Friday, June 25, 2010

Just waiting for a bed

Sorry for the delay in updating this thing but lots on my mind. First, still not moved in, but as soon as I get a new bed delivered I will be. So, here is what I've been working on to this point.
Last time I talked about the master shower, well, with the exception of a expensive shower door it is now finished. Here is a picture of the rainfall shower head in the ceiling. Lots of water.










I also got the granite vanity installed and the cabinets trimmed out.


In the kitchen I made a teak bar top for the island. The teak was in my parents basement for as long as I can remember. If I recall the story correctly, Dad was going to make a dining room table out of it. He gave it to a guy to plane all sides down and for some reason he cut it into 3' long pieces. Dad was ticked off about it and he ended up putting the wood down in the storage area of the house. When I was growing up I can remember taking pieces of it to build something and Dad telling me that was too expensive of wood to play with and "put it back". Mom was going to have a kitchen table built out of it but she passed away before it got too far. Finally, 40 years later here is a table top out of it.


I also have been working on the 2nd upstairs bathroom. I used some of the travertine I got from the auction up in Burlington.





Here is some pictures of the entry "Eddie Bauer" light in place and working.





One of the things I've found is that vertical grain fir is extremely expensive, but I need a lot of it to trim out the windows and doors. Lucky for me that I saved a couple of the big firs I had to take down. I found a guy with a portable saw mill and for $330 I now have all the trim boards I need. Of course I have to let them dry out some but considering 2 - 1"x 7" boards, 7' long runs over $30 I think I can wait. I also had him cut me a 10" x 6" beam for the fireplace mantle and some 3" x 6" boards part of which will be used for the mantle and the rest I'm going to turn into a bed frame.












Finally, the carpet was installed last week. The pictures do the color justice, its a rust that picks up color out of the tile and the trees outside. Big thanks to Steve and Rene for helping choose the carpet.












That's all for now, I'll let you know when I move in.