A spring, a wedding, and the end of the year....

December 30th:
 On Christmas Eve day Chris Fuller called to tell us about a problem with the house...a high humidity level was noted when it was time to start laying wood flooring that brought floor installation to a screeching halt. An investigation found that there was an underground spring under the house, we have a crawl space under our house with a gravel floor, which we opted for to save money- gravel is cheaper than concrete. Now a concrete floor will have to be poured, Chris has the area ready for the concrete, the trucks will be here next week.

Christmas Day arrived with me all stuffed up and feeling lousy.  I took some cold medicine, I should have known better, because I can't handle cold medicine...soon I was sound asleep for several hours...I even slept through Chris trying out his new amplifier.  I woke up, made dinner, did laundry, and finished getting ready to drive to Columbus, Ohio the next morning to my nephew John's wedding on the 27th.

This is what I quilled for John and his wife- to- be, Katie.  It is all paper except the veil and the pearls.  I attached the card and the real gift to the bottom...see the birds in the tree behind the groom, they are holding a heart. 

Sunday morning, December 26th, Chris and I head for Columbus..Rod stayed home to go to work and look after the pets, since we'll be gone for two nights. Chris and I arrived in Columbus, I'm feeling better, we attended the wedding the next afternoon, and left for home Tuesday morning.  No one is here when we got home, I went to the house and saw the tile on the floor of the master bath had been grouted.  I was gone all day Wednesday running errands, I don't think anyone worked on the house on Wednesday.

Thursday- today- the office cabinets arrived and Chris installed them.. On the left, under the window is where the desktop and the computer will be.  On the right where the pieces of wood are leaning against the wall is where a 4' long foot work table will be.

Also arriving today was the cabinet for the master bathroom, Rich installed that and the master bath baseboards, which Chris is pointing out in the second picture below.

Next week will be a big one, probably will have lots of pictures to post. 

The cement truck will be here on Tuesday I think, after a few days of curing Chris hopes the humidity level will drop down where it should be and the flooring can start again.

The last of the trim will arrive, which is the arches for the windows in the living area, and hopefully the mantle too.

The glass block guy is supposed to be here on Tuesday to install a glass block wall in the master bathroom shower.

The furniture is scheduled to be delivered on Wednesday, it will have to be stored in the garage until the floors are done.

The kitchen countertops will also be installed next week, and I suppose the office countertop measurements will be taken. 

That's a lot in a week.

I can hardly wait.

flooring and an oven

December 22nd:








Master bath

Later in the day the tile in the master bath is done, a glass block wall needs to be built in the shower, that contractor is a real stinker.  He was here on the 10th of November and took measurements, but impossible to contact since then, we may have to find another contractor, either way we're 5 weeks behind on the glass block wall.  This is the only bad experience I've had with a contractor, this guy is not one of Chris Fuller's men, I met this contractor at a home show last February.  All Chris's guys have been great...

This is the tile in the office and hall to the master bedroom...umm, it's really dirty, but I took a picture anyhow. The floor in the foreground is where the living area begins, that will be wood.  The master bedroom floor will also be wood, I think that they will begin laying that tomorrow, or next time they come to work here.

The ovens are installed

random pictures

December 18th:

Today I wandered around with my camera....

The arched span will be over the range top,to the right will be the fridge, to the left will be double wall ovens.  Farther left, and around the corner will be the microwave hanging over the baker's counter.

The kitchen from another angle, looking toward the garage.  The white door is the garage door, you can see a little bit of the dog door, and the wood doors are the coat closet.

The antique Birds Eye Maple dresser I bought for the bathroom vanity.  It had a lovely mirror that attached to the back, but Chris (Crouse) had a little accident one day and the glass was broken.  The frame is fine, and I hope to one day have a new mirror made for it and mount it on the wall behind the sink. 

In memory of Mikito..

                                                 
                                                                                     December 16, 2001
                                                                                     Mikito, beloved one..





Brrr..it's really cold!

December 14th:

Yesterday the flooring guys were here and laid the tile in the 2nd bathroom, it's not grouted yet and the color isn't entirely true because of the camera flash.  Chris was working on installing the vessel sink on the vanity, which is one of the antique dressers that I bought in the fall. Sadly, the refinishing job I did on the dressers ( or anything else I refinished) didn't come out well, it has bubbles in the varnish that can be felt if you rub your hand over it, and seen if you look at it just so.... I plan to do the top over again in the spring.  I have one pic to post, I'll add more later today when I brave the weather and walk down the driveway to the house and take some more.  Everyone came to work today, and the weather is so nasty!  Windy, eleven degree's, lake effect snow warning... Chris and his crew are here, and the flooring guys too,  the appliances are scheduled for delivery today, I wonder if they'll make it and where they will park to unload when they get here!



Tile in second bathroom.

P.S.
Appliance delivery didn't happen today... roads to bad they said. 

Flooring and cabinets

December 10th:

                                                             Utility room

Snow, flooring, snow, interior doors, snow, snow, snow...

December 8th:

Today Rich came to work, Chris Fuller is sick and won't be here today.  Then, in a flurry of activity, the flooring guy arrived with the tile and laid some sort of sub floor down while he was here.  While that truck was being unloaded, the trim guy arrived with the interior doors, while that was being unloaded the cabinet designer arrived to look things over.  Then, they all left at almost the same time, just as they had arrived, and now it's just Rich again.

So, Harley and I went to have a look at the doors.  They are finished so lovely, Ryan Herschberger did a wonderful job, they are as smooth as a baby's behind!  I can't wait to see what the trim looks like.  We had him use some rough cut Maple that has been stacked in our barn for 20 plus years (how old are you Joe Horst? The trees were cut down the week that I went to stay with your mom right after you were born, so the cut wood is as old as you).

This is the master bath door and the color of the trim in the master bedroom, everything in the master bedroom is darker than the rest of the house.

This is the closet door by my office, all the interior doors except the master bedroom look like this.

Snow Day..

December 6th:

Two feet of snow on the ground,
plus another foot on the way,
equals,

zero people working on the house...

Sad day..

Kitchen cabinets..

December 3rd:

This is Rich, I think he's working on the cabinet that will have the floor vac thingy in it.  It's not really called a "thingy", the real name escapes me.  It's connected to the central vac system, Rich is installing it beneath my baker's counter so when I sweep up crumbs from baking I use my foot to pull the little door open, that activates the vacuum and I sweep the crumbs toward the door and they get sucked in.  You could install these wherever you want one, I got this as a free gift when I bought the vacuum system and thought the kitchen would be a good place for it. 

At the other end of the kitchen is Chris Fuller, who looked away when he saw me taking a picture...

Was Santa here?...

December 2nd:

Woo-hoo! Kitchen cabinets were delivered today!  Boy was I surprised when I stepped inside and saw all these boxes!!   I'm sure glad I don't have to unpack them.