A Quick Update and More Pictures

Compared to last week, it's been a pretty slow week at the house. I think we've only been over there once and the only thing that had changed at that point was a door stop had been installed for the closet by the front door. Exciting stuff, I know.

Apparently though, today was supposed to be a busy day. All sorts of subs were supposed to be out going at the punch list. I'd hate to be the guy responsible for addressing all the putty issues. I can't tell you how many pieces of tape Ann and I put up on all the woodwork where either the wrong color putty was used or no putty was used.

We do have a couple lighting issues to deal with. Not that you'd know, but there's supposed to be pendants over the bar in the kitchen. They finally will be showing up tomorrow. We're also trying to decide on trac heads above the stairway going upstairs.

Well, I suppose I should get back to some pictures. In the last post, we started at the front door, looked at the music room and then into the kitchen. If we step outside the kitchen and into the living / dining area, we don't see much that has changed. These shots show the area cleaned up and with lights on. We still need the pendants installed where the dining table will go, but that's probably won't happen until they're delivered next Tuesday. Oh and btw, that bracket on the fireplace is for the TV that will go up. I know, we're covering up the stone, but trust me when I say that it's really the only spot for it to go.



Actually, as I look at these shots, they're more of the kitchen or fireplace than the dining / living area. Oh well....moving on. The bedrooms aren't very exciting....four walls and carpet or hardwood, but I suppose to get to the master bath, we've got to go through the master bedroom. The first shot is just after the carpet has been put in and the second is after the ceiling pendant is installed.



From there, we go through the walk through closet and into the master bath. The first two shots are a week apart, but a big difference visually.



And here's the shot of the vanity



If you're still with me, we can move to the guess bedroom slash office. Kathleen mentioned that when we got to this room and the excersize room, we got some flack from the inspector regarding the window type or size. Apparently code requires an egress window that allows firefighters to get in. But, because we were working with existing window openings, we didn't have a lot of choices. Luckily, the windows are able to "un-hinge" from the frame so that they can open all the way. It also helped that Kathleen didn't tell the inspector about the murphy bed in the office...so it was just an office to him. Here's a couple steps in the murphy bed process...



Switching sides of the room, here's the desk. We've got a nice set of file drawers on the right. It did occur to me just the other day that we don't have any drawers for office supplies. Hmmm, I'm not sure what we're going to do about that. Doesn't sound cheap though.



So, I think that's it for this post. It's almost my bed time and that's enough writing and pics for one post. Ann's got the moving bug and is down in the basement (here at Portland Ave) going through who knows what and sorting in to keep, toss or donate piles. Let her go... she seems to be enjoying it.