I know that a lot of my readers find this house project very interesting; I guess the rest of you are waiting for me to get this house complete, so that you can see my political and historical commentary instead. Believe me, I'm getting tired of this house project, too! It has consumed just about all my spare time for the last few weeks, and as we approach the end, it is gobbling even more time.
The sequence is all beginning to jumble together a bit, but I think Thursday evening we went up there and discovered that to solve the problem of water pooling on the driveway apron, and then ending up in the garage, we know have a drain in the front.
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Supposedly there is a similar drain on the rear driveway apron, but I haven't thought to check.
The motion detector exterior lights that met my wife's esthetic requirements are all in, and they definitely detect us driving up to the house. These lights are all on switches inside, so we can force complete darkness, complete light, or motion detector mode.
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On Friday, the counter guys finished putting the Silestone counters in place in the kitchen:
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The builder discovered, as they were getting ready to cut a hole in the counter for the faucets at the kitchen sink, that he was going to have to raise the window sill a fraction of an inch. Even worse, Silestone is three centimeters thick--so the standard faucet attachment hardware isn't quite long enough. The plumber is having to hunt around a little for adapters to handle this.
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The cooktop is now integrated into its counter as well, although the heating guy still has to get everything connected up and working.
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The entry hall light fixture.
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The builder received a box of heating registers (the things that go into the heating/air conditioning vents in the floors), but Rhonda wasn't happy with the color--it went well with the color of the tile grout, but not with the tile, the carpet, or any of the rest of the interior color scheme.
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We found some registers that looked good with both tile and carpet, and then had to run around to two different Lowe's to get enough to finish the house.
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Bathroom two at the far end.
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Bathrooms two and after the counters were installed, but the plumbing not yet done.
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Bathroom three with the counter in place, but still in need of some cleanup:
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Bathroom three now complete:
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Well, almost. We had to relocate the towel rack to avoid collisions with the shower door.
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Objects in mirror heavier than they appear! (Would funhouse mirrors that make you look fat be appropriate in the bathroom as a diet aid? Or would adding to a house funhouse mirrors that make you look just a little thinner be an effective way to sell houses?)
Bathroom two after the plumber got the faucets in--apparently the extra counter thickness was not a problem for this faucet. This bathroom is now done, except for the mirror.
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Master bathroom after the Silestone backsplash went in for the jetted tub:
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All the closet organizers from Treasure Valley Closets (who should be advertising here, hint, hint) are in place, such as this hall closet, and in one of the bedrooms.
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Ordinary closet shelves might have been a little cheaper, but these are easily reconfigured in a variety of forms.
Oh yeah, the master bedroom closet.
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The more I look at this, the more I think we could have gone a bit smaller on this closet, a little larger on the master bath, and a bit smaller on the master bedroom--and used the space to enlarge bedrooms three and four.
I needed a lot of bookshelves in the closet to replace the built-in bookshelves in our current family room. This set in the office (also by Treasure Valley Closets) should do the job--roughly 9 1/2 feet by 9 feet of adjustable shelving.
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I went up Saturday morning--and discovered that there is no choice. I must buy a four wheel drive to get up that hill.
That little red speck is my Corvette at the bottom of my driveway.
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I fell twice coming down the driveway--a few days of sunlight means the snow melts just a little, then refreezes at night.
We weren't happy with the knobs on the bifold closet doors in two of the bedrooms, so we bought some brushed nickel replacements--which, of course, came with screws that were too short. But you can see in this side-by-side what a difference it makes.
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Still waiting on:
1. The plumber needs to come back with the appropriate adapters for the three centimeter thick counters, install the lead filter in the garage, and get the water heater running.
2. The electrical guy needs to get the telephone jacks, coax, and Ethernet connectors installed.
3. The heating guy needs to hook up the stove.
4. We are expecting the counter depth refrigerator, washer, and dryer to arrive and be installed on Monday.
5. Final inspections on Tuesday.
6. Certificate of Occupancy on Wednesday.
7. Appraisal on Monday.
8. Lots of little cosmetic fixes in the house--including five cracked tiles. (The builder is still trying to figure out why they cracked.)
Last house project entry.
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