Day 89 – September Recap: week 2
As I awoke from the fog of the first week of school and dragged my ass into the second, we continued to make progress on the closet. R taped and mudded and he and I both painted. The drywall and taping (not to mention the bit of interior INSULATION that we put up on the back side of the closet had a huge impact on the overall temperature of our bedroom and also made it a tonne quieter. And, the dog isn’t curled up in quite as tight of a ball at night anymore.
Once we had it painted, we went out and bought an organizer kit to get things back together. Who knew how great it would be to simply have a place to put my clothes that wasn’t the living room (again, sorry neighbors) or the basement? We haven’t even filled the shelves, there is so much extra room!
My dad busted his ass all week to get all of our plumbing rough-in done and although it was touch and go for a while, he finished up mere hours before driving off to the desert for a much deserved break.
Our electricians also spent the week completing the electrical rough-in. And I am thrilled to announce that after way too long with the “kid’s braces” track lighting we had in the kitchen, we now have fantastic and wonderful pot lights. There is task lighting and overall lighting and….and…all of the lights work!!! It is so bright that R had to install a dimmer. Who knew that kitchen lighting was going to be so exciting? It may have something to do with the fact that for the last few weeks if you wanted anything from the kitchen after about 8pm, you almost needed a flashlight. Mike and Steven also installed soffit lighting around the exterior of the house and I am really looking forward to the effect that that will have.
Lighting was really a big hi-light (lame, I know) of the week. We ordered and bought nearly all of the rest of the lighting that we are adding to the house. We picked up the closet lights and a super cool retro fixture for the back entry and even ordered the awesome light that we are putting in the entrance to the new bedroom. Again, who knew that I could be this excited about lighting? Don’t laugh, you do a reno on this scale and this kind of shit will excite you too.
Onward, after the tile gong show at the end of August, I was finally able to go and pick up the last pieces of tile that we ordered for our bathroom. Despite the horrible service that R and I received the first time we went in, once I got back to dealing with the owner, everything went much much smoother and I won’t have to bad mouth them too much.
To finish off the week, on top of the closet from above and all of the lighting, we also went to Ikea for a romantic dinner and bought the closet organization for our new closet and R went and picked up the trim for the Hardie board panels for the exterior of the house. For the quick recap of what a Saturday costs in our world…I’m pretty sure that we hit somewhere between 3 and 4 units, maybe 5? Nice!