The house has been bourgeoning with activity.
The kitchen floor tile was installed. It’s a porcelain tile called como noce and its set on a staggered layout. Not hard to install with just a little bit of extra interest (not that we are installing it, but no upcharge!). The tile has a lot of movement which will hide a myriad of sins for our busy lifestyle. The landing to the side door was also installed. The eating area of the kitchen and the landing were both painted in Benjamin Moore Sage Tint. The eating area was supposed to have magnetic primer, so they will redo that. The doorway to the living room has been fully framed out and in use – its one of my favorite features. Lots less schlepping the laundry around the entire first floor to get to the basement!
The dining room was painted in Benjamin Moore Sweet Bluette (pictures coming soon). As they were painting, we noticed brown spots on the ceiling. The contractor told us it was wet and went to investigate. Turns out that the bathtub joint against the wall was leaking. There had never been caulk, only cement, and all the water was pouring down onto the ceiling! Good thing we realized before everything was complete! So add a patch to our dining room ceiling and new caulking in the bathroom.
More covered live electrical was found in the living room (of course right?), source located and removed. The living room finally got its overhead lighting. While working on the ceiling, we discovered that there was some type of paper over crumbling plaster. We could either take down the entire ceiling and put up new sheetrock, or sheetrock over the plaster and then add new crown molding (since it would hit the crown molding in a funny spot and wouldn’t be usable). Down came the ceiling. Last night, we were finally able to use the lights. We went from one puny lamp to 8 hi hats. Wow, was it heaven! Parts of the living room have been primed. Paint is happening soon. (pictures coming soon)
Our office was tiled, as was the powder room. The new back door was installed (no more shattered glass pane covered in tape!). The door to the powder room was installed as well. Its beginning to look like a real room!
In the backyard, we had new pavers laid, but the stairs have not been installed yet. The pavers are Cambridge Toffee Onyx. I’m glad I capitulated to my husband (I wanted Onyx Natural) because the Toffee Onyx looks fantastic. He must have good taste if he chose me (har de har har). (pictures coming soon)
The library was painted in Forget Me Not – it’s a bright cheery blueish green that will be perfect for the kids to play in. The overhead lighting is also functional. (pictures coming soon)
The cabinets were delivered last night and are being installed as we speak!