Walls are all up, painted, the trim is done, the floors are stained AND SWEPT as per instructions from the Inspector. (Is that a little power trip or what?!) That all had to be done before the Plumbing/Gas Inspector would come back for his last inspection when he would (hopefully) unlock our gas meter so we could get some real heat in the house.
We passed. Well, sort of. He unlocked the meter but wants two of the 4 sink traps replaced. Because of their positioning under cabinets, the fella's used two accordion style traps. Evidently they are not legal in Idaho. They sell them in Idaho but they are not legal in Idaho. ?? How does that work? Anyway, he said to replace them, take a photo and text it to him. Then we are done. Hallelujah!
Kitchen sink is in the island. You can see some finished/painted walls behind it. I LOVE the sink and the faucet!
This is our bedroom (walls finished but no trim on the windows yet) and that's Glen and Ernie attaching an old Barn door to the wall for our Headboard. (Many coats of varnish later!) You can't see it in the photo but there is an old brass plate that says 'Private' right in the middle behind Ernie ~ it was on the door when we rescued it :) It has great shades of old barn red, brown, black and even some white paint on it. There's even an old rope handle. Unfortunately, I just wasn't able to capture it in the photo.
Electricians have been back and installed 'most' of the lights. These two are over the island.
These three are over the kitchen stove and counter area.
Installing Medicine cabinets in the main bathroom. Lights are up.
Done!
Next, the cabinets. We went with Hickory for both this bathroom and the kitchen.
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Yes. That is pennies. This is the floor for the shower. I did the penny work (and, in case you are wondering ... never again!)
When Glen suggested we do the whole bathroom floor that way I 'politely' told him he was welcome to go ahead anytime and do it. You will soon see how far that idea went!! :) I covered the whole thing with about 6 coats of an oil based polyurethane floor varnish, and no, it is not slippery.
The rest of the shower finished. Those are galvanized steel panels that have been made into a shower surround. (Thus, the industrial part of Rustic Industrial.) :) Bob did the majority of the work on this and he did a great job.
Cabinet above microwave is in.
We spray stained the concrete floor. We used two coats of a white-wash stain, two coats of a midnight slate gray and 3 coats of a high gloss varnish (which turned out to be not really high gloss). They suggest you use a weed sprayer to do it, which we did. That takes some practice :/ We practiced in our closet. We won't be giving tours of the closet.
A close-up of the floor.
For the most part, the floor actually turned out great. Well, lets say it has its own personality. But when you realize we had no idea what we were doing when we started the project it's not too shabby. The floor catches everyone because they are not sure what it is when they first see it. (PLEASE NOTE: no pennies :)
Bob and Ernie working on putting in the 'mudroom/coat rack' area. If you go back and look at the photo of the kitchen sink, this is on the wall that you see just beyond the sink (with the rag stuffed in the electrical hole). :/
This is our grandson Sean, taking a break and having lunch up in the small loft above our bedroom. He has claimed this as 'his room' when he comes up and visits. :)
These photos have been waiting for me to do something with them but I have been VERY busy packing, and now, unpacking.. Two weeks ago tomorrow we moved.into the house. No, everything is not done, but it is livable. As soon as I get the rest of the photos re-sized, etc. I will be doing another Blog and can show you the progress we have made just in the last several weeks.
Unfinished or not, it feels great to finally be in the house!
See you soon!
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