Poodles and Quilts

Another busy day at the Stewarts' all though we took off for a while. Painters were here shortly after 7.  By 8:30 Jay and his crew arrived to check out the ceiling on our porch. They needed to see how the rafters and supports ran. they cut a few holes in see the construction so they could figure out what they needed to do for the new deck. We are getting rid of one of the brick posts completely and the others will be replaced with cedar supports. they did close up the holes again so we won't get any unwelcomed visitors . that job is scheduled to begin on the 18th.                                         This is the porch/deck now After Jay and his guys were  finished we decided to put the girls in the car and take off for a few hours.                                  ...

Another day of painting. They were here shortly after 7 and left a little after 8 this evening. Looks like the priming is pretty much finished and the doors and window sills etc are finished. We think everything that needed to have the enamel paint  is finished. The skirt going up the steps. The dark you see in the pictures. Where ever they were painting the enamel they taped a heavy paper on the wall so none of the enamel got on it.                 You don't realize how many doors are in rooms until they are off and getting painted.  It is pretty ingenious how they have the doors standing alone in a row and not propped against the wall. I was wondering why they had long round poles with them. If you look at the top of the doors in the above picture you can see a round pole on top of the doors. There are nails on the underside-the doors are between the nails. The drawers on the floor are all primed and re...

We started out the week with one of the painters here starting the prep work-patching nail holes, sanding, caulking around the windows. Greg was also here. He spent some time putting 2 coats of waterproofing on the walls at the tub. It is expensive but effective. He painted on one coat, then adhered paper to it and then painted another coat on top. Today he was back and put another coat on the walls. And we had 3 guys here today finishing the prep work and then they started priming.                                                                                                  Waterproofing around the tub area                                   ...

It was another busy day.  Greg 2 got here bright and early to start on the stair trim. Turns out it was an all day job. This was taken about the end of the day. Greg is finishing up.                                   Looking up at the common area from the front entry.                                               The walls in the office are looking better today                              The covered everything where they were spraying the walls with texture so                                                                   ...

Another busy day here at the Stewarts.  Greg 2 was here bright and early to change the door to the powder room downstairs and work more on the steps. The steps are a little problem but they are getting them figured out. It's a little different since we had the carpet removed and are putting down wood.                           With the door opening to the inside it was tricky maneuvering around in there                                                          Door removed Door now opens out! Why we didn't think of changing it 3 years ago when we remodeled it! However now i need to put a big sign on the door-Opens Out! More work on the steps.                                ...