I love visual progress. That feeling of satisfaction you get from completing something both difficult and challenging. We've had a number of those points on this build so far. Helping on the crew where the initial shell went up and was weathered in. Putting up all that sheetrock, with all its angles and shapes. Painting all that drywall. And now we can add, "installing all the hardwood flooring in our living areas". As I mentioned back when we started our drywalling project, if you don't have a partner you enjoy working with, these things aren't possible. Luckily Debra and I have done well as a team, working off each others strengths and weaknesses. On the flooring project, while I did almost all the actual knee walking and nailing, she was up there for a significant portion of it, running the miter saw and keeping me supplied with appropriate sections of floor boards and support to take days off of what a solo project would have taken. The floors turned out beautifully, and we are immensely proud of our efforts.
Our appliances were finally delivered last week (we purchased and had them warehoused almost a year ago in anticipation of building months earlier than we did!), and we were not impressed with our delivery. In their defense, bringing the largest items in the house would have been challenging, but there was no effort by these two big men to make any attempt. Since we still don't have actual stairs going in to the house, there was a narrow ramp leading up from the garage to the entry. If their appliance dolly would not fit, they were not going to "carry" anything. The choice was to send the appliances back, or leave them on the dirt floor of the garage. I chose the latter. Within an hour of their leaving, I had built a ramp over two feet wide and strong enough to drive my car up. With that and a rented appliance dolly Debra and I completed the job.
The current goal is to finish the tiling so we can have the plumber back to complete all our hookups and finally get running water from other than the one faucet in the basement. This last weekend I did finish the floor in the main bathroom (still needing grout), and Debra got a good start down in the basement staining our doors. As I said earlier, "I love visual progress".
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| The final sliver of floor about to be nailed in this five cornered closet about 10 p.m. |
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| Our new appliances somewhat unceremoniously left on the dirt floor of our garage. This picture was after the old ramp was torn out, and before the new one was built. |
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| They look much better in this setting. Hopefully cabinets will be in before the end of the month. |
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| This is how our master bath vanity arrived......in a large box, completely spray encased in foam. What a challenge that was to extricate! |
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| The first tile project nearing completion. We loved the randomness of the earth tone tiles in this selection. Still needs grout this week. As with everything else in this house, there were more challenging angles and curves to cut as I went. |
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