Wednesday, July 05, 2006


One more light that needs installed. Maybe next weekend. Posted by Picasa


Looking the other direction. Need to have the texture person come and texture our downstairs ceiling. Posted by Picasa


The results! A well lite room with a new fan! Posted by Picasa


Lights are in. Now to plug up the access holes. Posted by Picasa


Holes for the new recessed lighting. Plus a few extra! Posted by Picasa


After a bit of cleanup! What a mess. Posted by Picasa


Onto the living room. Or back to the living room. However you look at it. We removed the rest of the popcorn ceiling downstairs. Posted by Picasa


Also water made it under the sink wall and got the boards in the corner by the stove. We fixed that the following weekend. Posted by Picasa


After a weekend of work it was back to new.  Posted by Picasa


We pulled the boards up in the hallway to the front door when it happened and saved them. The bathroom and hall outside the bathroom were damaged. Posted by Picasa


The bathroom and entry hallway took a swim. To bad we were in the panic "ARGH get the water up" mode to have grabbed the camera to take a picture of our daughter turning the sink into a water table. Posted by Picasa


What do you get when you mix and 18 month old, a newly plumbed sink and tiolet paper? In our case 3 minutes of fun that results in 2 weekends of cleanup.  Posted by Picasa

Monday, April 24, 2006


Across from the toilet hang this cabinet. Also we added new switches to seperate the fan from the lights. On order are the sink facuets. We need to find some brushed nickle pulls and hindges for the cabinet & mirror . Posted by Picasa


Nice new bathroom. Posted by Picasa


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Flooring - Check! Woahoo, the whole downstairs is now floored! Posted by Picasa


New light fixture and paint - check! Posted by Picasa


Wow they make this handy little splatter tool for re-texturing the wall. Worked well except the knockdown ended up a little smaller that the surrounding. O well it will be behind the sink and in the end looks just fine. Posted by Picasa


All serious weekend projects require drywall repair! Moved the plumping closer together for the pedestal and installed bracing 2x4 for the sink. Fixed the hole I made behind the tiolet removing the linolium and the old toilet paper holder that was in the wall. Posted by Picasa


The linolium was a pain to remove off the floor! Posted by Picasa


Even Caeden got in on the demo action. Posted by Picasa


Typical first step: Remove all contents of the room! Posted by Picasa


Finally onto the downstairs bathroom. This is what it looked like when we started. Posted by Picasa


It turned out pretty good. The base color was the actual first choice but did no go with the kitchen by itself. With a little gold metalic paint and a brush technique the paint tied in rather well with the rest of the kitchen. Posted by Picasa


We finally got around to painting the kitchen.  Posted by Picasa

Sunday, March 12, 2006


Another angle with no flash. The tile helps tie the cabinets to the counter. Posted by Picasa


It looks really nice! Now to choose a grount color that goes well with this tile. We initial had purchase a brown grout but we think something whiter with more contrast will look better.  Posted by Picasa


Typical tile install for us. Worry about the thinset application but in the end it turns out ok. Only downside is I need to remove the thinset in some places where it pushed through the grout lines. Posted by Picasa


The tile cutter worked well. Despite all the little shards of glass, I only got cut once. Had to order this tool twice. First time someone stole it off the door when delivered during the daytime. Posted by Picasa


This weekend we tackled the backsplash. Here is the before picture. Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, February 22, 2006


Finished the end of the passthrough wall and painted. Alot of detail work now. Posted by Picasa


Moved the light from the old table location to the new table location. Just need to get the light fixture now. Went to San Francisico and pick up the backsplash tile. Guess I know what I am doing next weekend :). Posted by Picasa


Front Entrance with baseboards and decorations. Posted by Picasa

Monday, February 13, 2006


Here is a closeup of the complete sink faucet. The earlier pictures were missing the pull-out sprayer end.  Posted by Picasa


Need to install the baseboards. Eventually we will get the ceiling re-textured. Maybe sometime in the up-coming year :) Posted by Picasa


Rehung the pendant lights after the counter install and cut them to length. Posted by Picasa


View from the front door. Posted by Picasa


Counters! They are so useful! It will be a month before we get over the working kitchen sink. Posted by Picasa


Completed the floor to the door and painted the hall. Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, February 08, 2006


Another angle. Posted by Picasa


TADA! Here is a closeup of the sink and faucet. Posted by Picasa


Wide View. Posted by Picasa


Another of the sink. The backsplash goes all the way up to the ledge. Should be much easier to keep clean. Posted by Picasa


The passthrough ledge really turned out nice. Posted by Picasa


Can it finally be happening? Yes counter install day! Posted by Picasa


Everything is set to go.  Posted by Picasa

Monday, November 14, 2005


No more holes in the ceiling. Just need to tape and mud. While I was on lights, I side detoured to put lights in the attic. Posted by Picasa


Also installed the 6" can lights in the hallway. Posted by Picasa


Got the final light in the hallway installed. Posted by Picasa