Today everything in this area is closed because of weather. We are having a nor'easter combined with the remnants of Hurricane Ida, and it is miserable. The governor has declared a state of emergency. It has been raining continually since Tuesday night. Flood warnings are in effect; winds are 45 mph; and rain is predicted to reach 6 - 8" by tomorrow. I will be surprised if a single leaf remains on any tree after all this. Not a nice day.
We plan on getting lots of stuff done in the house!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Kitchen Renovations 9
Update
Monday the tile in the kitchen was grounted and the old tile in the laundry room was removed later that night. The tile doesn't look much different in pictures, so ... no picture. Today the laundry room was almost completely tiled, but again no picture since the beautiful kitchen floor is now covered with laundry room appliances.
On Wednesday between 9am and noon they will come to make the template for the countertop! Dad has anchored the cabinets to the floor and each other. He also did a wonderful job of finishing off the sides with paneling just like the family room half wall. We will have a lot of painting and repairing to do, baseboards, etc., when this is all over.
The laundry room will be grouted tomorrow and the water heater will be hooked back up. We have been on cold water since this afternoon.
By Wednesday night it will be 48 hours and we can seal the grout and maybe move the appliances and table back in; things we can do before we finish off the baseboards and quarter round. We still won't have a sink or connected dishwasher for a couple of weeks.
Thursday this week is electricity day!
Monday the tile in the kitchen was grounted and the old tile in the laundry room was removed later that night. The tile doesn't look much different in pictures, so ... no picture. Today the laundry room was almost completely tiled, but again no picture since the beautiful kitchen floor is now covered with laundry room appliances.
On Wednesday between 9am and noon they will come to make the template for the countertop! Dad has anchored the cabinets to the floor and each other. He also did a wonderful job of finishing off the sides with paneling just like the family room half wall. We will have a lot of painting and repairing to do, baseboards, etc., when this is all over.
The laundry room will be grouted tomorrow and the water heater will be hooked back up. We have been on cold water since this afternoon.
By Wednesday night it will be 48 hours and we can seal the grout and maybe move the appliances and table back in; things we can do before we finish off the baseboards and quarter round. We still won't have a sink or connected dishwasher for a couple of weeks.
Thursday this week is electricity day!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Kitchen Renovations 8
Saturday
We have tile on our floor. No grout yet, but very pretty tile all the same. Click in for closeups. Grout comes on Monday. The laundry room floor follows soon after. And yes, we are paying extra to have it on the diagonal because it is just so cool looking that way! Hurray!
There is another piece of pvc pipe in the wall due to a little mishap. What would this renovation be without a daily surprise?
The dishwasher is in the laundry room right now, blocked by the stove. Sorry, I can't get a picture of it. It is white, a Consumer Reports Best Buy, Kenmore 13742 If you run your mouse over the front display, you can read all the cycles! It is a tall tub, and has an adjustable top rack and all sorts of other features. We won't be able to have it installed until the countertop is in, so it will be more than two weeks still.
They are coming back to make the countertop template on Wednesday, November 4th.
The plan is for everything to be done by Thanksgiving. We are keeping our fingers crossed!
Friday
We took Friday off from kitchen renovations and went to Busch Gardens with Bethany and the Miller family. We met up there in the late afternoon and had a great time. The Millers have 3 boys (next year it will be 4) and they all love Dad.
Here is Dad with Vaden Miller, 5, in orange and Levi Miller, 1, in a hollow tree.
Chatting with a strolling demon we have Bethany with Levi, Dad with Lincoln, 3, and Vaden looking on.
Here is Dad with Vaden Miller, 5, in orange and Levi Miller, 1, in a hollow tree.
Chatting with a strolling demon we have Bethany with Levi, Dad with Lincoln, 3, and Vaden looking on.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Kitchen Renovations 7
Friday morning
A lot was accomplished last night. Today I can finally do laundry, and we are taking in Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens in the late afternoon and evening. Saturday at 8am the tiling of the kitchen will begin!
The kitchen bare of linoleum tile.
The refugee cabinet has found a permanent home. To get the fridge back into the kitchen we will have to unload and move one of the family room bookcases.
The new vent pipe. New insulation and drywall still to come.
A lot was accomplished last night. Today I can finally do laundry, and we are taking in Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens in the late afternoon and evening. Saturday at 8am the tiling of the kitchen will begin!
The kitchen bare of linoleum tile.
The refugee cabinet has found a permanent home. To get the fridge back into the kitchen we will have to unload and move one of the family room bookcases.
The new vent pipe. New insulation and drywall still to come.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Kitchen Renovations 6
Hardworking David
The Floor
Did you ever believe I would post so often?
It turns out it was a good thing that the newly situated cabinet was not anchored to the floor, because then it would have been impossible to put the fridge in the family room! How is that for looking on the bright side?
This afternoon about 4:30 Mike came to begin on the floor. We mutually decided it would be best to start in the kitchen rather than the laundry room ("which room do you want back first?"), so we began moving things out. Our house really isn't very big. There just aren't too many places to put major appliances that have been forced out of their regular homes. Refugee appliances.
Here is the empty kitchen from all four angles:
Jason, the plumber, should be here soon too.
Now here is the living room with extra furniture:
everything in the buffet piled on the dining room table, and that constantly re-situated cabinet:
The family room with the loveseat blocking the sofa:
And, of course, the fridge. Doesn't everyone keep it beside the television?
Here is the floor, half torn up.
Jason is here now. Stay tuned for updates!
The Floor
Did you ever believe I would post so often?
It turns out it was a good thing that the newly situated cabinet was not anchored to the floor, because then it would have been impossible to put the fridge in the family room! How is that for looking on the bright side?
This afternoon about 4:30 Mike came to begin on the floor. We mutually decided it would be best to start in the kitchen rather than the laundry room ("which room do you want back first?"), so we began moving things out. Our house really isn't very big. There just aren't too many places to put major appliances that have been forced out of their regular homes. Refugee appliances.
Here is the empty kitchen from all four angles:
Jason, the plumber, should be here soon too.
Now here is the living room with extra furniture:
everything in the buffet piled on the dining room table, and that constantly re-situated cabinet:
The family room with the loveseat blocking the sofa:
And, of course, the fridge. Doesn't everyone keep it beside the television?
Here is the floor, half torn up.
Jason is here now. Stay tuned for updates!
Kitchen Renovations 5
Okay, it's Thursday afternoon and we have hit our first brick wall (of the day). The countertop people would not make the template because the re-situated cabinet and the one next to it (left side of the stove) were not anchored to the floor.
They wouldn't wait or come back in the same day, so we will be contacted about a "new appointment." There is no indication of when that will be. Meanwhile, we have no sink, countertop, and the stove isn't plugged in.
We went out for hamburgers for lunch.
They wouldn't wait or come back in the same day, so we will be contacted about a "new appointment." There is no indication of when that will be. Meanwhile, we have no sink, countertop, and the stove isn't plugged in.
We went out for hamburgers for lunch.
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