Friday, August 29, 2008

Making major progress

LAUNDRY ROOM PAINTED AND FLOORED
DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM PAINTED, VANITY, TOILET AND SHOWER IN
DOWNSTAIRS BATH SHOWER AND VANITY
KTICHEN, ALL APPLIANCES IN, MY DAD IS PUTTING IN LIGHTING. FLOORING AND PAINT ARE DONE TOO!
CLOSE UP OF FRIDGE AND PAINT
CLOSE UP OF NEW FIBER FLOORS
NEW CABINETS AND PAINT
THIS IS THE KITCHEN PAINT COLOR, ONLY ITS MORE LIGHT GOLD IN REAL LIFE
BOYS BATHROOM WITH NEW WHITE TOILET, AND TUB. NEW VANITY AND FIBER FLOORS. THE TILE STILL LOOKS MIGHTY PINK, I'M HOPING WHEN THE WALLS ARE PAINTED IT WILL LOOK LESS WEIRD. I READ ABOUT PRIMING PAINT FOR TILES BUT I KNOW MY MOM WOULD NEVER LET ME PAINT THE TILES A MORE NEUTRAL COLOR BECAUSE THEY ARE ANTIQUES OR SOME SHIT. ISN'T THEIR FIBER FLOOR NEATO?
BRAND NEW MASTER SHOWER WITH NEW SHELVES ON THE SIDE
NEW VANITY, AND PAINTED WALLS
MASTER BATH FLOORING
MORE OF THE SHOWER AND SHELVES, I AM PAINTING THE SHELVES TO MATCH THE VANITY
ALL THE JUNK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED, MORE LIGHTING, AND TOWEL RACKS, TOILET PAPER THINGS ECT.
MAIN HOUSE COLOR.
At this point all that is left to do is paint the main house walls and sand and stain the floors. We can not paint or sand until after the party because the floors take 4-5 days. We have to paint after the floors because sanding kicks up a ton of dust meaning I would have to wash the walls twice.

I want to take a minute to talk about my dad. Watching all this stuff has made me think he's a damn genius. He can wire lights, and do plumbing, and floors and paint and it blows me away. However yesterday when the alarm people came I really understood how much different he thinks then the rest of the world. The alarm guy was telling me that because of wires they had to locate key pads, sirens, and such in really wonky stupid ass places. I explicitly said NO. I may be an idiot girl but even I knew there is more then one way to skin a cat. This asshole alarm guy actually had the nerve to argue with me. Finally my dad sensing my frustration stepped in. My dad who spends his days running thermostat and zoning wires in houses. Who knows that there is almost always a way to please the customer finally showed the guy like THREE different ways to accomplish what I want. At one point one of the guys flat out told me it was impossible to access the back side of a certain wall and my dad stood there completely dumbfounded because the backside of the wall was the goddamn garage wall. I don't know how much more accessible it could be. Or later when I said I didn't want a fucking alarm siren located in my living room. I told them I wanted it in this little cubby near the kitchen. They were adamant that it COULD NOT BE DONE. I stared at it for a second and said, "umm isn't there a closet right behind it, and below that isn't it crawl space?" Can't you just run the wires like that. The guy started getting mad at me kind of telling me he just couldn't wire it that way. Again, my dad senses that I am about 14 seconds from going atomic bitch on these guys and walks over and shows them THREE MORE ways to make my wish happen. They actually tried to argue with him not realizing, he has run all the duct work and thermostat wires int hat house, obviously he knows every inch of that place. I walked away from that install visibly upset. What bothered me most is that in the end, it seemed the alarm guys didn't want to do any more work then necessary. Total this alarm has cost me close to $3,700.00. For that much money I honestly think they could have been a little nicer, a little more willing, and a little less lazy about shit. I'm very happy my dad was there. Had he not been I think those guys would have taken advantage of me being just a young girl and forced me to have things in a way I wouldn't have been happy.

10 comments:

Just Jiff said...

House looking awesome...and YAY for your dad!!! He sounds amazing!!!

And yes, those guys were lazy shits.

Christy said...

The house is looking great! I am impressed by how quickly it is getting done!

Constance the 14,000th said...

awesome progress, and yeah those guys are stupid. just trying to take the easy route and not do it properly.

i am like you. there is ALWAYS a way.

Emery Jo said...

WOOO WOOO! It's looking soooooo amazing!!

Jayla'sMommy said...

Wow, looks like you're making some progress.
I am sure the house will look AMAZING once you're done renovating :)

Mrs. F said...

That fiber floor is awesome! Great choice!!!

Rachael said...

I am totally jealous of your fridge. And the floor in the bathroom with the blue & green squares. That house is really shaping up!

angie said...

This house looks amazing!!! I know it must feel like it is taking forever for you...but it seems like you guys are hauling ass and getting so much work done in such a little time!! It looks amazing!

Nellie said...

WOW! I've just caught up on your posts and it looks beautiful! I'm jealous!! I want to redo my house or move to a new beautiful home... everything we have here is very old.

Looks great!

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