real life

As many of you might have guessed, I'm up to my eyeballs juggling real life responsibilities as they say.  Taking a few days off to work over the kitchen now has me working the weekend in valiant if somewhat vain attempt to catch up at the office.  In the meantime, we're still shopping and ordering materials for the kitchen project.  Oh and yeah, kids basketball and soccer wait for no man.

Adding insult to injury, I'm now heading into partial redesign on one project at work + deadline on another- well you get the drift. 

So yeah, that leaves little time for chasing fins or, ye-gads!, take the ole Yeti for a spin.  Good thing I saw this coming, put her into the shop for a coupla upgrades:

Now I can ditch that silly bell, I'm thinking those trail runners will hear me now, ya think?

substantial completion

Stage 4 of the kitchen renovation de la casa de Roughrider achieved Substantial Completion precisely at 11.40am this day.

Awesome.

Counter guys template the counters this PM, while our team continues with baseboards, misc drywall + paint work.  

Mechanical range venting scheduled, range + microwave hood arrive Monday.

Glass tile for backsplash on its way.

Whew!  Maybe a hall pass for some fishing is in my near future, you think? ;-)

cabinets!

Progress photo from the day: future bartop + pantry cab's.

stage 3

Today's checklist:

• fix emergency plumbing leak- yikes!
• set final tiles
• final door trim
• final drywall
• texture
• paint
• grand finale: grout travertine

Cabinet installation begins tomorrow 7am.  Thankfully, time to hand this project off to the professionals.  Be glad to get back to the office, I'm sooo totally spent, I need the rest!

final cut

thank Dog

the eagle has landed

new cabs have arrived- let the demolition begin!

good day's work done

The day's last tile set- whew! Cabinets arrive tomorrow~

first batch

first tiles- a breather before diving into second batch

time = money

floor scraper: awesome

Saturday:

• VCT floor removal: check
• Install drywall + remove same + replumb wall (#%@^!) + re-drywall + 1st coat of mud: check
• Level floor: check.  That self-leveler: cool stuff!

No divorce attorneys on retainer just yet, fingers crossed!

green tagged

Pleased to report we passed our electrical inspection. 

Not too shabby considering this circa 1950's casa- wooot! 

Thx Elcon Elec Contractors- youdaman!

some assembly required

new travertine stone tile flooring for la casa de Roughrider- a beautiful thing!

stoke

Business travel + kitchen renovation leaving little time for fun shredding tread or chasing fins.  Thank dog for the vimeo revolution!


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HT: Midcurrent