The bulbs that I planted in pots are patiently waiting to be planted in a forever home. The bulbs that I planted in the ground have yet to come up- maybe next year?!
Sooooo, this is one of those weeks that was painfully slow. TGIF, but I wish we had a little more to show for it. The crew is still finishing up the interior paint. Finally, the tile is complete, so the bathrooms and laundry room are in tact. We had a major hold up this week- one of those moments on the home improvement shows where they would make a big dramatic scene- da da daaaa… the trim molding for our wood floors, which was a special order, and which took OVER the full 21 possible business days for delivery were a completely WRONG flooring material. Not even close. What will happen???? cut to commercial…
I immediately called the flooring store and they had me return it. After a hefty discount and another long (but hopefully not AS long since it is now a different vendor) wait, we will be back in business. All things have a solution, but even in real life, this is a pretty super big deal! When I arrived at the store, it was a stressful point in the week, and although they did everything they could to make it right, I still wanted to break down to the lady- “but you don’t understand, we’re living in a trailer. we’ve been living in a trailer for EIGHT months… yes! though this winter!! yes, it sucks!! but we’re so close and now we are delayed, all because of some flooring trim. ugh!!” no one wants to listen to that, so I kept it together and just waited to shed some tears in the car ;(
SO, back to the progress. The pool had a bit of work done on the grading, and they will be back tomorrow to finish framing. Supposedly we pour concrete on Monday (but I don’t really expect things to go as planned anymore).
My countertops arrived today. I made a quick switch on my material decision when I went to order the slabs. All along, I was planning to use a granite or quartz that resembled the look of marble. I didn’t want to worry about the porous-ness and stain-ability of the marble when I tip over that glass of red wine (yes, you have all seen me do that). Since I’m budget-minded, I’m getting my countertops from a large discount warehouse and I wasn’t happy with any of the granite or quartz products that they had in stock (of course there were plenty of options a couple months ago!). But what I really loved, oh yes, was the marble! The carrarra was a dream, but then I spotted a jadeite (from China). It was a gray striated pattern that I loved. All along, I thought I wanted white, but in the end, I fell for the touch of color- gray and caramel tones. Hopefully these will outlast the “gray” fashion trend and back into the warm tone trend, plus, it lends a touch of contrast from the cabinets. Plus, I just liked them- sometimes, it’s on a whim.
The gutters were started today, and really, that’s about it for the week. This weekend, I get to paint cabinets, island and furniture.
Remember the part in the movie “Money Pit” when Tom Hanks would ask the contractor how much longer and he would always reply “a couple more weeks” or maybe it was a “few”? Either way, that’s what I’m reminded of whenever people ask me- for the last 2-3 weeks, my answer has been; “we’re really close, just two or three more weeks!”. I might be saying that for a while.
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