Day 147 / 108

More progress in the kitchen.  Bar top is in! and some back splash.

And appliances arrived on Tuesday and went in yesterday.  Stove and Dishwasher (aka Garcia)

 New Fridge too...  The blue comes off.

And the basement windows are now in place. 

 And Wicked Awesome's pad has half its flooring in.  Just waiting on the rest of the material to arrive.

We're getting close.

Day 143 / 104

So its been awhile so we've got lots to report!

The first coat of the fiberglass roof went down. Building Wrap as also put on the exterior walls and insulation was added on the inside.

And the drywall arrived.

Drywall went up in the back room.

We are going to leave the existing opening at the second floor back room .

The dining room has also been drywalled.  The plywood is temporary, just waiting for the glass garage door to be installed.

                          

The 2nd floor (and 3rd floor bathroom) were painted.

                          

The windows and brick cutouts on the 2nd floor were framed.

                      

                          

The plumbers came and installed the sink,shower & toilet in the 2nd floor bathroom.  The bathroom just needs light fixtures and a mirror.

In the kitchen, walnut was installed on the side of the bar.

 The concrete bar & counter tops were pored.

                                  

Counter tops and cabinets were installed.

Kitchen sink has a faucet and is now operational.
 
                                                

Dishwasher is in place (but not hooked up yet).

The new stove, refrigerator and one missing cabinet will be delivered on Tuesday. 

Day 129 / Day 90

Full week!

Main body of the Second floor hardwoods are complete!  Paint is on the way!

First Floor hardwoods are done in the Living Room and the Kitchen should follow on Monday.

We headed up to NYC today to see how our butt's felt about the couches we saw online. The sitting area couch seemed to pass the test.

But the living room version was a touch f-rumpy in person.

Bar stools area a go!

We meet a lovely couple (Miss Mosby not shown) that pointed us towards this joint and we think we found a winner!  http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=3177&catalog=filter&menuCatalog=room&menuSubcategory=201195

Jay also joined in on the couch hunt + pub fare to follow.

And the little one...(W.A.L) We've got a Head, Arms, Legs all that stuff.  A way better show than last time around. 

A ton of movement.  The Tech was having a hard time getting the measurements (3" - 1/2 of its head) with all the bouncing. 

And one more, because we have it.  More floors, cabinets, intestines and paint this week.

Day 124

Thank you all for your best wishes.  Maybe a little more on that around Thursday-ish.  For now the big news is flooring. 

We've got a grouted tile floor on the second floor.

And the beginning of hardwood in the second floor sitting room and guest bed room. 

Extra guys tomorrow!  More hardwood, some sanding in the 3rd floor bathroom (prep for paint) and kitchen cabinet assembly!

Day 122 / Day 83

We are now working on 2 projects.

We're adding a little heat to the back room to dry out any remaining moisture on the roof deck so we can hopefully get the roof on this week.  Not sure if the weather will work with us though.

                                      

The guys put the nosing in at the top and bottom of the stairs in preparation for the second floor hardwoods going in this week.

The Ice Cube bathroom wall tile was also grouted on Saturday.  The floor grout should go in this week with fixtures coming soon.

Oh yeah the other project...

We don't have too many photos at this point but here are some basic stats.

At the moment it is very small (2.5" / .5oz)

My Contractor (Megan) tells me it is exhausting work.

Phase one should be complete on or around August 1ST - After that the goal is to screw him / her up (we aren't going to find out) as little as possible.

We figure a good way to start would be a name like Wicked Awesome Larkin!  (Name not yet unanimously agreed upon).

A touch terrified and very excited.  We'll keep you posted & yes, Club Larkin is still on.

Day 119

A few things going on today...

In an effort to dry out the roof decking a heater was fired up in the 2nd floor back room.  Wet second floor = 

an almost dry roof.  It should lead to the fiberglass roof going down soon.

The A/C units also made their way to the main roof.

"Skybridge" shot into the bedroom.

We're making progress on the "ice cube"!  98% of the tile is up.  Grout next week?  Maybe a toilet + sink?

Final Stair treads are being prepped in the front guest room.  American Walnut...

And a Beam was added to pick up the load (weight) of the future stair at the end of the sky-bridge cantilever.  Should be a couple of big days.  Sunday Nights Blog should have some BIG News!  

Day 117

We got a couple of days work in between snows.

The new windows went in on the new second floor rear room.

 

The extra piece of wall was chopped out to allow for the future stair.

And the roof decking and remain exterior sheathing went on.  No snow in the second floor!