Day 225 -- Finish Carpentry Day 1

5 of 8 doors are in: the three bedroom doors (the wierd master bedroom door that looks totally different and has two doorknob holes will be replaced with the actual door when it comes in), the closet doors in Izzypop's room and the pocket door for the master closet. The baby's room closet doors, the bathroom door and the master bath pocket door still need to be installed.

Baseboards were also started today. The kids' rooms are half way done and the master closet is totally done.

Look! Another orb! Call TAPS!


Door casings were also started and finished on the master closet pocket door. I love finish carpentry. I especially love the "finish" part. "Finish" is a beautiful word don't you think?



This is an all-weekend project. Hopefully by Monday we'll be ready for the first coat on the floors and the final paint.

Day 224 -- Door Delivery

I got home to a nice little present on our back porch. Shortly thereafter the guys that are installing them showed up to move the doors, baseboards and door casing upstairs. They'll be back tomorrow to start installing it all.

Day 222 -- A Light At The End Of The Stairway?

If all goes according to plan, tomorrow will be the end of the stair saga. It has been 7 weeks since the day they were supposed to start on the stairs. We have had supply delays, lots of mistakes and a lot of rework. But tomorrow, should be the final sanding of the filler and the stairs will be ready to paint/finish. We will probably finish them later since we've got Christmas coming up and I can't really afford not to be in my house for 3 days right now. But the end is in sight and I am relieved. I have to also give DAYT kudos today. They know we have been discouraged and frustrated and the amount of issues we have had with these things. Today they called and said they would like to make it up to us by offering to paint the stairs, stairskirts and railing for free. When I asked if they could get me an estimate as to how much it would be to paint the "wow" wall in addition, they said that they would just take care of that too. Impressive customer service, guys. Way to restore my faith in you. The cashew brittle you left on my counter for Christmas didn't hurt either. Thank you.

Day 220 -- Stair Trim

This weekend they put on the trim for the stairs. They still need to fix a couple treads, fix the stairs going down to the landing and fix the stair skirts. This trim will be painted white like the rest of the risers.

Day 218 -- More Hardwood

The rest of the hardwood was laid today in the baby's room, the master bedroom and the closet. It all looks great! Still can't wait to see it finished.

Day 217 -- Well, You Can't Say We're Tree Huggers

The walnut flooring is going in upstairs. I'm going to love having hardwood "throughout". Well, almost throughout. The downstairs won't be hardwood. Anyway, they finished laying the hardwood in the hallway and at the top of the stairs. We're leaving a bull nose finish all along the wall in the stairway -- we'll put a piece of trim under it to finish it off.


They also finished laying it in Izzypop's room, a third of the baby's room, and part of the master bedroom. Sounds like tomorrow they will finish laying the rest of it. Can't wait to see it sanded and finished!

Day 208 -- Beadboard, Benches and Beams, Oh My!

Brian and I decided that the bench alone in the entryway was just a little bit plain. So we had them throw up some beadboard and trim. We'll put some coat hooks and a floating shelf up above it. They also put trim around the window above the bench.



Another bit of good news: they delivered the flooring for upstairs today. They will start installing it on Thursday Dec 10 after it acclimates. Could it be that we are getting that close to having the bedrooms finished up here?









The benches upstairs got their hinges today. I can just see Lizzy getting inside one of these things to hide and not being able to lift the lid back up...I'll have to watch out for that.


They also finished facing the beam today. It looks so much better already. I am almost glad it is there....almost. I might just be happy with it when it is stained.