Monday, January 18, 2010 - Nip and Tuck

Ugh...so I missed another post. My bad.


Before I tell you about the construction update, I want to mention something bizarre, but very cool. We have been talking about getting our oldest son a new bed from IKEA. We have been checking occasionally on Craigslist to see if one becomes available before buying one new. We don't need it until April, so we are in no rush. Well, about two minutes after discussing it this evening and hitting refresh on the Craigslist webpage, the exact bed pops up, just a couple of miles away. A quick email and a little bit of cash and a new bed and nightstand are all ours. The problem, however, is where to put a queen size bed when everything is consolidated into just a couple of rooms. On top of that, we found out they are going to refinish the floor in our current bedroom when they lay and stain the rest of the floors, so we have to find room for another queen size bed, nightstands, two dressers, etc. Is this a good problem to have?

The drywall is close to getting completion. Last Friday, we had the drywall completion date pushed back to Tuesday, which was inching closer to my Wednesday projection. Then on Monday they said they are now projecting Wednesday, but the confidence in their voices is waning, even for that day. They haven't even started sanding yet, so I am even tempted to push my bet to Thursday. Not really looking forward to the start of sanding, however. The house is unorganized enough without a layer of white dust on top of everything.

The porch continues to take shape with painting started and the new front door installed. The front door is something so simple, but the one we had was simply pitiful. But since we will be now using the front porch and the front door as our main entrance, we wanted to get those right. Now we just need the front steps and the hand railings and we will be set to go until we get to stain the porch floor in about 12 weeks. There is still a little nip and tuck to go before it is just right.


But, I finally was able to get my hands dirty this weekend. I wasn't real thrilled with the job they did putting the trim around the inside of the front door, so I took it off and fixed it just right. I then set the nails and spackled the holes. Now the door is ready for me sand, caulk, and paint on Monday. Just a nice warm-up to a lot of work to go on our end. Anybody up for a painting party this weekend.