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Archive for October, 2007
A room. A room. It’s starting to look like a room.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
Wait, I don't understand. Walls? A ceiling? It's starting to look like people might live here some day. Now that the charming, dashing and ever-so-clever Steven has selected a gentleman of ... Read more..Now we’re cooking with gas. Or will someday.
Monday, October 29th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | 1 Comment »
Do you see that beautiful thing? That gorgeous blank slate above the bricks in the top picture? This ceiling has had a hole in it since approximately 2005 when we ... Read more..Portland is fun. This kitchen won’t be done til 2009.
Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
Just back from a week in beautiful downtown Portland, Oregon, and its surrounding environs. It's a beautiful city, and I'll post some highlights soon. While we were gone, we apparently ... Read more..And Steven said, “Let there be light… eventually.”
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
It doesn't look like much, but there is a lot of new wire going on here. Spouse's official position on matters electrical is "more, please." They called me in ... Read more..And then the View Changed…
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
Well, we can no longer locate The Table of Soup and Cereal. The cabinets came today and the dining room is now pretty much impassable. The pile, as you can ... Read more..Crap Kitchen Gives Way to Totally Regressive State
Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
So it has come to this. From being a reasonably functional adult wearing bona fide drycleaning to the office on a nearly daily basis, to something somewhat less than my ... Read more..Kitchen Studs Avert Imaginary Crisis
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
Those Very Important Pieces of Wood are now in the yard with the rest of my house. This beautiful and stable (knock wood... gently) header consists of two 12-inch things ... Read more..Very Important Pieces of Wood
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | 1 Comment »
Update: I have just been given a tour of all of the supporting pieces of wood both above and beneath those pictured here. My guide spoke slowly and used small ... Read more..Got a Yard Fulla Kitchen
Monday, October 8th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
Is it sad and wrong that I think this is lookin' good? It's hard to get a photo that conveys the scale of this debris field, but I guess it ... Read more..Floor Be Gone
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in The Big House | No Comments »
It is a beautiful day. The gruesome floor that time forgot is gone. Probably out back, but it's dark and I'm not going out there. I'm told that there was ... Read more..