You leave for a coupla days.....

Haven't posted for a while. A) I was out of town; B) When I got back, L had done so much I pretty felt slackjawed beyond belief. He and E were moving the large armoire up the outdoor construction "Stairs of Death" when I got home, so I instantly was put to work. L had rigged a winch to pull it up the stairs, but it was still quite a chore. So much has been done in the last week, I'll have to make this brief to get it all in. He and E moved the mattress and boxspring up to new Master Bedroom. He also installed the small, flat screen TV on a wall-mount and hooked up cable.


He fired one plumber, hired another who actually DID the job. We now have a lovely, functioning bathroom, except for the shower curtain ring which is a lower priority. He even found a few chairs for bedroom and bath. $10 each at Goodwill.



He installed the medicine cabinet above the vanity.



He and L also painted the Guest Room.



which will now become our temporary Living Room. More on that in next post.

One reason for doing so much of this is, that we cannot get a stairway in to replace the ^%^&(*&*(^^% ladder until the old bedroom and Living Room are cleared.

Off to start dinner, haven't really cooked here in a couple weeks. And we haven't even started on the kitchen yet....

The Great Floor Debate..

no filibuster here - lookee:

Small tragedy occurred when laying this floor as you reach the transition to bathroom.

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Now I don't think it's worth taking out the whole tile for this. Besides, at least half of it will disappear under door frame. But while we're in the neighborhood, check this out.

Is that or is that not a pretty near perfect color transition from wood to tile. I mean, some of it is just accident of how the planks were laid, but OMG, I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

The guest bedroom was next:

I thought this was an interesting shot to see how damn high that vaulted ceiling is. Looks great, but I'm telling you I am never painting that thing again.