OUR NEW HOUSE

One day of construction at a time

Elevator

Elevator

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[…]

Closets

Closets

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[…]

Bathroom tile

Bathroom tile

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.

House update – painting, window & door casing, cabinets, and permits oh my

House update – painting, window & door casing, cabinets, and permits oh my

Did I mention we are having a very large fire in the area?  The Thomas Fire has been burning for more than a week now.  Here is what the sky looked like a couple of days ago. Despite the fire, and the associated bad air quality, we continue to make progress on the house, albeitRead more about House update – painting, window & door casing, cabinets, and permits oh my[…]

Looking up

Looking up

Here are a couple of neat shots looking up from the basement level.  Here is the central hallway where the stairs land in the basement. Just behind the ladder is the elevator shaft.  Here are two shots, one up the elevator shaft, and one up the stairwell right where the yellow bucket is sitting. AtRead more about Looking up[…]