Here they are getting the dining room floor ready for Mom's new vinyl. The black plastic acts as Tyvek for the flooring--to seal out the cold from the foundation. They have to build up the subfloor in places to even out the floor.
Kitchen cabinets have arrived. They were scheduled to be delivered between 9 am - 1 pm. Actually came at 2:30 pm! Only two pieces were missing. The missing pieces were delivered the next day--speedy.
Inventorying (sp) the cabinet order.
Here are the granite samples for kitchen counters. The dark one is going in the addition and the light color is in Mom's kitchen.
Vinyl flooring for the laundry closet and for the bathrooms being measured and cut.
Installing the vinyl under the stairs (the new laundry closet).
There will be laminate flooring for most of the main floor of the addition (the bedroom/closet will have carpet). I saw this type of laminate flooring on Property Brothers on HGTV!
Vinyl installed in the upstairs bath.
Trim and doors delivered.
cutting the trim for the rooms upstairs.
The two "guest" rooms (actually Taryn will use one). Their doors are installed and their trim is almost complete.
Each of the two "guest" rooms will actually have a small closet in the room. These closets were originally going to go in the bedroom downstairs; according to the blueprint there was room on the west window wall on each side of the window. After framing we realized there wasn't enough space for them, and we had already ordered the cabinets. So we decided to move them upstairs in the bonus room for the guest rooms to have access to. But a light switch in the way nixed that plan and ductwork nixed our other two locations. After measuring, Steve concluded that they could fit in a corner in each room.
View looking out from one of the upstairs guest rooms.
Start of the kitchen cabinets.
It did try to snow but it was a dismal failure! Darn! We love snow (but I don't think the crew would have appreciated it).
Garbage disposal waiting to be installed in the sink cabinet.
Installing the ugly brown vinyl baseboard. Makes practical sense--I don't have to like it.
The toilets have arrived and are waiting for installation.
The trim--baseboards and door moldings--is stored in Mom's dining area, waiting to be put in place.
Pedestal sink and toilet installed in the powder room on the main floor of the addition. As a concession to me, Steve is installing wood baseboards in here!
The closet cupboards. Each cupboard will have two drawers at the bottom and be open at the top. IKEA kitchen cabinets (which these are) are not the same size as their closet cabinets and so their closet rods do not fit (oops), so I will be creating my own.
Bathroom sink waiting for the counter.
More kitchen cabinets installed. Funny story--IKEA cabinets all sit on legs and then have a baseboard installed to hide the legs. When the cabinet installer started putting the cabints together, he and Steve realized that there were no legs in the whole order. The IKEA person who had helped us hadn't included any legs! So Mom and I had to hurry to IKEA and get 32 (I think) sets of legs! We did get our original discount on the legs, thank you very much.
More cabinets. While the IKEA cabinets were a GREAT price and they had a good sale, the computer program to design the kitchen earns an F grade. We even had an IKEA person help with it. When the cabinet guy started laying out the cabinets from our design, the cabinets didn't align with our layout and so Chad (cabinet guy) and Steve (contractor) and I had to juggle to get things to fit with what was there so we didn' t have to go get anything else or return anything.
Doors installed upstairs! Trim installed. About the trim/doors: my first choice for all trim, doors, and cabinets would be white 100%. But for continuity with the original house, white would not fit. We had to go with a close match to the style/color in Mom's home. Plus white trim usually has to be painted every 1-2 years. The only difference in the addition is that the trim is not beveled--the baseboards are taller and the trim is simpler in style.
Another thing about the trim--all windows are sheetrocked wrapped (probably not the right term) and just have wood on the bottom sill. A way to have more of a white, bright look without white trim.
Trim/doors on the upstairs guest rooms.
Painting the ceiling in Mom's dining nook (it's too big now to be called a nook!). As of this week the plastic wall is finally gone! I'm sure it will go back up for a day when they take out the soffit in Mom's kitchen. The walls in the addition are ivory white. Most of Mom's walls are white, and they are continuing the theme in the addition. Plus we want a light and bright interior for a change.
I told the kids they can't paint any room for 1 year and then they have to get a professional or semi-professional to do it (don't want paint where it's not supposed to be--I'm so mean)! The only two walls that have a different color are in the new family room. They have a brownish/taupe color (I'll post a picture when I can find the one I took!)
Every day there are lots of trucks parked at Mom's. We usually have to park on the street because there is no room for us in the driveway.
Steve (the contractor) and Jake, his assistant, did all the siding for the addition. He hired a crew to do the two dormers--they were high and on a steep roof--easier and faster to have it done.
The painters came to spray the outside of the addition and the garage side of Mom's house (to blend the two parts). We have been blessed with dry weather for a loooong time and they were able to spray all the addition and do some of the trim work before the rains came.
The windows in the dormer are pretty high on the wall inside the bonus room and the guest rooms. Several people have asked why. Mainly because of the framing of the upper floor. While it would be nice to look out those windows, having them high up does give more room to place furniture.
Why do painters wear white? Just wondering....
