Poodles and Quilts

It has been a week of small projects and touch ups. But there is light at the end of the tunnel as they say. Before I show pictures from this week I want to include two from last week. The railing installers had said they had never had to do a corner like this before. Now they can say they have! We pretty much spent Monday and Tuesday going through some things here and getting ready for the movers on Wednesday. But we did have Peter here Tuesday morning to install trim on some areas on the upstairs floor. Then later that day Peter and Greg put up the grab bars, towel bars etc in the 2 baths. On Wednesday the movers met Galen shortly after 7 AM at our storage unit to load up furniture. It was a little bit of a challenge as we had 2 units-one from when we moved  dad out of his apartment last November and then ours for the remodel. There was somethings in each coming here. I stayed home as we figured with both of us there it would be more of a hassle! Galen a...

We are down to those final items which take time. The electricians were here on Monday getting the lights and fans hooked up on the new deck. On Tuesday the shower glass people were here. They got the big mirror back up on the wall in the  big upstairs bath and also did a little work on the shower doors. They needed a little adjusting. Wednesday was an off day. The railing people wanted to come on Thursday afternoon to install the railings on the stairs. However we had some furniture being delivered on Thursday afternoon so that was not going to work. Furniture delivered Thursday afternoon and the railings were installed today!                                                                       Preparation     This section was fairly quick to install  Figuring out an angle at th...

The painters got here Thursday morning and went right to work taping and masking off areas. That in itself is a job and then factor in the hottest days of the year do far!  One spent time on the deck boards the other guy on the railings  After they left we blocked off the deck from our girls. Didn't want them running up on it to come in the house. Since we couldn't use the deck we had to take them out the side door and into the yard that way. Took this picture Friday morning before the painters arrived. You can see the wood ceiling and not to mention how a fresh coat of white paint makes everything look better! By noon on Friday the deck was finished. I think the guys were glad they were done with the outside  work. We do have shade in the back but that only can do so much when it is 100+ outside! After lunch they started inside.  Lots of taping. Good thing they use 3M tape!  First coat going on the railings. This is the smelly s...

I took a break from writing updates last week. Monday the guys were busy with other jobs. Tuesday, the deck guys did get here and were able to finish up the deck. Wednesday our trim carpenter was here along with the painters. Our steps did give our trim guy a small challenge.  The original treads were not the standard 12" in size. For the new ones they needed to put a facing board on the riser. think I mentioned that in an earlier post. There went the original plan for the waterfall molding. Plus all risers are not created equal in height, at least in this house! And of course there was "what to do at the bottom?"  Greg thought about it for a while and came up with a solution. We left him to work his magic and we took off for a late lunch at Marble Falls We had to make our usual stops along the way. The dam at Lake Buchanan. The Federal Fish Hatchery at Inks Lake. Hardly a cloud in the sky, but then it was over 100!  There is also a bird blind at the...

Today was set aside for work on the stairs. Peter and Greg got here about the same time this morning to plan Peter's attack and the supplies needed.  Peter had his saws set up outside  they decided that the old tread needed to come off and be replaced 1/2 inch plywood on top and on the risers 2 x 8  All set now for the new wood the bottom 2 steps had a few angles that needed to be cut View from the top! Looks like Peter will be back tomorrow to finish the steps. That way we should be able to stay on schedule.