Saturday, May 23, 2009

Lucky again

Seems like our timing is pretty good. We decided to visit Suzanna on the weekend of Kaden's last soccer game of the season. He's 5, and is trying hard to learn his skills. It was pretty fun to see him run around.

We used to have great timing with McKinzie that way when she was playing soccer in Boise. And we've seen Jacob's games, too. It's just an added little fun.

It was great to get out of town and visit Suzanna and family. It had been months since we'd driven over there. The drive itself was interesting. We traveled the desert road through Fairfield, and the hills were tinted green. We saw antelope, a coyote and lots of hawks.

I guess we'll have to try it again some time.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Cat on a cool oak floor



The floor is finished. Gray cat approves. It turned out well. Alan and Lee did an excellent job. And it only took about three days. It's lots different than the old oak floor. It has micro grooves that make micro shadows that give the floor a bit of texture. The grays in the wood highlight the grays in the woodwork. The reds highlight the pink in the wallpaper.

Next big project is painting the ceiling. Yes, we know we should have done it first. But this way we get to use those clever drop cloths.

Everyone should come to visit now and see the new floor.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Construction zone


Our house has been a construction zone for the past few days. First we had new carpet laid on the stairway to the second floor and in a bedroom. That meant all the furniture from the bedroom had to be moved into the other tiny rooms upstairs. It was inconvenient, but the results look great.
We liked that so much we decided to lay a new hardwood floor in the living/dining/office areas.
This photo shows Alan standing on the boards he and Lee laid in an evening before the start of the first full day of serious nailing and gluing.
It took a week to slowly remove all the plants and furniture from the room, jamming them into every available extra inch of space on three floors. My desk is in the kitchen in two parts, computer wires half connected, printers in separate rooms.
The work should be done tomorrow. Before the furniture goes back I'll document the beautiful, pristine oak floor.
Anybody want some extra plants? Finding everything and putting it all back is expected to continue indefinitely.