We have worked on the master bathroom almost every day this month. I was sick for two weekends, once with a migraine and once with a virus, which set us back a lot. I kept taking pictures intending to document the work. However, it seemed that although we put in dozens of hours each week […]
Category: house building
Yesterday it rained
And rained. And rained. According to the weather team at KOMO in Seattle, we have already had more rain this year than fell in all of 1952 (the driest year on record). A short article was posted to their blog this morning. Yesterday we worked on the house. Grant and Tom (and Mady) got the […]
Fireplace!
The fireplace was probably installed last Friday, but I only saw it this afternoon when I arrived. First dark… Then lit. It not only casts a lovely, warm glow, but it also actually heats the space a little. Not that we need it, with the warm floors, but sometimes it is good to have the […]
Just leaving to do yardwork…
and it started pouring down HAIL. Big, loud, dropping like marbles from angry thunderclouds. The parking lot at the apartment in town is white with hard pellets and deep in water. For the record, I think we have had rain for at least part of every day since the first week of April. The news […]
Banned from the house…
..because the floors are being polished. “Spit-shined” even! Peering in through the windows this evening they are GORGEOUS! But it’s a no-step zone for now. So here are a couple pictures of the backsplash behind the range. Yes! That is a pot filler above the range. It should be just tall enough for my tamale […]
At last…
Finally, the kitchen is really looking like a kitchen. It’s a lovely hint at what it will be in a couple weeks. And yes, pictures! Click for a glimpse…
Today in my garden
I grow a lot of things. Click on the link to see a few of them:
Front door
This is the color of the front door. The hardware isn’t what it will be; we will continue to have the contractor’s brassy knob for a while yet. And the “divided light” sections aren’t finished yet — the paint is trickier to apply than I like, and I need a calmer environment to get it […]
Today in my garden
I didn’t get a picture of the work in progress, but I did get a picture of the workers. These are two of Grant’s friends, helping us get the yard ready for the growing season while I work in the house during the break. Doing battle with the build-up of yard and construction debris. The […]
Bright Ideas
The lights are attached. Here is the pretty one for my office, from two angles: Click here for the rest of the pics: