October 26 - 27, 2009 Stoned Love!

Chris, the tile god who did the beautiful floor tile so long ago, has arrived promptly at 9 on Monday morning. He put up his groovy gridded back board and assured us that we have enough tile to do everything including the back corner of the pantry, which wasn't part of the original plan.

Ultimate Cement Board! Because the house is so old and the walls are warped, he needed lots and lots of SHIMS!

Coming home from work today, I discovered.....

Stoned Love, to be sure! Our vision is starting to materialize. Finally!


And the super eye-opening surprise was that Capitalism went my way...I bribed someone at the stone company to rush our last CaesarStone corner. They claimed at the time that it wouldn't be fare because other people were waiting. (We waited an extra 2 months, but I didn't use that as a bargaining chip) Instead, I offered a little extra cash and they finished it by 10/27/09, not 11/06/09 as projected!!!!!
Evil wins out.

Hey, I'm still a member of the Green Party.



Coming later in the week....I hope....The plumber, the electrician, the dishwasher and the refrigerator! This is the bird's egg blue on the wall in the pantry behind where the fridge will go.


This will be the primary wall color. The secondary wall color is still TBD.

Stay tuned, kiddies!

October 20th, 2009 "Hail Ceasar!!" (quoth Ellen Bloom)

The CeasarStone has finally arrived! At 9am this fine day the truck pulled into the driveway and these two strapping men on the left had all the stone moved up the back stairs in a matter of minutes. They will spend the rest of the morning notching and fitting and joining everything together. So far no breaks, no drops, no chips. Fingers crossed!!


I was almost weeping when I took this picture. Oh joy!

This is Bob, the stone guy. He had to drive back to his shop (near LAX) because they forgot they had taken our sink.


I love it so much! The color is vibrant.

What a relief to finally have the counter tops here...


Whoops! The sink doesn't fit! What now?

This under the sink shot show the cabinets need to be cut away.

After a few hours of chiseling, Bob and Ricardo get a perfect fit!

Art surveys the work.

This is where my food will be stored.