6 posts tagged “tile”

HOUSE PICTURES! (finally)

Mar 31, 2008
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Not a lot to say today. Maybe I'll write a good length tomorrow. Here are some pictures:

The First Of The Kitchen Tiles!

All The Full Kitchen Pieces...

Appliances in the Living Room

Grouted Kitchen Floor!!!

Starting On The Bathroom

FINISHED Kitchen Floor - Close Up

Tile In The Bathroom!!!

Cabinets Are Here!!!

So, that's it for now. More tomorrow.

House Progress #6

Mar 28, 2008
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I woke up today sore in places I didn't even realize I had.

Got to the house at 7:40. Grouted the bathroom floor and had it done and cleared by the time my parents got there. (Very important - going the whole day with no toilet would be inconvenient.)

Then, we had to make changes to the kitchen layout, so I went to the store and we got everything fixed. Then, we were off to get all the cabinets and bring them back. After we gt them in the house (it was 2:00 by then), we ate a late lunch. Came back and spent the rest of the day hanging cabinets, painting, and trying to fix the damn heat, once again. We finally gave up and called someone, but it was too late for the day, so I guess well take care of that tomorrow. This is very frustrating for me. I want to scream and shake someone.

The kitchen is about as out-of-square as a kitchen can be, so that's made hanging the cabinets hell. I'm feeling a little more than crabby about that and the furnace, without even throwing in the number of clients that have called my cell phone in a panic today. Fantastic.

Tomorrow, I move. The house is no where near ready, but I don't really get a choice. At least I have a toilet and bathroom tile. The kitchen will really come together tomorrow, I can't wait to show it off...

House Progress #4

Mar 26, 2008
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Another 6am to 10 pm day of work today. Worked until 3, then went to the house and worked until 10. What fun.

Jess and Matt came out to see the house and visit. Matt nearly peed himself when he saw that I was custom cutting the tile to fill the kitchen gaps. Apparently he didn't realize that I was actually handy, haha. So, we got the tile in the kitchen set in. Yay! I feel like we're really far behind in the schedule, so I'm taking a half day tomorrow to get more work done. I really shouldn't. I need to stay at work and make sure that the ridiculous amount of things that are due get done, but since everyone there has made it very clear by their actions that they couldn't care less about the shop staying open and the clients staying happy, it's more important that i get my life settled so that I'm ready to move on after they ruin the business.

We also started on the bathroom. We got the toilet pulled and the underlayment in, and also did the underlayment in the foyer. We'll tile the bathroom tomorrow.

I can't wait until this is done.

House Progress #3

Mar 25, 2008
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Today was a big day. Dad and I met at the house at 3:30 and started to lay tile in the kitchen!!!We got all the whole pieces of tile down and set. We'll do the special cut pieces tomorrow, and then hopefully start on the bathroom and/or foyer. 4 days until the big move. I'm starting to get a little antsy...

I also (finally) met one of my tenants today. That was interesting for a few reasons. One of them I'm going to leave out for a day that typing seems more fun, but the other was because the old owner was a slum lord. He'd let them live without heat for 2 months... Anyone remember that time STL was 15 degrees and under last month? Inhumane. Know what's even more awesome? The fact that his furnace didn't work? Totally not in the seller's disclosure. And the tenant has proof that the seller know about it and they'd talked. Fantastic. Looks like I'll be in small claims court in the near future. So, because of that, progress was seriously hindered, because we spent 3 hours working on the furnace. Got it up and running for the night, hopefully it still works in the morning.

I took pictures, but my camera is at the house still, so, you'll have to wait. Sorry. :)

House House

Feb 18, 2008
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So, Scott finally came with me to see the house today. He liked it, and seems to be more excited about it now. That's good. :)

I'm getting antsy about closing. Now that I've been to the house 5 times, it's really beginning to feel like it's mine. I'm excited to get closed on this thing so that I can get going on paint and kitchens and tile and moving the hell out of the reign of my mega-dumb-bitch landlord too. :)

So, I didn't take pictures of the inside, because vacant house are confusing to view. So, here's the outside:

My First House!!!!

Taken with my camera phone, so please excuse the grain-y-ness of it.

That's all for tonight.

Real Blog

Feb 16, 2008
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Last night Scott & I went to dinner at Farattos, and I had the most delicious chicken and broccoli pasta ever. Then we went to Yucandu in Webster Groves. It was an excellent time. If you follow that link, you can read all about them. They're an artsy crafty studio where you can do everything from mosaics to decoupage to painting to jewelry making to whatever. Scott started on a decoupage box, and I made a mosaic tile. We'll probably go back next week to finish out things. I still have to grout my tile. I'm pretty excited about it. This was my first mosaic, and it wasn't as super awesome as I'd hoped, but it was neat to do and learn. So far, I've learned the very important lesson of looking at the back to see which side is the top (it has a little hole for hanging), because if you don't, you'll end up like me - with your tile hanging upside down or on it's side. That's okay though. Good learning process. You can also get larger tiles, and do a photo mosaic. I am *SO* doing this next time we go. It will make a great wall hanging to put in my new house. :)

Today, aside from getting 13 hours of sleep, I had my taxes done and looked at cabinets and flooring with my dad at Lowes. It looks like I was right on with my estimate of how much it would be to put new tile and cabinets in, so that's good. I'll end up spending my entire tax return on it, but that's okay. It'll totally be worth it. I'm starting to get excited now.

I'll take Scott to go see it tomorrow and hopefully he'll get excited too. I'll take a picture of the outside to post here, but when I tried to take pictures of the inside you couldn't really tell what was what since it's vacant, there's nothing to add depth. I'll draw up a digital floorplan, that's all I'll have to offer you all for now. It'll just have to be a surprise. I'll probably take some pictures of the kitchen, but I won't post those until I can do some before-and-after shots.

Other than those two updates, I haven't got much else to say.

Stick n Stitch is tomorrow, so that'll be fun. I'll take some pictures there and hopefully that'll make for a good post tomorrow.

So. That's really all for now. More tomorrow.

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