Tile

This past weekend, Chris and I spent most of our time working on the tile in the kitchen and sunroom with the help of Robert and Thomas. I am sooo glad we decided to get the help of some seasoned professionals, because laying tile really is a very difficult job--especially travertine. Chris and I did the grout though :)

Mudding at Midnight

Yep, this is our life for the time being. We work all day then slave all night. I'm lucky to get out and go to capoeira every once in a while. As it turns out, our wall in the kitchen where the sink goes had to be redrywalled. Originally it was done so that it stuck out about an inch because of some ancient fat pipes that stick out there, but Anita-the-kitchen-lady said that just wouldn't do. Here's Chris preping for drywall take 2:



Here is some video footage of our midnight-mudding-capades:





On another note, the rest of our house is really coming along. Aside from mounting the TV on the wall and creating some hanging fabric art to cover it when not in use, the guest room is pretty much complete. On the other hand, the living room is still missing some major furniture pieces, you know, like a couch. So, Chris and I improvised and pulled the mattress out of the guest room to watch a movie the other night.



I feel like that couple in the movies...

Living Here

So, all of our stuff is here at the house. We are living in our construction zone.
Here's Chris working on a makeshift desk in the sunroom:

Laika decided that the safest place in the house was under Chris.

If it's not one thing, it's another

Oh man. Our new fridge doesn't fit, despite the fact that the guy swore that it was a counter-depth fridge. It looks like we can exchange it though. Phew!

The Doors

All of the internal and closet doors (except 4), don't fit their frames anymore. I guess they were all sized for the linoleum stuff that was down the previous 55 years of their existence. What do we do now? Chop them down 1/2 an inch I guess...

The Glue Incident

I know, I haven't posted in a long time. I have a perfectly good reason for that, we've been crazy busy working on the house. One of the main things that held us up a bit is what I like to call, "The Glue Incident." You see, when we were purchasing our wood Lee the Pine Guy, as I like to call him, said that he would just cover the entire floor with filler so that all of the holes would get filled (of which there are lots, due to the fact that it is recycled pine). Then, like 3 more people said to use wood glue and saw dust as filler instead of traditional wood-filler. Soooo, Chris and I spread glue and saw dust all over our new floors. Consequently, we spent the next 5 days sanding and resanding the floors. We rented a total of 4 sanders and borrowed another 2 to get the job done. When we were finished sealing the floor, we rented a buffer to smooth out the sticky spots.


Now we have some beautiful floors (that still aren't perfect, but they are as perfect as they are going to get)!