Saturday, April 23, 2005
Overdue update
Sorry it has been so long since I've posted an update! So much has happened that I don't know where to begin!
The staircase is installed and it looks wonderful! Bissell Jr stained it yesterday and we couldn't be happier with how it looks. Once the polyurethane is applied it will be something else. It's really nice having handrails again....lol.
The trim and baseboards are finished! Whew! What a job. Bissell Jr has been working hard to stain and poly all of it. We actually ran out of places to lay the pieces out to finish them, and had to use sawhorses to add an extra level for stacking. We think the trim came out very well. Maple has a very interesting grain pattern, which made it challenging to work with, but beautiful. We noticed that on some of our boards it looked like we took a small hammer and dinged the heck out of the wood....Interestingly, Mike found an article (after the fact) that the 'dings' are inherent to maple and to reduce them you have to wet plane the boards at a 45 degree angle. We are saying the dings add character...lol...and are leaving them alone.
Bissell thinks he'll have all 13 doors, trim, baseboard, shoe mold, and stairs, stained and poly'd by monday and then he'll start on the floors. Mike is in CA next week, so the kids and I will shack up in a hotel while the floors are being finished.
We proofed our granite templates and slabs last week and our install date is May 6th. The tile backsplash will be installed the next day. We are also having the place painted, so Dennis will do that at some point and then we're having a faux painter come and paint the kitchen and family room while we're in Hawaii.
Be sure to check out the pictures here.
The staircase is installed and it looks wonderful! Bissell Jr stained it yesterday and we couldn't be happier with how it looks. Once the polyurethane is applied it will be something else. It's really nice having handrails again....lol.
The trim and baseboards are finished! Whew! What a job. Bissell Jr has been working hard to stain and poly all of it. We actually ran out of places to lay the pieces out to finish them, and had to use sawhorses to add an extra level for stacking. We think the trim came out very well. Maple has a very interesting grain pattern, which made it challenging to work with, but beautiful. We noticed that on some of our boards it looked like we took a small hammer and dinged the heck out of the wood....Interestingly, Mike found an article (after the fact) that the 'dings' are inherent to maple and to reduce them you have to wet plane the boards at a 45 degree angle. We are saying the dings add character...lol...and are leaving them alone.
Bissell thinks he'll have all 13 doors, trim, baseboard, shoe mold, and stairs, stained and poly'd by monday and then he'll start on the floors. Mike is in CA next week, so the kids and I will shack up in a hotel while the floors are being finished.
We proofed our granite templates and slabs last week and our install date is May 6th. The tile backsplash will be installed the next day. We are also having the place painted, so Dennis will do that at some point and then we're having a faux painter come and paint the kitchen and family room while we're in Hawaii.
Be sure to check out the pictures here.
# posted by lkutz @ 5:16 AM 
