The Floor…Finally!

We started laying the flooring in the kitchen today. It feels like it has taken us forever to get to this point.

Shaun arrived at 11:30 and we got to work. Once you get started and get your bearings, the process goes remarkably fast.

We started at the island and moved north. The goal for the day was to get down flooring over the areas where the radiators go. Now we can notify Tracy that we are ready for him to connect the radiators.

Until that time, the Boiler Game continues.

Tomorrow, the plan is to finish the north end of the floor.  We will be doing this ourselves without the guidance of Shaun. We may even be so bold as to continue on the other side of the island.

Stuff To Do

 Yesterday, I didn’t do anything! It was a bit too chilly and rainy to do anything outside, and I didn’t really have anything to do inside. That was yesterday.

I have several little projects to do today but the primary job is to get the TV working again.

Last evening, Mark came over to help us clear out the kitchen. We moved the bar, a side table, the small beer refer, our big kitchen table and the TV stand.

After we were finished, Susan and I settled down into the TV Room to wind down with a little television. With no luck.

Apparently, all the TV’s are tied to the main set up in the kitchen.

So my first task of the day is to figure that out.

8:37AM: That turned out to be easier than I thought. All I had to do was reconnect the Kitchen TV’s cable box and all was well in TV Land.

Next, I’m going to have some breakfast and then clean up all the extraneous debris we found while moving stuff last night. 

12:05PM: I have just about finished cleaning the miscellaneous debris from the kitchen. The back of the Piano Bar was stuffed with useless crap I never use. Flashing booze necklaces, dice games, and more coasters than a bar needs. There was also some useful crap that I had forgotten I had.

I’m doing pretty well with the useless crap, most of it going into the trash and the rest to Goodwill or the church basement sale.

5:45PM: Susan and started on the last remaining window that needs to be stripped. I pried off the trim and we got to work stripping the paint off.

We put in a couple of hours and got a pretty good start.

Ceiling Sampling

We were playing around with our ceiling tiles to see if we really liked them. I think we do like them.

It’s kind of hard to determine from this small sampling how they will look. Keep in mind that these will need to be caulked and painted. 

We are still in limbo waiting to start on the floor so we’re looking for little things we can do while we wait.

Fun with Electricity

 It is the start of the Labor Day weekend and I have a project.

10:23AM: I need to slide this outlet to the left so it doesn’t interfere with the book shelves I plan to attach to the end of this cabinet.

So, my plan is to locate the stud in the wall, disconnect this outlet, drill a hole through the stud, add a new box and attach new wires to the new outlet.

The trick is to cut the new hole with minimal damage to the wall. Let’s see how I do!

12:15PM: I have cut my new hole and gone out and purchased a new box to fill the hole.

I have fed the wire through to the new hole and the box is in place, as is the outlet.

12:51PM: There we are. Another project successfully completed.

I’ve already tested it. It works!