Kitchen Designer Gone Client!: WEEK 7

Monday, December 20, 2010

Today Isaak finished up the foyer. It is amazing how they wired this house back in 1934. One outlet in the bedroom can be connected to a light in the foyer, receptacle in the dining room and the washing machine in the basement. No rhyme or reason for the direction of the wiring.

Isaak leaves early today once he finds out that his dad is undergoing a procedure to get nutrients pumped directly into his heart. I don’t think we’ll see Isaak tomorrow.

The deco limestone mosaic for the powder room arrived at the office today. It is a special order tile from Marble Systems, Inc. (http://www.marblesystems.com/) A very cool tile that Wayne & I fell in love with right away! We thought is was great for the style of our house and our design. The remainder of the tile is coming from Daltile (http://www.daltile.com/), the Apex Tile Gallery(http://www.apextilegallery.com/) and Virtue Tile (http://www.virtuetile.com/). I still have to make my way to their locations to pick up the tile.

Today I found out that Isaak hired another helper that will start on Wednesday.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

No Isaak today, he is preparing the house for his dad’s tentative release.

No word on windows yet. I think it is too late to ask Santa for windows.

There was a tag on our front door tonight; notifying us of an attempt to deliver all of the Kohler plumbing fixtures for the powder room. But no one was here to accept delivery. That was a nice heads up from my distributor…Not! It is customary for the distributor to call Plumberry to arrange a delivery day. Someone skipped a step. I am grateful they did not leave it all on my front steps! I do not think a toilet on the front steps will pass as Christmas decorations!

It must have something to do with this morning’s lunar eclipse and the winter solstice.

Now that it is officially winter; I can say that I am COLD!!! Yes, me Mr. Heat Miser is cold! The house has been quite cold for a while. It feels like Mr. Snow Miser is wining the war!

The windows are all gone from the back of the house, and the majority of the first floor no longer has insulation in the walls or ceiling. There is a "little" bit of a breeze every now and then. One thing I did not think of during the remodel was the increased cost in utilities. Our furnace has been working overtime since the thermostat is in the cold kitchen area.

No windows yet! Still boarded up!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Isaak back today. He was able to bring his dad home yesterday. I’m sure he is glad to be home.

Today the master bedroom is completely finished with wiring; and I see that Isaak has been working on the wiring for the attic. I see more wires and breakers appearing in the electrical box.

The Kohler plumbing fixtures arrived today. It was truly a curbside delivery. Isaak said the driver opened his truck dropped the pallet at the end of the driveway and it was up to Isaak to get it in the house. Thankfully, Isaak had a new helper start today. There are so many little extras that contractors do for clients that no one gets to see all the time.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

The morning starts off with trepidation as we await the arrival of the new helper. A little late, but he does arrive!

At the end of the day Isaak mentions how well he worked out today. They were working on Wayne’s office today and running wires from a small alcove in the attic. In spite of the new additions of interwoven AC ducting, his helper’s agility proved to be a great asset for Isaak today.

The office was completed and checked of the list today. Finally there are enough outlets now for computers, monitors, printers, flat screen tv, etc. Hooray!!

The best part of today was having a wall sconce I got Wayne 6-7 years ago installed. Wayne was very surprised to see it installed when he got home!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Even though the calendar says that Friday is the observed holiday for Christmas, Isaak is here and ready to start work at 7:00AM along with his helper! I’m always happy to have a great contractor with a superb work ethic. Wayne, on the other hand, was not too thrilled about having to wake up early on his day off. Fortunately with the office being completed it gave him and the dogs a place to retreat.

I got a call today about the windows. They will be on the next truck arriving at the warehouse on December 30th, with a tentative delivery to the job site in Jan 3rd.

Isaak did not work the entire day, after all it is Christmas Eve. But before he left, he and his helper completed the guest room and all the lighting in the closets. We are now officially rewired and have the rough electrical inspection scheduled for Monday!