It's done, though. Now onto cabinets and other things. Hopefully electrical today. Oh yeah, and the oven we bought in the fall of 2007 (!) is coming today, too.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
So that's done.
I could go into great detail about all the minutiae involved with the new floor that bother me, but I'm too tired. I was up until 3 am last night/this morning finishing things up. A series of tricky cuts around the basement stairs/pantry/other steps area slowed me down.
It's done, though. Now onto cabinets and other things. Hopefully electrical today. Oh yeah, and the oven we bought in the fall of 2007 (!) is coming today, too.
It's done, though. Now onto cabinets and other things. Hopefully electrical today. Oh yeah, and the oven we bought in the fall of 2007 (!) is coming today, too.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Kitchen floor progress. Day one.
This blog is not unlike a podcast. I do the thing, then post the pictures later. But we'll all pretend it's happening in the now.
So we started this yesterday, working around all the ridiculous things we usually have to work around in our house -- which I won't even bother to go into.
OK, enough talk. Every picture tells a story, don't it...?
Speaking of podcasts, I'm listening to one in the above photo. Or music, maybe.
Ye olde style plumbing, which will need some updating.
1/3 finished.
So we started this yesterday, working around all the ridiculous things we usually have to work around in our house -- which I won't even bother to go into.
OK, enough talk. Every picture tells a story, don't it...?
Speaking of podcasts, I'm listening to one in the above photo. Or music, maybe.
Ye olde style plumbing, which will need some updating.
1/3 finished.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The kitchen is no longer just a black, soulless void.
It's blue!
We're thiiiis close to putting in the maple floor. Just have to do some gas line work for the oven, and we'll be ready. Pretty much.
The beadboard ceiling is painted. The crown is painted. The walls are painted. Once that floor goes in, we can drop those cabinets. Then it will officially be a kitchen again. It will!
Here are some photos of the priming and painting procedure:
Robyn's a UNC hoops fan, but our kitchen won't be Carolina Blue. This is just the primer. Although, I would like this for a kid's room.
A closeup of the detail on that outside miter, courtesy of our carpenter-friend Nathan Geier, who luckily will work for cinnamon-raisin bread.
The final shot of primer-only.
Jonsie, rollin' it.
Sweet Jehova -- a light fixture!
More photos to come...
We're thiiiis close to putting in the maple floor. Just have to do some gas line work for the oven, and we'll be ready. Pretty much.
The beadboard ceiling is painted. The crown is painted. The walls are painted. Once that floor goes in, we can drop those cabinets. Then it will officially be a kitchen again. It will!
Here are some photos of the priming and painting procedure:
Robyn's a UNC hoops fan, but our kitchen won't be Carolina Blue. This is just the primer. Although, I would like this for a kid's room.
A closeup of the detail on that outside miter, courtesy of our carpenter-friend Nathan Geier, who luckily will work for cinnamon-raisin bread.
The final shot of primer-only.
Jonsie, rollin' it.
Sweet Jehova -- a light fixture!
More photos to come...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
A Few Shots of the Kitchen, Mid-Reno.
So the thing we're in the middle of right this very moment is the kitchen. It was the first thing we wanted to tear apart (after the carpeting) once we bought the place, because it was so heinous. Please see initial blog post for a photo of it before.
Last Fall we just started ripping it up. Holidays intervened. Financing worries intervened. Malaise intervened. But now we're so close to being done with the thing, and we already have most of the materials, so we're plowing ahead.
The following photos are some I took the day we installed the beadboard ceiling. You may ask yourself, "why is there 1/2" plywood sheathing on the ceiling, underneath that ridiculously warped and knotty (and cheap) pine beadboard?". The answer to that is twofold. First, we installed plywood with the intention of putting up tin, which turned out to be too expensive. Second, we have a major tearout planned for the 2nd floor bathroom, which resides directly above the kitchen -- so, to avoid any damage to our sparkly-new kitchen ceiling, we used the plywood to protect it. Which is kind of why we thought we'd do tin...it's kind of confusing.
Anyway, enjoy the following photos. Within a couple of days, I'll show you what it looks like now, with primed crown molding, a professional drywall job and baby blue primer all over the walls.
Last Fall we just started ripping it up. Holidays intervened. Financing worries intervened. Malaise intervened. But now we're so close to being done with the thing, and we already have most of the materials, so we're plowing ahead.
The following photos are some I took the day we installed the beadboard ceiling. You may ask yourself, "why is there 1/2" plywood sheathing on the ceiling, underneath that ridiculously warped and knotty (and cheap) pine beadboard?". The answer to that is twofold. First, we installed plywood with the intention of putting up tin, which turned out to be too expensive. Second, we have a major tearout planned for the 2nd floor bathroom, which resides directly above the kitchen -- so, to avoid any damage to our sparkly-new kitchen ceiling, we used the plywood to protect it. Which is kind of why we thought we'd do tin...it's kind of confusing.
Anyway, enjoy the following photos. Within a couple of days, I'll show you what it looks like now, with primed crown molding, a professional drywall job and baby blue primer all over the walls.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sabbatical, Bloody Sabbatical
I've been away from working on the house lately.
Concentrating more on trying to find a job...and my latest back injury (not a bloody one, as the title may imply, btw).
But I'll be back at it again soon. We do seem to have a need for a functioning kitchen, what with three kids under 7 and all.
Until then, here is a photo of our messed up (roller coaster-like) kitchen ceiling in mid-install:
Concentrating more on trying to find a job...and my latest back injury (not a bloody one, as the title may imply, btw).
But I'll be back at it again soon. We do seem to have a need for a functioning kitchen, what with three kids under 7 and all.
Until then, here is a photo of our messed up (roller coaster-like) kitchen ceiling in mid-install:
Friday, January 23, 2009
Be on the Lookout
I'm trying to find 2 matching registers. If I could find 3 of these (the 3rd needn't match, except for dimensions), I would freak. But two will definitely suffice.
Below is a photo of one of the back to back registers in two of the 2nd floor bedrooms. There used to also be two of them in a third bedroom back to back with the 2nd floor bath. But when 1960's man is butchering an old house, why not go all out? So the duct outlets were covered up and the registers disposed of in some capacity. But now I've redirected the duct work back to the same spot, and I need the registers.
The dimensions of the opening in the baseboard is 9" high x 11.5" wide. The outside dimensions of the existing registers is 9.75" high x 11.5". So something in that ballpark that looks kind 1905-y. That's what I want.
Can anybody help me????
Dusty.
Below is a photo of one of the back to back registers in two of the 2nd floor bedrooms. There used to also be two of them in a third bedroom back to back with the 2nd floor bath. But when 1960's man is butchering an old house, why not go all out? So the duct outlets were covered up and the registers disposed of in some capacity. But now I've redirected the duct work back to the same spot, and I need the registers.
The dimensions of the opening in the baseboard is 9" high x 11.5" wide. The outside dimensions of the existing registers is 9.75" high x 11.5". So something in that ballpark that looks kind 1905-y. That's what I want.
Can anybody help me????
Dusty.
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