Today we moved the flooring inside to climatize the LVT for installation.
Floors awaiting installation
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Fire Place/Stove transition
The doors finished and a new pedestal to place the stove
upon, we close another project.
Granite Done!
There really is not much to say “work by others” but complete. I did reinstall the faucet. We reused the piece of granite that was the sink cutout for the gas fire stove in the living room.
Floor ready to install
We have placed the flooring strategically around the house ready for installation.
We have opted to have a contractor install to save out 60= year old knees.
Two coats done
We finished the second coat of chalk paint today. Tomorrow the first coat of soft wax.
Work on furniture continues
We purchased 6 chairs at auction for the Rivah house dining area in the kitchen and we are in the process of rehabbing the chairs. Chairs were striped of their previous 3 layers of fabric and old batting and new foam and batting will be applied
and we are recovering the seats with fabric on hand. We have cleaned and re glued the frames and applied a first coat of chalk paint to the frames. Estimated final cost for each chair $75.
Notice the crab like pattern on the back of the chairs, how appropriate. For the Rivah house.
One more step towards completion of the kitchen
The floor refinishing was completed today with the final coat of Bona Traffic finish applied. Now sever days to cure completely so the furniture will go back on or about January 29.
We finished the majority of the bead-board paneling today, only 2 small pieces yet to be applied tomorrow. We were able to rehang the cabinets and got the kitchen pretty much squared away, we sill have to reinstall the cabinet doors and add a small pice of sheet rock and hardi-board behind the sink.
Hopefully we can move the majority of the tools back to the garage.
The next project is to fabricate beams for the ceiling and install beard board on the ceiling. The granite people are coming on 1/20 to measure and on 1/29 to install them we subway tile the west wall and call the kitchen complete. Oh I forgot the floors still need to installed, hopefully by others. We do have the floor in the garage.
Sink, plumbing, and a trip to HomeDepot
Today we installed the sink and took it operational at least on a temporary basis along with a new faucet and disposal.
The floors got a coat of sealer after being stained a pewter gray, by Cabot, yesterday. Of course while framing out the window my 15-year old finish nailer decides to die, probable needs a $3 part but off to HomeDepot for a new nail gun, hopefully the old one can be rebuilt and recycles to a family member.
More progress on the kitchen
We leveled the cabinets on the west side of the kitchen in preparation for the measurement of the granite. We removed the old double bowl sink and mounted the new stainless steel Farm House sink. The sink base cabinet needed to be cut and modified and I made adjustable sides so the sink can be installed level with the granite. Next step is to install the garbage disposal and re-plumb the drain. The faucet will be installed and reinstalled when the granite arrives.
Tomorrow; garbage disposal, faucet, meet with bunkie designer, frame out the window and reinstall the window sill.
Photos coming
First icy day at the Rivah
We woke this morning to freezing rain.
Of of course all of this rain takes its toll and will require more work.
