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Construction days 74-75

I was very happy with Thursday/ Friday progress.

Exhibit A: Plaster walls. Its actually hard to see the difference in pictures, but the base coat went on Thursday and top coat was all done on Friday. There is a big difference to the touch though – base coat is kind of grayish and is pretty rough and almost sticky —

The top coat is white and smooth.

Overall I am very happy with the job they did skimming the plaster and so happy that we decided to stick with the original decision to go with plaster on all walls which are redone (the rest of the house mostly has plaster walls save for a few places that will be redone eventually).… Read the rest

How to: Penny Tile Floor

Awhile back – actually way before any concrete plans for this renovation materialized – I came across these pictures of penny-tile floors and thought – that might be cool thing to do at some point somewhere in the house. Sergey was totally on board. In fact, I think he actually sent me a picture of the penny time floor for inspiration. It’s not that often that we agree on a particular project or look from the very beginning so this idea was definitely filed in the “for sure, maybe” file.… Read the rest

Color – Reds! Blues! and Greens!

Its gonna be awesome. And this black and white and gray bathroom is really going to shine with some color love. First up – our bath mat. i heart it so much.

Yes, a real wool, oriental rug remnant. picked up at Ruff & Ready for $5. I got it a few weeks ago, and we have been using it as a regular bath mat, and so far its worked really well, it feels comfy and dries fast.… Read the rest

Paint it Black

There’s been a whole lotta white in this renovation so far, so I decided to switch it up a bit. Time for some black. on the ceiling. in our main bathroom.

It looks awesome. at least twice as good as the picture above.Its hard to capture in pictures – part of the problem the bathroom is small – its only about 7′ by 5.5′ – good camera angles are difficult to find!… Read the rest

Fashion is Cyclical & New is Old

Bottom line on stripping original wood moldings in a 1897 house? New looks old. And by that I mean that after a process of stripping, sanding, priming and painting, the refurbished moldings (aka new) don’t look that much better than the old ones. Probably because I don’t have enough patience, and also because I just can’t seem to commit the hours it would take to do it right. So here’s before and after, and you can skip reading any more (unless you would like to find out about the fashion bit).… Read the rest

Construction Day 48: Squeal!

That was my reaction! Instant gratification – one day, one project, and d .o.n.e.

I need to figure out how to take better pictures of such a tiny space. But for now, here’s my best representation:

*The teal blue color is better represented in the pictures above, rather than this lamp picture. but see the wallpaper goes all the way over the ceiling.

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Construction Days 46-47: Our bad

So we are on to downstairs bathroom. In the last two days the contractors have finished drywall and primed all of the 2.5′ by 5′ space.

Ceiling:

Entrance, with a door frame:

and sink wall:

Except this part they had to do twice. And it was totally our bad. The plumbing lines in the first iteration of this wall were not centered but closer to the entrance. That’s because on the other side of that wall there is a stack and we had palnned to do a bump out for it.… Read the rest

Construction Days 43-45: 1,700

That’s the magic number – for the single pieces of subway tile in our bathroom. I don’t think either us or our contractors anticipated quite what that entailed when we set out on this adventure of tiling the whole room floor to ceiling.

We both absolutely LOVE it. It looks great, and the guys did a great job with keeping striaght lines. Which is why it probably took so long.

And, check this out: a door!… Read the rest

Construction days 40-42, t-t-t-t-tile

More tile. To be sure we made some progress on that front, but how many times can I write about the tile. Ha-ha! That was just a trick, its all about the marble.

The sink was installed on Friday, and hooked up on Saturday (!). Up close:

The only parts left to tile are visible here. We have actually ran into a bit of trouble here. Home Depot/Lowes do not sell short-side cove subway tiles.… Read the rest

Construction Days 35-39

This week, every day on my way home I would think – ah, today is going to be the day that I will post about the finished tile in the upstairs bathroom. Alas. Its been five working days since the last construction update, and I have lost my patience. Here’s our progress, which to be far, also includes some electrical work.

The left wall with a tiled shower niche and a recessed opening for the medicine cabinet:

The right wall, which has actually been complete for awhile, but here it is anyway:

The back wall, where the window frame has to come out in order to be leveled – almost there:

And finally, the front wall which will feature a recessed shelf.… Read the rest