Tyler and I played outside a bit tonight after dinner. He spent some time playing with the lock box. I think given enough time, he might get it. 😀
Family Room Built-in
The fancy built-in cabinetry was put in today for the family room. It looks really great. There is still one part to add, the floating granite shelf that goes a few inches above the white drawers on the bottom (the dark line in the picture is the inset for it). The TV will get mounted in place along with the in-wall speakers for surround sound very soon.
Remodel Update Week 16
This week was the 16th week of the remodel. In the very first project plan we would be done now. Remodeling, like any other complex project has changes. We have about two more weeks in front of us and then I’m sure there will be small things after that.
This week the built-in cabinetry for the mudroom was installed. The earlier empty space is now as it will be going forward. The painters have been busy painting trim with some serious paint that seems stronger than typical latex paint, and smells it as well. Outside the carpenter got the deck built on top of the mudroom and the railing is ready to be put in this week. I got to go up there this weekend (through the window) and put a set of outdoor speakers up. I really like the space and if I weren’t done with project stuff for now I’d want to have the door put in up there.
Outside we also got our landscaping done this week. The rutted tracks from the excavation equipment are gone, and so is our entire lawn. I decided to have the entire yard re-graded and seeded with shade specific grass. All of our hardscaping is back now as well, so things are feeling really close and it’s nice to get fall in our backyard again.
This week the family room built-in is coming and the walls are getting painted. Electrical work will get back underway and the network will come back to life with a new telco rack and everything getting punched back down. We’ll actually move some stuff back into the utility room next weekend.
Contagion
Last weekend Tammy and I had a nice dinner at Kings Wine Bar (one of my new favorite places) and then went to a movie. We went to Contagion. It was a good movie, and if anything underplayed the kind of pandemonium that would follow the kind of epidemic depicted.
When I got up at the end of the movie all the other people in the movie theater seemed like something to get away from. 😀
32 Plants Planted
The landscapers were here this week and got the yard looking a lot better. We decided to do the planting ourselves though and took advantage of 50% off sales in September at Wagners. We left with 32 plants and got them all in today. I did most of the digging and Tammy and Mazie put them in the ground. It looks great and the plants should have plenty of good weather to get established before winter.
Trying to update Final Cut X but App Store can’t seem to authenticate me. 🙁
Landscapers blew me away with how fast they finished. 2 days and done.
Alright, no more pistachios. Ate about 20 and feel notably “wrong”. Must be a little allergic.
Remodel Update Week 15
More finish work continued this week. The exterior of the new mudroom got painted. The real door arrived and will be put in after painting. The bannister got installed in the family room as well as the hand railing and the utility and electrical rooms are being finished so we can start moving some stuff back in!
This week is more painting, finish work, cabinetry and landscaping is starting to restore the yard.
