Lighting went up the third week in January, and the house is
slowly starting to feel like a home.
Tyler W. and Mike brought our hardwood floors here on a flatbed – all 87
boxes, carrying half up one flight of stairs to the main floor, and the other half
up 2 flights to the bedrooms. They got
their workout! After climatizing for a
week, Bill and Dan started to lay the floors.
They are nearly done now, and just finishing off the stairs. Looks great!
It’s certainly helping to see less and less plywood and more finished
surfaces.
Ceramic tiles for the kitchen and bathrooms were also
delivered, and Tony and crew are installing those. We especially like the way the wood great
room floors brings out the red tones in the slate-style kitchen floor – they
blend really well. Since I hate cleaning
grout lines, the tiles have the skinniest grout lines humanly possible. Let’s just say that Jaime’s aim leaves a
little to be desired…
The doors and trim for the windows arrived early this morning. Friend, neighbour & finish carpenter
extraordinaire Stephen is tackling those right away. Tomorrow the kitchen cabinets are delivered,
and installed Thursday & Friday!
Countertops won’t come for a few weeks though.
As for me, still making constant phone calls and
arrangements. After buying grout at Home
Depot at 9:30pm, I slept here last night in a sleeping bag on hardwood floors,
waiting for the door delivery today. Sandra
Dee picked up the dining room table top to have that refinished. Ibby spent a long Saturday afternoon putting
together our Ikea shelves for the basement storage area. It’s been so great to get stuff off the floor
– things like the infamous doorknobs, faucets, and other assorted bits yet to
be installed. Have also started to bring
up daily carloads of awkward stuff that had been stored in the condo, so we’re
slowly starting to see the floor there again!
But here I’ve been covering my beautiful hardwood floors with rolls of
kraft paper for protection. And we’ve
got movers booked for February 14 – Happy Valentines Day! Not exactly how we wanted to spend
Valentines, but what can you do.
Jaime also moved houses the 3rd weekend in
January. Still with the same
organization, but their lease expired on the old house. They now have a long-term lease on the new
place which is good. Still a convenient
location to both the condo & cottage.
I spent a lot of time with him that weekend, both helping him get his
room settled, bed made and dressers unpacked, as well as taking him off their
hands during the big furniture move. I’m
sure he was anxious prior to the move but couldn’t express it. After all, the last time he moved EVERYTHING
in his life changed, so I’m sure that’s what he expected. But he still has the same housemates, staff,
school, etc – the only thing different is where he lays his head at night. We made a big deal of it and got him an
Avengers poster for his room, as well as a headboard and a really cool beanbag
lounger chair. In the end he was fine as
soon as the TV was hooked up!
UPDATE: The above was
written earlier and is just being posted now.
Kitchen & floors are now complete and we’ve moved. Pics and text to follow soon!
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