to post some photos.

Primed!

Mick was really busy today. He finished assembling a set of shelves in the basement. We will make better use of a space that had to be cleared for construction work.

He also got a coat of primer on the ceilings and the walls. Looking good!

The sheetrockers are done!

The sheetrock crew is done. The buckets of wet are gone!

Now we need to think about priming and painting. No new pics. It looks the same, just cleaner.

My least favorite part...

The drywall delivery truck pulled in at 6:30 am on Tuesday.

This is the company that's doing the work.

Even though I've not been home much, sheetrock is still my least favorite part. Visually, it's great, but I hate the mess and the dampness that comes with it. I remember this part from the last remodel. It makes me a little crazy. No comments necessary.

Sheetrock tomorrow!

'nuf said.

... and quieter

We added insulation for soundproofing on some of the interior walls, then did a lot of clean up this weekend. Some of the 'echo' has gone away, and there's a better visual sense of how big each room is.

We're hoping for sheetrock this week.