Picking away....

We (meaning Scott mostly) have been picking away at the little things that need to be done. Duncan has finished all the wiring, he finished up on Saturday, there were a few things that needed tweaking. That included hooking up the hot water heater so we have had hot water the last few days - yay! Now the plumber needs to come back and hook up the dishwasher, tub, toilet and sink. But first the tile guy is going to tile the floor in the bathroom. That should hapapen this week, he is also going to do the backsplash in the kitchen and the tile around the tub too. The stained concrete guy should be coming soon to do the front entrance and the retaining well in front of the house. She has been held up by herniated discs in his back. We were going to have him do the bathroom floor as well, but the waiting for him is getting in the way of getting the bathroom done...so we went ahead and got tile and lined up a guy to do it.
Mike and Scott built the surround for the tub on Monday and on Tues. Scott painted the bathroom. On thursday Matthew from Home Depot returned to put in the tambour storage units, trim out the pantry and a few other little things that were left. He also replaced one of the cupboard doors that was damaged.
The blinds that we ordered also arrived on Thursday after a detour in Mississipi ;o)

Tub surround



Bathroom paint


Kitchen pantry



Blinds

On Tuesday the plumber was able to come and hook us up, so we have water flowing in the kitchen and the new hot water heater is all ready to go. Jason finished sanding the bathroom and got a coat of primer on it. Hopefully today we'll get it painted - I can't wait to see the color I picked out. So other than the bathroom and little picky things we are pretty much done...now we just need to plan a House Warming Party!!


Hooking the plumbing up!


I'm lovin' it!

Backsplash Tile

Here is the tile that we are using on the backsplash in the kitchen, can't wait!



And here is the vanity waiting for the bathroom!


This is the window that is replacing an old door that is/was in the stairway going from our space up to Scott's parents flat. A great improvement and not we have to fix up the stairwell to match that spiffy window!

the Lights are on...

On Tuesday the 9th our power was finally switched over to the new service. So we now have power in the reno part of the house!


The same day, Scott and I got to work on the mantle over the stove in the kitchen and it turned out great. We decided not to stain it as we had originally planned but painted it in the Decorator White that we did all the trim in. I just LOVE it.


I have been given permission by the man in charge to put some of the finished kitchen pics on here now. It is not totally done yet, we need the faucets, backsplash, trim around the pantries and the tambour storage in the corners.

Oh Mr. Power guy???!

Well, it's not looking like we're going to get our hook up this week, and with it being a long weekend, it will be a LONG weekend for us. We passed inspection on Wednesday for all our electrical but I guess, we didn't make the list for the linemen :o( Oh well. We were hoping to cook a turkey for Thanksgiving, dunno what we'll do now...Scott's mom and dads oven is not working either! Sami is pretty ticked - she lives for turkey dinners.
We did get the granite installed on thursday and it looks fantastic. If you need a good granite installer lemme know and I will give you his digits. You CANNOT see the seams, unless you know they're there.
Scott's going to try to pick away at the little but time consuming jobs over the weekend, I get to work backshift all weekend. Jason put a new window in the back of the house to replace a door that we wanted to take out, it looks good. But now we'll have to work on the old staircase that you can see when you look in!
The fun never ends.

The granite coming off the truck

One peek at the kitchen while they are putting it in place

and we wait...

Baseboards - don't mind the dust!

Trim around bathroom door.

Trim around the front door.

Pellet stove all ready to go!

Scott finishing up the built in trim.

No power yet but we do have a date - Oct. 3rd. - this wednesday they are supposed to be coming to inspect and then hook us up if all goes well. Mike and Jason got all of the baseboards in as well as the door trims. They really pull everything together. Enough that we moved some of the furniture down for inspiration.
The pellet stove dude and his son came today and hooked up the stove and showed us how to use it. What a dandy little rig that is! Can't wait to be down there all cozy and warm reading by the fire!
Scott trimmed out one of the two built in shelves and it looks fantastic! The other one will have a set of glass doors as well.
We are hoping that the countertops for the kitchen will some this week as well, it was expected to be at the installers on Friday and he will call us to set up a time.
Still waiting on the drywall in the bathroom, it needs one more coat. Not sure what is going on there, seems like everyone has forgotten what's behind that door ;o( But we will get to it in time I guess.

This weekend was taken up by the electrician, Duncan. He finished all the plugs, the door bell and the fixtures. He also has the new breaker box all wired up and ready for NSP to come and hook us up (we are rewiring the whole house and upgrading to a 220 service). That should hopefully happen this week depending on their ability to get here. This would mean that we can use the kitchen, its pretty much ready to go except for countertops and a bit of trim work.
We didn't get any work done on the trim as Mike was sick with the flu all week. Scott did get the jack post cover stained and it looks awesome, it matches the floors perfectly. He also stained the two pieces of T-bar that had to go into the flooring. The stairs got their coat of paint too, we did the steps in a dark brown and the risers in white but I think I may talk Scott into redoing them in the color of all our trim. Other than that they look good.
I tried my hand at frosting the glass in the cabinets in the kitchen and I am not sure about it....might have to just break down and buy some. I spent most of Thursday cleaning up after the floor installation, there was sawdust every where and it was an all day affair.
Friday we made a Q&D (quick and dirty) trip to Halifax to go to the Home Depot, we had to discuss some work that still needs to be done to the kitchen and return a few things. Scotty got himself a dandy leaf blower...the kids love it and the dog and I don't.

Light Fixture in the stairway

Light fixture in front entrance

Jack post cover

Doorbell and Sign