To the Windows...To the Walls...

Fun stuff this week, peeps!  The plumbing was inspected and approved Monday without incident.  Perf!

Hella-sweet pipe, sir!

New argon-filled, double-hung, vinyl windows were installed Wednesday.

Trim...coming soon!

Nick worked his beautiful magic today doing the exterior siding work.  They stopped making this 3 inch clapboard siding decades ago.  He found a way to modify 4 or 5 inch cedar planks to look like this:

New bathroom exterior

Perfect match!

I found a snafu today with this though:

Whachu talkin' bout, Willis?

Apparently, Nick and the city building inspector need to chat...we are all under the impression that building permits weren't needed since we added the bathroom under the existing roof line.  The electrical inspector thought he'd have building inspector come anyhow.  <angry face>  Nick seems to believe it'll just be a phone call fix.  <fingers crossed>

Insulation will be installed and drywall will be delivered tomorrow.  They'll start hanging drywall on Monday.

Attacking the Basement

Nick asked when I was cleaning the basement up. Wha?!? That's not YOUR job??? Ugh. 

This place is a wreck (but not near as bad as that fridge)!

So we started our day off at Java Brewing Company, followed by a stop at the farmer's market...quinoa stuffed heirloom tomatoes and fresh cayenne peppers are going to be so delish!

Then, off to The Beauty! We scraped and shoveled and swept all morning with great success. 

Wheee! We're done! Off to Emser's Tile, per Nick's request...

I picked out wall and floor tile for the new bathroom (different from the first, cuz Nick's a turd). 

The Carrara marble floor tile is the biggest they have: 12x24".  Nick cannot possibly complain about that, right? The wall tile is still technically a subway, though it's 16x4"...the sterling grout ties the two together. I'll still do the shower floor to match the hall bath floor:

This is the best compromise. Really. It's a nod to the 1920's bungalow style in a modern interpretation. Right? Right! I knew you'd agree! :)

Back to the basement where the Bobcat decided he wanted to attack a crack with hydraulic cement--he's obsessed, but highly successful. 

Look at that determination! Don't worry. I walked across the street for cat litter, to soak up the fuel spots, and beer, so I could watch him work, like a real supervisor. 

The plumbing inspector comes Monday and the windows (and maybe the kitchen door) will be in Wednesday. 

We also made a run to the ReStore for this $17.50, to-be-repurposed, treasure:

Stay tuned for more!

Two Become One

I got is weird image text from Nick yesterday

 Me: ??? 

Nick: That is your new kitchen window

Me: What?

Nick: Really

My thought:  You ordered used windows for my house?  That doesn't look like the argon-filled, interior mullion, vinyl, double-hung, white lovelies we discussed...WTH, Nick???

Nick: We closed in the one window that was next to it

(Did I mention that Nick doesn't use punctuation in his texts?  Is he too busy?  Who's too busy for grammar?!  Oh, wait...he's building my house.  Big picture, Chrissy.  Big picture.)

Ahhhhhh!  Now I get it!  He's a genius!  He used siding from where the bathroom was framed up and matched it to a T.  That window looked like this yesterday morning:

Stinkin' awesome!  You can't even tell that isn't original construction.  There'll be a single hung French door to the left of the now-just-one-window.  It's gonna be great!

The electricians and plumbers were there yesterday too.  The electrician geeked out with me about lighting in the kitchen and suggested three more recessed can lights.  I talked him down to two.  He also LOVES outlets--they're all over the kitchen.  <happy face>  He's great!

View in the kitchen into the new bathroom
Who knew water supply lines are color coded now?!

The drywall should start August 4.  Wheeee!  My project for this weekend is to restore these bad boys:

One of two original wall scones in the living room

I bought new switches yesterday evening and I'll probably change out the bulbs to Edison bulbs.  Stay tuned for that!

Decisions, decisions, decisions...

The new bathroom is now framed up and ready to go.  The plumber and electrician should be back out today to do whatever magic it is that they do.

Now Nick is pestering me to make tile, flooring and fixture decisions.  Gaw, Nick!  I thought I wanted a white subway tile shower surround and the marble flooring we're you're putting in the other bathroom???

He thinks it too matchy, matchy.  I think it's historical-like consistency in a small space.

Classic, no-fuss shower surround

This is similar to the carrara marble I picked

My thoughts are clean, white hard surfaces with pops of color in the paint selection and linens.  I'll have a white pedestal sink with an oval recessed medicine chest mirror and flanking sconces.

This is where you come into play:  Help decide what the best approach is here!  Am I being retentive or consistent?  Is there a better idea?

She's a Brick House...

Are you singing with me yet?

There's so much work going on at the house this week! 

They demoed all the plumbing and roughed it in throughout the house, including adding the new bathroom plumbing and moving all the kitchen jazz for the new configuration.

The new tub's installed and toilet plumbing was moved over for concentration elbow room. 

They dug out and blocked up the footer for the new bathroom.  

They also excavated and blocked up the BFH (big freakin' hole)!

New steps are formed and poured, too. 

I'll have a driveway and new sidewalk when the interior is closer to being finished. 

Monday, Nick will frame up the bathroom!