June 2006



Jun
28
2006
 1

Trim


Trim Originally uploaded by daviderwin. It might not seem like trim could be such a big deal, but it is. Before I met David, my love of remodeling was mostly limited to reading renovation stories in Better Homes or watching This Old House. I surfed the web and bookmarked photos that I lovingly called "house porn."...


Jun
26
2006
 7

Week 21: Tub, Floors, Deck, Baby Baby Baby


With the new baby the days have been a blur. These are the things that happened over the last 2 weeks. 1. The Garden Tub. This is a big (expensive) screw up. Somehow our contractor thought that, because we wanted a garden tub in the master bath, that meant we did not want a shower. The tub he installed cannot be used for a shower....


Jun
22
2006
 2

Ain’t life sweet.


Ah, dear reader, I am now like you, able to enjoy the redo only in pictures. Just wait til you see the stain! Might be the only time in my life as a mother where I welcome a stain with glee. In other news, I used to rent an apartment with a garden tub and shelf much like the one we're installing. It had a shower, too;...


Jun
20
2006
 5

Calling on House Bloggers to Save Network Neutrality


The US Congress has recently passed a bill that would end Network Neutrality on the Internet and it will soon be up for a vote in the Senate. This is an issue anyone who has a blog or web site, or works for a small company, or cares about free speech should be interested in. There is a lot of misinformation on the internet....


Jun
18
2006
 15

Happy Father’s Day Indeed!


Baby Erwin was born at home, 4:27am Saturday June 17th, 2006. 8 pounds 3 ounces (give or take an ounce of squirming on the scale.) 20 inches long. She and Christiane are doing well and finally getting some rest. She is all kinds of cute, and we are super-happy.


Jun
16
2006
 3

Big as a House


IMG_7352 Originally uploaded by daviderwin. When we originally started designing the house, I spec'ed in a garden tub (non-jetted) for birthing. It had always been my dream to have a waterbirth, but with the last two the bathrooms were simply too small and the tubs too uncomfortable. The tub is in, but not really...


Jun
15
2006
 3

Lights, Fans, Sconces! (No Baby No Baby No Baby)


No baby. Not yet. I expected the house to go past it's due date, but never the baby. As I write she is five days over her scheduled appearance. It has been a rough and sleepless 5 days. There has not been much to post about the house for a while too. Since the drywall went in, my focus has shifted from "What happens next?"...


Jun
9
2006
 6

Week 19: Cabinets, Crimes, and Crimson


Saturday: Sorted all the boxes for the kitchen cabinets. No baby yet. Sunday: Break in #1. Built one cabinet. No baby yet. Monday: Installed cabinet twice, rails 3 times, No baby yet. Tuesday: Break in #2. Painters primed the whole house and painted the upstairs bedroom. No baby yet. Wednesday: Threw in the towel on the cabinets....


Jun
7
2006
 7

Mosquito Disco Death


The Mega Catch arrived on Monday. It was a much needed pick-me-up after a very bad day of breaking cabinets. I immediately assembled it and put it in the backyard. I noticed a few details that were not available online. First is the liquid trap. I had assumed this was some special stuff that was sold separately. In fact...


Jun
7
2006
 3

Ikea Kitchen Day 4 and 5, More Crimes


Day 4. Another break-in. This time smashing up the side door and the Pod. The new padlock is gone and the latch is wrecked. The police came by to dust for finger prints. They burglars left some pretty clean foot prints (thanks to all the drywall dust and two clean steps), but they don't do footprints for a crime like this....


Jun
5
2006
 7

Kitchen Build, Day Two and Three


Day Two. Talked to Caro and cleared up a few things about hardware. (I found the hinges). Overnight someone had broken into the house and storage. They unwrapped everything in the storage and a few things in the house. They took my tape measure, instructions, receipt, warranty, and parts list. I spent most of the day checking...


Jun
3
2006
 3

Kitchen Parts


They painted our kitchen on Friday so I could get started on the cabinets this weekend. This is about 4 hours of work, first hauling 1200 lbs of kitchen parts from the Pod in the front yard, then checking the 8 digit number on the box against a 3 page parts list, then looking at the reference number for that group of parts,...


Jun
2
2006
 4

Week 18, Month 4 wrap-up: Revenge of the Orange Peel


This month was, roof, exterior paint, concrete steps, and drywall. There are not that many big things left. Let's see ... deck, trim, floors, tile, kitchen cabinets. Monday: Memorial Day Tuesday: Patching and touch-up. I caught the touch-up guy/dog groomer filling in the hole for our phone nook (not sure what that thing...


Jun
1
2006
 0

Interior Paint Colors


On my laptop the colors from Colorcharts.org are all kinds of wrong, especially the light ones, so I exaggerated them on the mockup. a. downstairs bath: Ralph Lauren Polaris (Home Depot) b. living room, office: ICI 924 Floating Lilly c. kitchen: ICI 797 Moonstone d. dining: ICI162 Red Maple (needs gray primer) e. all bedrooms...