Pressure is on! We made big steps forward today - the drawers came in from Pier 1!!! So glad we didn't get the floor model, the brand new set looks really great and fits the space perfectly. No doubt, we are going to have to be smart with our space in the bathroom but it feels so much more open without the monstrosity of a cabinet that we had in there before - bleh. The drawers being in means good news for the Parent family - the guest bed is back (ok, except for Flick's 52 shirts to iron but those are portable). It feels so good to not have the bathroom belongings strewn about the guest bedroom. Oh, man, SO great!
So the toilet is caulked, sink is good to go, we have some face plates on the light switches/plugs, and Flick filled all the finishing nail holes in the wainscoting...our big guy on the to-do list for tomorrow is the caulking of the bathtub. We are ready to get some straight silicone on that beast - it will be good to take a shower at home again :) So, slightly on topic, I Googled some combination of words involving "silicone", "caulk", and "bathtub" last week and pulled up a nice little article entitled:
"Bathtub caulk butt jobs land N.J. women in hospital"
Talk about a teaser - I couldn't help but open the link. This brief little ditty was about a group of women in Jersey who were having silicone injections into their tushes for a little "lift". Turns out, the shady "Drs" they were going to for this relatively uncommon procedure (go-figure) was injecting the equivalent of silicone bathtub caulk into their bums. As my sister would so eloquently put it...GROSS.
Anywho, hope you enjoy the latest photos - we need to get some Art on the walls in there to really tie this thing together - the wainscoting and door trim is an ongoing project at this point but we need to watch ourselves - we are at the point where the bathroom is (almost, darn shower) fully useable and it is really easy to just kick back and get on with our summer. We will prevail though and wrap it up - I think that our motivator to finish will be throwing a little bbq/pool party/get-together to celebrate the end of the project!
Mich
Monday, June 14, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Chair rails and mirrors
Good "visual" progress today :) We have the main walls fully wainscoted! Though we took a step back in the shower/tub area we made big progress with the rest of the space. Flick has mustered up some impressive carpentry skills and did a great job "coping" the chair rail corners so they fit together nicely (I did a great job of holding the work light and supervising). In other news, I taped around the base of the toilet so that is also ready to be caulked (enter pat-on-the-back for B and Mich). Looking good in there!
The big unknown at this point is the storage drawers we bought over the weekend. We took a nice little Sunday drive in the Bronco down to Pier 1 in Broomfield and bought a set of drawers is going to be great in the space. Unfortunately, the store didn't have any in stock other than what was on the floor and they were slightly banged up. We made the executive decision to order a brand new one which SHOULD be coming in on Friday - if not it will come in next Friday which would be highly problematic (the Parents are coming to town) and I will likely spend the weekend finding a Pier 1 with a good one in stock.
As a little side-story, only a few of you have actually met the '69 Bronco in person but she is a real beaut. Big, blue, rusty, gassy, and pretty fun to drive in :) On the way home, her age got the better of her and she stopped running near the top of a hill on CO-93 heading into Boulder. Hmmmm. We popped the hood (or wrestled it open; it may or may not weight 300lbs) and made sure nothing was leaking/smoking/on fire then pushed her up the hill a little ways so that she was in a nice big dirt shoulder. The gas gauge on the Bronco doesn't work and it gets about 1.4 miles to the gallon so we decided to try and put a little more gas in her enormous tank. We didn't get 4 yards from our car with the iconic red fuel receptacle when a mom and her 2 girls on the way to the new Crocs outlet store stopped and picked us up. She brought us to the gas station, back to the Bronco, waited for us to test out the gas theory, and when that didn't work, drove us home. There are some really fantastic people in the world and she is one of them.
About 20 minutes after we got home we got a text from our friends Dan and Cindy asking us if our Bronco had broken down on CO-93 :) I guess when you have a Bronco like ours (see description in previous paragraph), it is easy to identify out on the road (or shoulder). Dan and Cindy have TONS of fun tools/toys (one of those being a tow rope) and a sweet truck which they graciously offered up as a means to get the Bronco home. That makes 3 fantastic people in one day! We are pretty lucky.
To wrap up a long story, the Bronco is "back in the stable" and I am sure all of our neighbors are really glad to see that she is home. Next project on the to-do list...get the Bronco back running. Just in case you were wondering, we don't really ever sit around.
Mich
The big unknown at this point is the storage drawers we bought over the weekend. We took a nice little Sunday drive in the Bronco down to Pier 1 in Broomfield and bought a set of drawers is going to be great in the space. Unfortunately, the store didn't have any in stock other than what was on the floor and they were slightly banged up. We made the executive decision to order a brand new one which SHOULD be coming in on Friday - if not it will come in next Friday which would be highly problematic (the Parents are coming to town) and I will likely spend the weekend finding a Pier 1 with a good one in stock.
