the week in review

I am getting mighty tired of this "experience." It's getting on my nerves. People here every day - even the weekends sometimes, which although admirable, is still a pain. For instance, it might have been a holiday weekend last week, but our crew was around fixing the little stuff and prepping for the next week. Bill made all the frames for the doors and windows, so the painter could paint them the same forest green as the eaves etc, before the stucco guys come. Saturday the scrappers came, to clean up after the drywall installers, and next, the mudders came to tape where the screws are and slap a layer of "mud" on the drywall to make it smooth. Well, actually, not smooth, that takes a lot of work - we opted for a finish that supposedly dries with just enough texture to make the paint look interesting. And, the painter came and did his thing, and also brought some samples of wall paint. We're thinking orangy-red and pale goldy-yellow.

While prepping the chimney for the stucco (because we had a leak near it in the big rains last December) it turns out the chimney was inadequately made in the first place - it needs a far larger flashing, called a rooster, and, as a result of the inadequate flashing, the paper underneath got wet and it all has to be replaced. So now we have people in the front, AND in the back, at the same time. That's the chimney, stripped of its stucco box (and our decimated fig tree).

The good news is, the mudders finished with the front door ceiling and walls, and we tore down the breathing Art installation! We have our new front door!







We ordered bathroom cabinets, and since oak is the same price as the plain wood stuff we were thinking of, oak it is! We still have to order the tile. Got an estimate of the square footage from the tile man.

After the stucco guys put 2 layers on, it has to dry for a couple of weeks, to make sure it doesn't crack. After all, it's 16 pounds per square inch weight, hanging off that chicken wire and holding up our house.

During those 2 weeks, the crew will be working inside the new room - pocket doors in the bathroom, and the closet, light fixtures, etc.