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Last week Nick painted the livingroom and dining room. We chose a very pale cream color that has a hint of yellow to it and we're really happy with how it turned out. It looks good with all the fir. That allowed him to finally install the mantel that he and his dad built awhile ago. I'm still adjusting to this new phase of putting things back ...

Nick's been working all weekend (and most of last ) on the box beam ceilings. I'll let him tell all about it later, but here is a quick photo that shows a little bit of the progress on both.

Here is a before and an after sanding picture of the floors. We get to take a peak at them today after the fnish is put on, so tomorrow we can share ''after'' pictures. Yahoo!                         

The flooring guy showed up just before 7 this morning and Nick helped him carry all his equipment up the 33 stairs. Tonight we will be able to go by and take a peak at the sanded floors and the first layer of finish will be on them.  Atticus and I will be looking in from the front window, but I'll have Nick take some pictures from inside. ...

I left a pot of coffee for Nick and his dad as I headed to work this morning. Yesterday we finished all the prep work and the first planks of the bamboo floor were glued together.  There's a lot of pictures, so I hope they don't take too long to load. Here's a recap of the progress: Sunday, April 26th. Nick and his dad finished building the ...

In order to lay the bamboo flooring, the cabinet bases need to be installed first so we know exactly where/what the floor butts up to. That also means that we need to run the electrical along the wall with the stove, insulate,and hang drywall before we put that base cabinet in place. Despite thinking a lot about this project and drawing out what ...

This weekend is off to a pretty good start.  In fact it’s gone so well that I’m now completely pooped and am laying horizontal on the couch as I write this.  I don’t think I’m gonna move for an hour or two, at least. Mostly I’m tired out because I carried a full palette’s worth of bamboo flooring up the 33 stairs to the house.  I ...