As a little side-story, only a few of you have actually met the '69 Bronco in person but she is a real beaut. Big, blue, rusty, gassy, and pretty fun to drive in :) On the way home, her age got the better of her and she stopped running near the top of a hill on CO-93 heading into Boulder. Hmmmm. We popped the hood (or wrestled it open; it may or may not weight 300lbs) and made sure nothing was leaking/smoking/on fire then pushed her up the hill a little ways so that she was in a nice big dirt shoulder. The gas gauge on the Bronco doesn't work and it gets about 1.4 miles to the gallon so we decided to try and put a little more gas in her enormous tank. We didn't get 4 yards from our car with the iconic red fuel receptacle when a mom and her 2 girls on the way to the new Crocs outlet store stopped and picked us up. She brought us to the gas station, back to the Bronco, waited for us to test out the gas theory, and when that didn't work, drove us home. There are some really fantastic people in the world and she is one of them.
About 20 minutes after we got home we got a text from our friends Dan and Cindy asking us if our Bronco had broken down on CO-93 :) I guess when you have a Bronco like ours (see description in previous paragraph), it is easy to identify out on the road (or shoulder). Dan and Cindy have TONS of fun tools/toys (one of those being a tow rope) and a sweet truck which they graciously offered up as a means to get the Bronco home. That makes 3 fantastic people in one day! We are pretty lucky.
To wrap up a long story, the Bronco is "back in the stable" and I am sure all of our neighbors are really glad to see that she is home. Next project on the to-do list...get the Bronco back running. Just in case you were wondering, we don't really ever sit around.
Mich
Monday, June 7, 2010
The sprint to the finish
As entertained as you all are by my written word - we will grace you with some new photos tonight :) Trust me, you would not have been all that excited about a picture of one new panel of wainscoting every night. I am sure that my parents are a little nervous about the fact that the last photo still shows a hole in the floor where the toilet should be with their visit being just over a week away.
We are really working hard on getting that sink in. I am doing a good job of updating the blog (and half watching HGTV.."My First Sale") while Flick is working on the details of the sink.
So, to bring a little reality to our reno here, we have decided that we are going to take out the caulk around the tub tomorrow. One corner of the tub where it meets the two walls in the corner is pooling water and the caulk is absorbing it. Not a good scenario...we are going to take out the caulk, let it dry out for a few days (yes, that means showering at work again...crap), then re-caulk with a 100% pure silicone caulk since it will be exposed to more water. Bummer. Hopefully this will do the trick though and then we won't have to worry about it any more!
Mich
We are really working hard on getting that sink in. I am doing a good job of updating the blog (and half watching HGTV.."My First Sale") while Flick is working on the details of the sink.
So, to bring a little reality to our reno here, we have decided that we are going to take out the caulk around the tub tomorrow. One corner of the tub where it meets the two walls in the corner is pooling water and the caulk is absorbing it. Not a good scenario...we are going to take out the caulk, let it dry out for a few days (yes, that means showering at work again...crap), then re-caulk with a 100% pure silicone caulk since it will be exposed to more water. Bummer. Hopefully this will do the trick though and then we won't have to worry about it any more!
Mich
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Wainscoting
No pictures to entertain you all with :) We are in the process of installing wainscoting (pronunciation is up for debate on that one, we just alternate between "wayne-scoating" and "wayne-scotting" - wain-scoating is correct I believe). The paneling has really helped us out with that dreadful black waste pipe situation. Now the only visible piece is the cap which is very tolerable.
The sink/vanity is in place and were hoping to have it operating - however, per the usual, we have the wrong water lines so we need to go get those (very important when installing a sink). It is ok though - now that we have the location of the sink I am free to start shopping for the storage furniture...in my head this is the most fun part but we will have to see how long my patience lasts!
It is looking really nice though - we have been showering at home for a week and it is pretty great. We'll get some pictures up soon but we really want to have the sink/fixtures in for a real visual "BAM". I am actually enjoying working on the project more now that we have the toilet and the shower operational. It feels like there is a lot less pressure - though the June 18th deadline is moving in quick! Look for another update on Monday morning after we have the weekend to get things steady moving again!
Mich
The sink/vanity is in place and were hoping to have it operating - however, per the usual, we have the wrong water lines so we need to go get those (very important when installing a sink). It is ok though - now that we have the location of the sink I am free to start shopping for the storage furniture...in my head this is the most fun part but we will have to see how long my patience lasts!
It is looking really nice though - we have been showering at home for a week and it is pretty great. We'll get some pictures up soon but we really want to have the sink/fixtures in for a real visual "BAM". I am actually enjoying working on the project more now that we have the toilet and the shower operational. It feels like there is a lot less pressure - though the June 18th deadline is moving in quick! Look for another update on Monday morning after we have the weekend to get things steady moving again!
Mich
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