Cutting the Trim in the Living Room Shop
The Stairs to the Room Over the Garage Have been Installed
They look great!
White Oak Treads
The Crown Molding Breaks up the High Wall Nicely
LED tape lights will provide nice up lighting.
Windows Trimmed out and Crown Molding in the Dining Room
The Orange Paint outlines the Stone Wall and Walkway
Stone Veneer will Wrap the Garage wall
A Load of Processed Material being Delivered
Boxes of Kitchen Cabinets in the Kitchen
And more in the Dining Room
The trim
work continues. All the interior doors have been hung and working smoothly.
Crown molding has been wrapped around the Dining Room and three quarters of the
Living Room. With the high walls the crown molding breaks it up nicely. We left
the wall opposite the fireplace without the crown molding to give the impact of
a high wall. Sort of like having two rooms in one. I suggested to my better half
that down the road we could put LED tape lights along the backside of the
molding to give an up light effect. She liked the idea. When I then added that
we could also set it up to have changing colors like red, and green and white
and have them change every ten seconds or so, she commented that now would be a
good time to stop.
While the
trim work was going on in the inside, outside I met with the Mason, Mike Carpenter
from Stone Age Masonry (whosyourmason@cox.net)
to go over plans for the stone wall alongside the driveway as well as
installing stone veneer on the garage wall. We had originally planned to slope
the side area and put in granite stairs. But like with any plan, the more my better
half I talked about the different possibilities the more we liked the idea of a
stone wall. We also wanted to cover up the unappealing concrete wall on the
garage so we’ve decided to have it covered with a stone veneer.
I had
planned on building a nice stone patio and walkway next year on the garage side of
the house near the kitchen, but never having enough weekends and knowing how much outside work
we’ll be doing next year, we’re obtaining quotes from Mike for doing the work
instead. He’s already provided some
really good ideas and we’re glad he’s doing our masonry work. JM Equipment also
dropped off a load of processed material for use in the work. They are a busy company and dropping off the material was really appreciated. It's companies like this that keep things moving
along.
In the
middle of all of this, the kitchen cabinets were delivered. This calls for a
big YAY! I’m not sure when they’ll start the install but just having them on
site is huge progress. And with Thanksgiving coming up this week it seems
appropriate.
Enjoy your
week.
