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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, November 20, 2009
November 13, 2009 Get Out of My House Now.
We agreed that today was the final day to allow these intruders to come into our home and make stinky noisy messes. We told everyone on Monday that this Friday was the last day to work on our kitchen. There was still a lot of painting left to do. There were still cabinets to fix, hardware to install; basically a lot of little finishing. Guess what? They didn't believe us. First the painter said that he needed to come back on Monday for "just a few more hours." No. We told him we would paint whatever he didn't finish today, that we were out of time and money and that he'd done a really nice job but we want our life back and to pack up all his ladders and gear and barrel of cigarette butts and leave us a final bill.
When the cabinet guy hadn't shown up by noon I called him to see where he was. He said he couldn't make it today, that he would have to come next week. I repeated the above speech, reminding him that this was the last day and that we would do whatever he couldn't finish today. I told him I really needed him to come today to shorten a drawer that was too long. He wanted to take it back to his shop to shorten it. He would bring it back next week. I repeated the part about today being the last day. He seemed fine with it but disappeared for a while. When he came back he had a small electric saw. He put the drawer down on the floor in the middle of the kitchen. The painter had just finished the baseboards and started throwing a fit as the cabinet guy proceeded to cut the drawer, sawdust flying everywhere. I was so over this. The only thing preventing me from splattering their blood all over my new kitchen was knowing that this was the last day.
Here's the empty, peaceful kitchen. It's not perfect. But they're all gone.
Thanks for listening. xo, Lori
When the cabinet guy hadn't shown up by noon I called him to see where he was. He said he couldn't make it today, that he would have to come next week. I repeated the above speech, reminding him that this was the last day and that we would do whatever he couldn't finish today. I told him I really needed him to come today to shorten a drawer that was too long. He wanted to take it back to his shop to shorten it. He would bring it back next week. I repeated the part about today being the last day. He seemed fine with it but disappeared for a while. When he came back he had a small electric saw. He put the drawer down on the floor in the middle of the kitchen. The painter had just finished the baseboards and started throwing a fit as the cabinet guy proceeded to cut the drawer, sawdust flying everywhere. I was so over this. The only thing preventing me from splattering their blood all over my new kitchen was knowing that this was the last day.
Here's the empty, peaceful kitchen. It's not perfect. But they're all gone.
Thanks for listening. xo, Lori
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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!
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!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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.
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.
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