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Construction Days 33 – 34

Good news! the right bathroom wall is all fixed up and looking straight:

more good news: our crew owned up to the mistake and we didn’t have any problems when we asked them to redo the wall. that made me feel a whole lot better on Tuesday.

The bathroom is slowly but surely coming together. I can’t wait to see the subway tile with all the grout lines.

My excited face, no really:

Actually, this was just for the scale sake – I am just under 5’6″.… Read the rest

Adventures in Tub Land

Thank you for all the feedback on our tile options. According to my informal email and blog polls most respondents fall either vehemently against tile to the ceiling, or totally and absolutely for it. Hmmmmm. See previous post for the update on tally and our decision.

Now that tile choices have been thoroughly discussed, I might as well cover how the tub itself has sent us on a wild goose chase for parts and fittings.… Read the rest

Construstion Days 29-31: Clawfoot is in!

Clawfoot tub has arriveth in its final resting spot. With tub feet on and all.

It was a glorious site to behold when we got home on Friday night. Because this week our contractors are on vacation. I don’t think I could have gone on for another week without a shower.

**Full disclosure: Our very kind friends actually invited us to stay at their very nice, not dusty, clean, with running water apartment for 10 days while they went on vacation.… Read the rest

Construction days 27-28 – a sneak peak

A sneak peak into something awesome! Ta-da: Our upstairs bathroom floor.

Beautiful, huh? We are still so far away, and its moving sooooooo slowly. but at least we like where we are going with this. Here’s the floor with additional layer of thinset before the tile was put down:

There is some progress in the small half bath downstairs too. We got a ceiling frame and noise maker vent fan was installed.… Read the rest

Construction days 20-24: July 4th edition

Hope everyone had a nice fourth – ours was great, we actually had about 15 people over to grill and watch fireworks. Our roof view is privy to a pretty spectacular amateur show in addition to the national display on the Harbor and the Mall.

Pictures by Sergey from 4 July 2011, please stand by for this year’s link.

Anyway, progress has been slow and steady on the construction front; Sergey is actually very pleased with the quality of the work.… Read the rest

Stripping Away

We are in a serious stripping phase – out with the old paint, in with the new paint. In between – a whole lotta effort with every stripping paint method known to man (well, almost).

First up we have the old/new bathtub, which had to make it upstairs before it could begin its rejuvenation process (thanks neighbors!):

I was worried for a bit that it wasn’t cast iron because it only took three men to get it up the stairs.… Read the rest

Construction Days 16-19

Ah its good to be home. Sergey and I took an unexpected trip to Russia, a second home for us both. No serious reasons, thankfully, just an unexpected and opportune alignment of circumstances.

In my hometown of Petrozavodsk (yes it was cold).

Meanwhile progress has been chugging along here. Thank you to Kirill for keeping a watch here and sending us pictures. Here’s a recap of what happened over the last four days of construction.… Read the rest

Construction Day 13

Well here we are, another day, a few more signs of progress:

no that toilet there is not hooked up. its just there, along with a sink, to determine the final placement for the door (currently leaning against the frame).

I know its looking a little tight. But! the sink will be higher up. and consider these powder baths:

 

Source: savoringsimplicity, centsational girl;

And we also got some additional framing around our french doors

and finally, an obligatory tools shot, just for fun:

… Read the rest