99.9% Done! - Day 50

Another productive day!  The electricians spent another half a day with us and finished up their work!  Now we can watch TV in the family room!  The fireplace tile was grouted and it looks great!  In a couple of weeks we can seal it and it will highlight the colors (yes, there is a little color in it!).  The final pieces of hardware for the file cabinets, the shelf for the top of the pantry cabinet, and the rod/shelf for the closet also came today.  We even got our furniture out of storage so we are getting back to normal!  We will spend the weekend getting settled in!

There is still a little do to but it won't be long now!

Only a few pictures today!

TV is in place and working!

The tile is all grouted, and the handles are on the drawers!

New closet rod and shelf.

The shelf in the upper part of the pantry.

Looking forward to a busy weekend of unpacking boxes!

Almost DONE! - Day 49

Busy day around here!  Electricians spent the day doing their thing!  They will return tomorrow to finish up the TV and all of it's parts.  We now have lights (lots o' lights!), outlets (lots o' outlets!), doorbells (2),  and a microwave in the kitchen (we have had a microwave all along, just not in the kitchen!).  It will NOT be used to cook frozen meals for a LONG time!!! The fireplace tile was installed.  He will be back tomorrow to grout!  The railing on the stairs was put up, mutton bars were put in the windows, and the stove was delivered (and installed) - HOPING for a refrigerator tomorrow!

The remaining stuff in the garage was hauled away!  Sorry to say the mess that is left is all our doing!  Guess we know what our next project is!!!

The cleaning ladies (Kathy and Kathy) came and left this morning - clearly with all that was going on here, their work would be futile!  Brave souls that they are, they returned this afternoon (in the pouring rain!) to complete their task!

Today's pictures:

Hall lights.

Notice the white (not brown!) mutton bars!

Stove and microwave.

Notice the outlets - one on end of peninsula and three on the wall (more than we had in the entire kitchen before!)

Light fixture over the table.

Tile around the fireplace - still needs grout!

New railing.

Nice and sturdy and much prettier than the old one!

New outlets and switch - not additional, but new!

Not much more to go!!!

It's a Good Day! - Day 48

The sun is shining (finally!!), the person in front of me in the drive up line at McDonalds paid for my coffee!  (should have ordered food too!).  My favorite plumber, Les, came and finished up the plumbing!  We can go potty on the main level!!!  YEAH!!  Oh, Les installed the dishwasher too, so I can do dishes!  This is not nearly as exciting as the toilet! If someone had told me I would EVER be this happy about a toilet I would have called them CRAZY!  The fireplace guys came and did the final hook up for that today.  The paper was removed from so the floors were unveiled and the vents were replaced!

Tomorrow the electrician should be here, HOPING the refrigerator and stove get delivered, and someone is coming to clean (this is a one time deal, darn!)

By this weekend we should be DONE (there may be a few minor things to finish!) and our furniture will be returned from storage!  The new furniture will be a while yet, but we will be able to live on the main level again!

Today's pictures:

The main level bathroom!

I did discover, you can sit on the toilet and look out the living room window!

Guess we better remember to close the door!

New dishwasher - still needs to be electrified, but then I can wash dishes.

Living room.

Kitchen/family room floor.

The fancy rug will get replaced!

Entry hall floor.

Hardware for the doors is coming!

Fireplace all put together.

The tile gets installed tomorrow.

A different view of the living room.

Eating area.

One more of the living room.

More tomorrow!

Slow Start to the Week - Day 47

Not too much happened today!  Railing pieces and mutton bars for the front window and sliding glass door were picked up to be painted or stained (stain for railing, paint for mutton bars!).  The plumber brought the toilet for the main level and he will return tomorrow to install it!  This could be our last night of having to go upstairs to go potty!!!!  Plans were made for the installation of the tile around the fireplace - that will be done on Thursday and Friday.

No new pictures today, but hopefully some tomorrow!

Progress - Day 46

Today we had several different craftsmen here!  The trim carpenters returned and finished the fireplace, the molding on the drop ceiling over the bar and the skins on the back of the cabinet by the eating area and the refrigerator along with several other items!  The plumber installed the kitchen faucet and the garbage disposal so now we have access to water on the main level!  The flooring installers returned to install the transition pieces where the tile and the hardwood meet.  Scott brought the microwave and dishwasher so they can be installed next week.  The dust is ALMOST done so I have started filling cupboards!

Today's pictures:

The skin on the back of the cabinet was installed.

Skin on the side of the cabinet next to the refrigerator.

Crown mold on the drop over the bar.

Another view of the crown mold on the drop over the bar.

And a different view!

The trim at the top of the shelf areas was finished.

Hand rail for stairway was put together, now just needs to be stained.

As soon as the railing is done it can be installed!

They put on the handles for the bathroom vanity.

Getting ready for the spindles!

Trim piece under the bar top.  

It goes all the way around!

Kitchen faucet.

Garbage disposal - isn't it lovely?!?

Trim at top of basement stairs.

This matches the rest of the hardware!

Floor transition from family room to kitchen.

Floor transition from hallway to living room.

And last but not least the transition from the living room to the eating area of the kitchen.

Next week - nearing the end!

More Paint - Day 45

Painting is just about done!  The only thing left to paint are the mutton bars for the bow window and the sliding glass door and to stain the hand rail going up the stairs.  The walls and trim are DONE!  Thanks to Gary and son!

The trim carpenters (Jim and Jake) will return tomorrow to finish their piece of this puzzle!

This weekend I will be filling the cupboards!

Since the first coat of paint was already on it is hard to tell the difference in the pictures, but...

A view of the eating area from the living room.

The living room

The entry hall/railing.  

Yes, spindles are coming!

The stair stringer, what an improvement!

A view of the bar from the entry hall.

The crown molding will not cover the entire drop, so we painted the part that will show the darkest gray.

Trying to show how nice the woodwork looks, but pictures don't do it justice!

The TV spot got painted today. 

Contrary to what some think, the TV will NOT take up the entire space!

Sliding glass door.

We will put the mutton bars back in now that we don't have dog noses to mess up the window!

A view from the family room.

More progress to come tomorrow!

Countertops! - Day 44

I originally started this post in the afternoon and it was going to be titled "More Paint", but then what should appear, COUNTERTOPS!  So, not that paint isn't important, but countertops are more exciting, (personal opinion, of course!), the title was changed!  Not to leave out the painting, the woodwork was all painted today and it looks very nice!  Although I am not posting pictures, and it isn't really part of the remodel, they came and put more insulation in the attic and insulated the crawlspace!  We are going to be so nice and cozy we may never leave the house again!  So, it was a busy day around here!

View from the eating area.  

Yes, there will be a matching wood panel on the back of that cabinet!

The new kitchen sink, and of course the countertop.

The breakfast/snack bar.

A view of the kitchen from the corner of the breakfast/snack bar.

The little counter.

The view from the entry hall.

The painting of the woodwork is hard to show in pictures, so here are the doors!

Tomorrow they will finish up the painting and not sure what other surprises we have in store!