Archive for January, 2011
Kitchen floors and a new desk
We moved in exactly a week ago, and have been working away on small projects as we go, trying to tie up all the loose ends. Â The ends.. they’re still pretty loose, but we hit some pretty good milestones this weekend. Â My parents and Ilona put down the kitchen floor, while my friend Colin came over to give me a hand with my desk in the hallway. Â I had wanted to go with a floating desk but it just wasn’t feasible, the butchers block counter top from Ikea that I used as a surface was really heavy. Â I still need to fix up the baseboards under/behind the desk, and stain the desk a couple of times, but for now, I at least have somewhere to work!
The kitchen floor looks amazing, we just have to get the plumbing done for the washer/dryer and build a couple more cabinets, then we should be ready for the granite templaters to come in and measure the counter tops.  Definitely looking forward to it!  We also finished off the bathroom last weekend, with my uncle putting in our robot shower, I have to admit, my showers this week have been about 5-10 minutes longer than normal because it’s just soo cozy, heated floors,  tons of pressure, all kinds of different jets and settings  = awesome shower.
Bedroom almost finished.. moving in tomorrow
Posted by Brian in bedroom, decorating, diy, interior, photos, small spaces on January 22, 2011
I spent the day building a closet organizer today, putting in some baseboards, and installing one of the set of  blinds we purchased on Thursday from blinds to go.  Just have to put some closet doors on, and a finishing baseboard around the room and the bedroom should be finished.  We had the floors finished 2 weeks ago through out and they look fantastic.. the patches of new flooring don’t exactly blend in, but hopefully over time they start to mesh with the old.  The bathroom is also almost done, we just have to mount the shower and install 2 pot lights.  Our art studio/2nd bedroom is also finished (minus the baseboards), the living room still needs to be wallpapered and baseboarded, then there’s the kitchen.. not quite there yet.  We probably have 2 more weeks and 2 weekends of work to go on the kitchen before we’re ready to get the granite guys in.. now that I’ve put a timeline on it, it will probably be 4 weeks.  Either way we’re partly moving in tomorrow (bed, clothes, food, kitties, xbox) and commencing life in the new house..  Photos of the bedroom almost there but still empty:
Bathroom tiling complete and the toilet is back
Finally, after almost 2 months of visiting McNabb to use the bathrooms, we have our toilet back. Â It’s been a super big push for the past week and a half, by my parents, uncle, Ilona and I. Â We have to especially thank my uncle Roger and my mom who spent hours at the house putting in all the tiles, it looks fantastic. Â We still have some grouting to do, the plumbing for the sink to attach, and finally get some glass fitted for the door, but at least we have a toilet! Â My dad spent the week prepping the floors for the hardwood repairs that start tomorrow. Â We also finished painting the bedroom, the studio room and the hallway. Â Can’t wait to see how the floors look on Friday, and it will be really nice to not have to go to the house everyday after work this week. Â Here are some photos of the almost done bathroom:
finished bathroom.
Painting and Tiling!
We had a big push over the new years long weekend, and most of Christmas break, which resulted in getting a lot of work done! It’s so time consuming every little detail takes about 3x longer than you would expect it to, if not more! Â We started tiling in the bathroom, my mom and uncle roger got a couple of the granite pieces down as well as one of the walls of subway tile, and a start on another 2 walls. Â In the other rooms, Ilona, Rob, my sister and myself got to work painting the master bedroom and the hallway. Â We decided to go with hot pink for our closet, believe it or not I actually like it, I think it will look pretty cool as a colour that peeks through our closet organizer and clothes. Â Next Monday the hardwood guys come in to do the floors, after that we’ll have the kitchen floor to lay, the cabinet for the washer dryer to build, and to get the granite guys in to measure for the counter tops. Â I think we might actually be in by the end of the month!
So what do you think of the closet? Â (and no jokes about me coming out of it)
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