Let it rain!

We were lucky enough to have Michael and his brother in law Billy in today. They are working on a roof, but since it was raining this afternoon, they came down to start the trim. But before they get to the trin they cut the pocket doors to the right height and then on their tracks and they look great - even with the plastic still on them. They also finished the trim on the jack post cover, now we need to figure out whether to stain or paint...and if it is still raining tomorrow (which it is supposed to) they said they will be back to do the mouldings.
And with Mary Anne and Robbie coming down tonight to do more of the floor we should have the dining room ready for trim as well!
Pocket Doors open...

Pocket Doors Closed

Jack Post Cover

Floor me!

Here are some pics of the flooring that went down today, Robbie sure does know what he's doing. He is hoping to be able to come back tomorrow night to keep it going.
Vapor Barrier and Underlay down

Flooring going down! We've come a long way from the dirt floor!

Blackout

OK, we're getting close to the finished product so I have been banned from posting anymore kitchen photos. All I can say is that it looks freaking awesome! We will be waiting 3 weeks for the granite. The guy was here to measure on Friday. They started to lay the flooring today, we have the vapour barrier and underpad down in all of the living room, ready for the flooring to go down tomorrow. Scott's sister's BF is coming to help us out. Robbie does it for a living and has said that he will help us! So we are certainly taking him up on it.
Since I'm sick in bed (stomach flu of some kind)- I have to watch from the sidelines this weekend.

K-Day contintued....

OK, so maybe they forgot we were in an old house and that not all is perfectly level. Poor Matthew and his buddy are having a heck of a time getting things level, apparently our level cement floor isn't so level...
So they will be back tomorrow to hopefully finish up. I can see a third day of installation in our future, thank goodness they aren't paid by the hour ;o)
Here are a few pics of what was done today.

A little head scratching going on?

Looking to the right side

Looking to the left

Looking in the other direction

It's K-Day!

It's Christmas Time here at reno central. Yesterday a BIG truck delivered all of the cabinetry components and Matthew (installer) stopped by to make sure everything was here. Duncan, our electrician was also in last night and put all the plugs together in the kitchen and 2 of the light fixtures - the dining room and the track lighting for the sink in the kitchen.
Matthew thinks that they should have most of the cabinets together by the end of today. The lady from the Granite place also called this morning and they are sending someone to measure for the countertops later this week. That will take about 2 weeks to turn around and install - maybe sooner?

Dining Room Light Fixture


Kitchen track light

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Cabinetry - just waiting to be assembled!

More Paint

Here are some more pictures of the paint on the walls, we also 'customized' our ceiling medallion for the stairwell. All four of us helped paint the trim, we did that down at Scott's work place, they have a big garage bay that we were able to set up in. With the four of us doing we were able to get it done in a few hours, rather than an all day affair for just one person. The kids did a great job helping too!!
The laying of the floor may begin tomorrow. Scott has this coming week off and he hopes to get a few things done. Of course our major thing this week will be the installation of the kitchen on Wednesday and Thursday.

The is the stairwell light base and ceiling medallion.

This is the stairwell, our first picture up on the wall! It's a Robert Bateman print of an eagle that mom bought us.

The dining room primed


The dining room with color! The paint color is called "Still Life"

Erica painting some of the baseboard

This is looking from the dining room to the stairs and the front door.

Erica and I standing at the bottom of the stairs.

To do list....

Ok, we know we're getting close, so I'm going to make a list of things that are left to do. I'll try to remember to star them or something as we finish them.

1. *Finish painting
2. Lay floors ***
3. Gyproc and drywall in bathroom (we ldidn't do it when we did the rest because we had to store the appliances somewhere that they wouldn't get full of dust)
4. *Kitchen install - Wed and thursday
5. Trim and mouldings
6. Doors - bathroom and closet
7. Counter top measure and install *measured
8. Paint bathroom
9. Bathroom and Entry floors
10. Electrics and light fixtures **just need power!
11. paint stairs *
12. Trim stairs
13. Pellet stove install
13. Paint stove pipes before install!
14. Order and install blinds *ordered
15. Window seat cushion
16. trim out built-ins in living room and dining room
17. install pocket doors **
18. Kitchen backsplash install
19. Hot water heater install
20. I'm sure ther's more....

and last but not least - House Warming Party!!!
and then start putting the upstairs back together again....