On the fly

So much of what I've done is just be at the house and answer questions like Where does stuff go? How do you want this done? Where are the materials we need to get it done? At the same time, living in the house while this goes on means that I can see what I didn't plan for and try to come up with a solution of some sort.

One example is that we decided we needed to open up the stairwell door to give us more room to walk and
move stuff upstairs. So I knocked it out just before the trim guys got here so that it could be trimmed. Same for the wacky little "windows" I cut in the stairwell wall. Needed to trim them out with leftover casing before painters showed up. Tons of little things have made the difference in keeping things on track.

Shower was tiled by Peter's helper Brandon. He worked hard but it sure took a long time. He finished around 9pm on Monday. That was good because Gabriel was coming back on Tuesday to put first coat of poly on floors. That went pretty well but we didn't realize how strong the fumes would be, even though it was all upstairs. We survived and then had to deal with a second night that seemed a bit better.


Painters were scheduled for Thursday but rain showers pushed them back to Friday. Turns out another day for the floors to dry couldn't hurt.