Sunday, May 18, 2014
Christmas Tobbagganing
This past Christmas we had an epic tobogganing experience at the farm before we came back to Ottawa. I regret that it has taken me this log to post pictures and videos, but as per requests from my husband and sister-in-laws, here they are!
Kitchen Renos 1.3
It has been a bit since my last blog post, but that was partly because progress has been paced on the flooring due to work and being away on the weekends. I am happy to report thought that we were able to complete the flooring last Thursday, just in time for the contractor to come on Saturday to install the cabinets while we are at the farm! Looking forward to seeing how that went when we got back, but for now, I'll discuss the flooring.
John got started on the flooring May 6th. He ended up having to rip up all the flooring. Originally he was just going to put down the new flooring over top, but due to the two layers of flooring, John thought it was best to rip it up first before putting the new flooring down.
Unfortunately there were little bits of glue left behind from the original tile, which John tried to peel up, but in the end decided that it would take forever to peel up and opted for putting down some plywood to even the floor out.
Getting the plywood posed a problem because when John tried to do that this past Monday night, he found out that Home Depot's rental van was broken and their rental truck was going to cost more than the wood we needed to get. So instead on Tuesday we went to Lowe's and took the Impala and hooked it up on the roof. We strapped the wood to the roof through the window, however that became an issue when we tried to open the doors :) John thought that if he could just reach in and turn the car on we could just put the windows down all the way and get it...I, however, did not want to crawl through the window, so we took them off and strapped it through the door.
Once we got home, we started laying them down. I screwed down all the pieces of wood, while John helped and cut the small pieces. We were able to get all the flooring in by 9pm and I was exhausted! I understand why contractors need knee pads to do any work that involves them kneeling!
On Wednesday John got started on the flooring. He worked away while I got supper together and then afterwards he had me sit on some of the tiles for my "weight" as he put them in. We put in a floating click vinyl tile, which was a bit challenging, but he was able to get them in.
Thursday night we continued laying down the flooring, along with getting things together to leave Friday evening. Fortunately we were able to get it all done (although it was mainly John getting the flooring and some plumbing done).
John got started on the flooring May 6th. He ended up having to rip up all the flooring. Originally he was just going to put down the new flooring over top, but due to the two layers of flooring, John thought it was best to rip it up first before putting the new flooring down.
Unfortunately there were little bits of glue left behind from the original tile, which John tried to peel up, but in the end decided that it would take forever to peel up and opted for putting down some plywood to even the floor out.
Getting the plywood posed a problem because when John tried to do that this past Monday night, he found out that Home Depot's rental van was broken and their rental truck was going to cost more than the wood we needed to get. So instead on Tuesday we went to Lowe's and took the Impala and hooked it up on the roof. We strapped the wood to the roof through the window, however that became an issue when we tried to open the doors :) John thought that if he could just reach in and turn the car on we could just put the windows down all the way and get it...I, however, did not want to crawl through the window, so we took them off and strapped it through the door.
Once we got home, we started laying them down. I screwed down all the pieces of wood, while John helped and cut the small pieces. We were able to get all the flooring in by 9pm and I was exhausted! I understand why contractors need knee pads to do any work that involves them kneeling!
On Wednesday John got started on the flooring. He worked away while I got supper together and then afterwards he had me sit on some of the tiles for my "weight" as he put them in. We put in a floating click vinyl tile, which was a bit challenging, but he was able to get them in.
Thursday night we continued laying down the flooring, along with getting things together to leave Friday evening. Fortunately we were able to get it all done (although it was mainly John getting the flooring and some plumbing done).
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| Close up of the tiles |
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| All done |
That's it for now. Stay tuned for a blog on the cabinets this week!!
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Kitchen Renos 1.2
After a long and busy week for both of us at work, we finally were able to paint the kitchen. Until most of our painting endeavours, this was the first time we didn't argue while painting and the painting went relatively quick. I guess we must be getting more used to doing it together, because normally I hate painting with John, but yesterday wasn't too bad (some earlier prayers probably helped that situation out!). John did the taping and cleaning up of the kitchen, as I emptied the dishwasher and made lunch. After lunch we got our first coat done, waited 4 hours and then was able to do the second coat of paint after supper. The paint colour, which is a shade lighter than the main floor, is perfect, as it's light enough that you can tell a different if you look at the two walls, but not so different that you can tell then you walk by. It is very subtle, which is what I really like about it. We both are really happy how it looks and can't wait for it to be finished! This week John plans on laying the floor and finishing up the electrical so that everything is in place for when the contractor comes the long weekend to install the cabinets!
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| First coat done. |
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| Second coat done. |
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| A second attempt of a less blurry picture of the new light. |
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