Week 34

Anna investigating the odd ball wiring in the garage.

Week 34

Some relief from all the white and beige pictures.  

Week 34

NOTE: This is week of May 29th to June 4th.
The electricians are here this week and now I am on a last minute hunt for lighting. So many decisions that should have been made long ago.  Hopefully, I can find something I like, if not, Anna will just put in generic fixtures in place for permit purposes. Linda has found some great lighting for her kitchen in a vintage store on Commercial drive and they were installed this week.

Week 33

I am actually a month behind on the blog, so Week 33 is actually the week of May 22, just the way it is.  We are reaching the tail end of things, a little bit here and there.  

The main floor bathroom is all tiled now, looks great.  I like Linda's choices on her floor, all in keeping with a heritage feel.  My floor is a more modern space. 

Week 32

Ikea kitchens 101.

I think Will is secretly pleased that I am not involved in this project. He has done this before, I can tell, much faster without me asking why, why. The boxes are all assembled, the uppers and lowers are dry fit as they say, all in the blink of an eye.  Well, one day anyway. 

    

Week 32

I have asked Will if he would work with me to put my kitchen in and perhaps I'll learn something in the process. How hard can it be? The difference being he knows kitchens and it would take me forever. I arranged to take Wednesday morning off so I could see how he built the kick bases. Will says these bases kick ass over the Ikea ones.  Kick bases - bases kick, just noticed that. 
Best laid plans, due to excuse #4, he is on his own and I have opted to watch. 

Week 32

A couple of misc shots from upstairs.  In the first picture in the bottom left corner, there is a radiator laying on the floor. One heavy motha, have no idea how these are going to be taken out. They will reused on Linda's floor and the basement in the future. I will be changing to flat fin radiators. Two hot water and 2 electric for my floor. Long story, let's just say sometimes you have to make a quick decision and that is the one I came up with. It was  too expensive to move them to a new position and the two that are staying don't have to move.

Week 32

Aaaah, tiling has finally started. I am hoping to move upstairs soon as that is completed.   That is my plan anyway, had enough of the basement.  The nice weather is coming and I am living in unheated, unlit basement.  Starting to feel like a mole, not good for anybody I would think.  Work is continuing in Linda's bathroom shower, no tiling in there yet, but it is all slowly coming together.

Week 32

Busy, busy, busy.

Lots to report and lots of pictures and lots of excuses for why I am behind on the blog.

1. It's too hot.
2. It's too cold.
3. I'm too tired
4. Broke my two front teeth.
5. Who has the time to blog everyday?
6. Don't feel like it
7. I'm hungry.
8. Blurry eyes.
9. My feet hurt.

This is the same list of excuses I use for my golf game, by the way.

Week 31

Weekend homework.  Thought all the grunt work was done.  There was old tile under the carpet on my floor, not sure if it is vinyl or linoleum but it needed to removed.  80% came up easy, it was the last 20% that required a chisel and took up a good part of my weekend.

Week 31

What do you see there?  Could that be?  Is that tile?

Week 31

 The end of another week.  The second coat on the ceiling went on today. 

Week 31

As soon as the sanding was completed, Will, Sam and I swept and cleaned up to get ready for the painters who are coming in tomorrow to spray all the primer and two coats of white on the ceilings.  Now that is a job I DEFINITELY don't enjoy.  Cleaning up drywall dust not the painting, that is. I arrived home from work around 3:30pm and it was all done, the primer and a coat of white on the ceilings.  Fast, fast, fast.

Look at that, will ya'!

Week 31

Just funny.

Week 31

The final sanding got done this week, two days worth. Not a job I have ever liked doing, so thank you very much.

Week 31

Bud and Rafe are here this week to put in the power vent for the boiler, finally.  It has been turned off for about 3 weeks as it was starting to spout off black soot  up the side of the house and also coming up inside the wall on the main floor staining the insulation.  New wrinkle.  They work fast those two, when they are here.  Had just noticed the water to the garage for the garden hose had been cut of somewhere along the way and they slapped that in at the same time.

Week 31

We have started to work a bit in the garden but it is still unseasonable cold.  I have decided to get rid of the compost, as I don't want to take care of it anymore and neither does Linda.  We only get a couple of wheel barrels out of it so not worth the labour.  Now that the city is taking all kitchen and garden waste, out it goes.  Looking for less work not more. 

That's the plan anyway. 

Week 31

More action this week. 

Sam has showed up and he has been working on finishing up the dormer at the front of the house.

Week 30

Mudding all this week, not much else to say.  Lots to do, three coats for the whole house. I am pretty good in the basement, doesn't impact me at all, when it comes to dust.  Another story for Linda since she is in grand central station and needs to rearrange everything every morning before work and then comes home to a mess to sort out  Not much longer though, we're almost through the really messy stuff and I hope the end is near for my stay in the basement. Hasn't been that bad, dark and cold, but not that bad...lol 

Week 29

Prep in both bathrooms.