Before you lose any more sleep over the matter, the answer is not very much. When we started our remodel, I thought things would move quite a lot faster than they are. I thought this because I didn’t understand what it takes to do this amount of work and because we didn’t have endless amounts of money to throw at it (or rather at someone who could bring in lots of workers to do everything).
If you can cast your mind back (or just scroll down a ways) in the kitchen Mr. Remodel and Mr. Fix-It extended the light fixture opening and then moved onto other things. This left me with only the light in the dining area to see by (even throwing a frozen dinner into the microwave needs some degree of lighting).
Check out that the kitchen is becoming a place to put tools down. I frowned upon this but thought it might be a temporary measure while work was actually going on there.
Since my blog posts aren’t coming in real time compared with when the work was actually done (until I catch up), you’ll have to imagine that this situation went on for weeks.
But then there was a sudden and dramatic development. The electrical wiring and boxes were installed. Hooray!
And there it sat for several more weeks.
So much for temporary tool storage. The kitchen has become the defacto electrical equipment station while the white cupboard in the background (which holds first aid stuff) was until recently in the master bathroom. Elsewhere, the table we put in the living room to eat off of has become the place to hold the plans, shopping lists, samples, hammers, screws, nails, tape measures, and what not so it is impossible to put a plate on it.
Excuse me; I’m trying to live in this house!
Upstairs, there were equally important but slow and underwhelming movements in the bathroom. Mr. Plumber came to install what is called rough plumbing. This is where new pipes and fittings are put in at the point where the plumbing comes in through the exterior wall prior to installing the fixtures. At this stage the copper pipes don’t have to be the exact length. Rough plumbing has to be passed by an inspector (if you are doing it legally like us) before you can go any further.
This shows the plumbing for the new sink
Here is the new plumbing for the claw foot tub we bought.
At the same time, Mr. Remodel started taking out the dropped ceiling above which will re-built slightly differently and with lighting. Now that Mr. & Mrs. R have decided on the theme for this bathroom we can focus our work in the room and our search for materials.
The theme: Little Grass Shack (in honour of our time in Hawai’i).
Holy moly!! I remember when we were doing loads of that kind of stuff!! It will all be worth it in the end when it looks like a million bucks!
ReplyDeleteWe would have been over in CA right now but all this tumor buisness sure dampened those plans...maybe we will come stop by in the fall!
I keep trying to think about the final result but it can be hard when you are living with open walls and mountains of dust.
ReplyDeleteJust as well you didn't come earlier - not that the tumor was a welcome delay - place not good enough for you yet! Feel better soon.
I can't wait to see the little grass shack in its finished form. This kind of thing is really hard for me to imagine (I'm not visual...or imaginative.)
ReplyDeleteWith all those tools around, I imagine the first aid cabinet comes in handy in the kitchen?
It is hard to imagine decoration ideas because they can be interpreted in so many different ways. Mr. Remodel is good at visualising things. me, not so good.
ReplyDeleteI will be posting about injuries soon :-)