Doors, Sinks, Vanities, and Teeth

More craziness as the school year winds down and pressure to get this house done by my self-imposed deadline of "mid-summer" (the term chosen carefully to leave enough wiggle room in case I miss the mark...).  I had a couple well timed visitors last weekend from Marc and Jeff and Tim.  I'm guessing they didn't come by to do a lot of heavy lifting, but they paid the dumpster usage "fee" gladly.

This weekend I got a lot of door trimming and baseboard done.  I also started laying the hickory flooring in the living room.  Amy and I hung all the doors in the play room (six) with the exception of the one that was ordered 2 inches too wide so it doesn't fit in the rough opening (Bruce's fault, not mine).

I also added a coffee maker to the appliances (dorm fridge and microwave) that are functioning in the house.  I pretty much have everything I need to move in today.

All the cabinets that can go in before the countertops are in.  The island is anchored down.  It only took 2 hours of Amy, dad, and I picking it up and putting it down over and over until we finally got it right.  The pantry door is hung and trimmed.

The front hall doors hung.  They look great, but there have been issues.  A few showed up damaged.  A few were just plain wrong (too big for the opening, missing the chalkboard panel, etc.).  Meeting with the lumber guy and the door rep this week to discuss.

The cabinet knob hardware.  The screws are just a tad short, so doing them all will require some work.

The drawer hardware.

Built the glass block transoms for the two bathrooms.  Lots of hemming and hawing on the best way to frame them.  Finally settled on the prefab channel system then trimmed out with wood from there.

Spent almost a whole day with Marc setting the apron sink.  163 awkward pounds of fire clay started to get pretty heavy by the 20th time we lifted it and reset it.  The mess on the floor is the result of lots of planing and sanding followed by an ill-conceived attempt to test the slope to the drain by two physics teachers who should have understood the adhesive properties of water a little better.

Julian, the glass guy, came and installed the frameless shower walls last weekend.  The master bath is currently winning as the most finished room in the house.

More indecision on the master bath vanity top.  Finally settled on Green Butterfly (the middle one).  Ordered the granite for that and the kitchen last week.  Had to postpone the templating until the appliances are in place to be sore the fit around the stove is good.  So we ordered all the appliances last week as well.

Jeff and Tim were nice enough to help move the two bathroom vanities upstairs.  The is the smaller one in the girls' room.  I cut the holes in the back for the plumbing the next day.  We messed up the rough in and placed one set of water pipes in the drawer section instead of the cabinet section.  Luckily, the height of the water pipe fits exactly between two drawers so it'll still work out.  Phew!

The one for the master bath is 7 feet long.  More than a little tricky to get up the stairs and over the pile of pine flooring into the bathroom.

And in the midst of it all, my little girl is growing up.  Ella lost her first tooth on Thursday night (with some assistance from Auntie's helping hand).