When I had a bachelor pad, I had a closet system installed in the master closet. It was this type of system. It looked decent, and was functional, but it was expensive, and not really built to last. After a few years, the melamine started peeling off in a few places, the plastic levelers underneathRead more about Carpenter built closet vs closet systems[…]
We finally signed off on the elevator a couple of days ago – it took quite some time. For starters, we weren’t sure we wanted the expense of the elevator right now. But certain life events lead us to believe it may be useful in the next few years. Once we decided to move forward,Read more about Elevator[…]
The garage doors came last week, and the painters made quick work of painting the panels. The doors were installed yesterday. It’s a nice look. The installers took care in the installation, including things like putting waxing all the metal where it touches the painted wood doors, to keep the paint from sticking to theRead more about Garage doors[…]
When I had my bachelor pad, I had a fancy closet system installed. It wasn’t cheap and I wasn’t that impressed with the quality of construction and the value. So this time around, we opted instead to just have our carpenters fabricate much simpler closets out of MDF, which will then be painted. Here isRead more about Closets[…]
We put in a pretty massive wall between us and our neighbors – at least, that is what it looks like from our side. Because we remove some soil so that our back yard would be walk-out level from the back of our house, we now have a grade change between the two properties. HereRead more about The wall[…]
Now that the basement floor is finished, and the painters painted the mechanical room in the basement, the HVAC team can finally install the rest of the HVAC. Most of the work for this is in the mechanical room. The only place outside the mechanical room we have visible ducting is the exercise room. WeRead more about HVAC completion[…]
The stone fabricators installed their first countertop last week. As you can see, the cabinet painters are getting preparing to paint the cabinets, which will start next week, after the holiday.
The tile setters have been working on the bathroom tile for a week now, with two bathrooms almost done. Quite a bit of work remains – master bath, guest bath, power room, but this is some nice progress.
I’ve spent the better part of 30 years in Santa Barbara, since I moved here to go to college. The lifestyle (casual, laid back, outdoorsy, friendly) and the climate make it a great place to live. Take a look at this view from the top of the courthouse tower in downtown Santa Barbara. We gotRead more about The Santa Barbara lifestyle[…]
We decided that we liked the idea of polished concrete in our basement rather than laying down flooring – wood, carpet, tile, etc – and it is a lot cheaper, coming in at $2 / sq ft versus $5-7 for carpet and around $14 for wood. As we near the end of the project, weRead more about Basement floor polishing[…]