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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Week One Recap

We painted ... a lot. Ceilings and walls in 2 bathrooms, the kitchen and most of the den; 3 windows, and 4 doors, and there's still a lot left to do.

Our new appliances arrived, two out of five of them are hooked up properly. Home Depot showed up without long enough hoses for our washer, and our side vent kit for the dryer is on backorder. In an unusual twist, the guy who was supposed to disconnect the gas hose to the defunct fireplace disconnected the stove instead. That's a phone call for 9AM tomorrow morning.

We managed to clean up about half of the dead tree in the back yard, and a kind neighbor took a portion of it to use as firewood. The rest is out by the curb and I hope the City picks it up tomorrow.

We temporarily cordoned off part of the backyard, since we've had non-stop visitors just wandering through. One offered to take the tree down for a fee, the other wanted the metal shed, then there was a dog doing its business, and lastly a group of kids from down the block. The fence is moving up on the priority list.

And the crowning achievement, Henry hung drywall over the space that used to have a fireplace!

The progression of the refrigerator corner:


First it was green and white

Then it was blue.

Finally, the fridge showed up!


The drywall story:

We started here, after the plywood hearth came up.

We made it to here after having the gas line disconnected (or so we thought)

Now we're here! Drywall up!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Day 1 and 2

We closed! Successfully, despite the fact that our lender doesn't think I'm an American citizen and calculated our property taxes wrong.

We spent the rest of the day getting the locks changed and cleaning the first floor. There is construction dust everywhere.

Today we cleaned more, took out the old fireplace hearth, painted some ceilings, and ripped out the useless stove vent.

Tomorrow, more painting, more cleaning, possibly a pumpkin for the front porch and maybe some curtain rod installation.

Down With the Sign!

Henry and Blaine ripped out the old hearth that was built with plywood

Painting the bathroom ceiling is serious business, can you tell I'm standing on the toilet?

Where the fridge used to be, freshly painted ceiling above.
Oddly enough, there weren't cabinets where the white paint is on the wall.
No clue why it wasn't painted.

The end of day two. Clearly there is still work to be done.





Saturday, October 9, 2010

The Final Countdown

We're set to close on October 15, 6 short days away. The FHA appraiser, after a number of misunderstandings, made it out and approved all of the work we've had done so far. Hopefully that was the last step before closing, it certainly isn't the last thing we need to do to move in!

We ordered a new refrigerator, dishwasher, washer, and dryer today to be delivered on the 23rd. Next steps: pick out paint colors, paint, install a closet system, buy mirrors for the bathrooms, clean clean clean and move!

Here's a couple pics of the latest work completed.

Railing between our kitchen and dining room

Our upstairs railing - "a pretty deck rail"