Saturday was another glorious demonstration of dogs humping watermelons. In the morning, all of it, thanks, we spent attempting to fill a gap between the cabinet and wall in the kitchen. Acting like a petulant child, I did my damn[d]est to scuff up the floors. Let me say, I think I could go pro in plinth chucking. Much like Bobby Knight throwing a chair, it was a very deliberate chuck, again, meant to emote like a 4 year old who didn't get another bag of Skittles. Well, here's to being mature. Once the boss came in (Hi Wife) to right my wrongs, we successfully got that gap covered. Alas, no picture.
After that, more boring work was done. Air register covers were installed.
Figure 1. Both boring and more difficult than one might imagine!
...painting and installing shelves in the closets:
Figure 2. Not quite enough room for the Boss's accouterments
Also, we returned to normalcy with the cabinet doors, replacing the incorrectly drilled one with a new door. ...and a handle (fancy!). No pictures of that, specifically, so quitcherbitchin already! More boring painting was done in the laundry room, in the bathroom, on various doors and such. Hard to believe how much painting there is, but hey, at least there's still more to go!
Saturday ended with almost 3 hours at the Depot (that's Deh-poh, not DEE-poh), picking up more things that were begrudgingly put in the cart. ...more trim, microwave vent stuff, doors (that we didn't need, yay!), and other odds and ends that somehow took us 'til around 9:00. Home Flipper PRO TIP: Don't deny the boss's dinner until after 9:00 pm!
Sunday, however, we arrived regrouped and ready to go, thanks to a Starbucks run (not mine) and four chocolate frosted Dunkin Donuts (owner: unknown) and a chocolate milk. Before peak heat arrived (but while still wonderfully hot), new shelves were cut for the owners suite (gag) closet.
Figures 3-4. Only the finest quality melamine.
While I was outside using substandard tooling, the Boss (Hi Wife) demonstrated her delicate touch in painting the mantle. Previously, it's quite possible to have confused a mantle with a mysterious shelf that held a bunch of random crap over the fireplace. It's amazing how much nicer it looks without random light bulbs and shims on it. ...oh, and with a fresh coat of paint.
Figure 5. A mantle with no stuff on it?!
Against my frugal ways, the Boss went ahead and put in the rest of the light bulbs (and even installed the shades!) on the dining room light. Until we're done, it's going to be a game to see if we can each hit our heads on it and break bulbs or knock the shades down. Over/under currently set at 2.5.
Figure 6. This place is really comin' around!
The real crux of the story though came in the kitchen. [BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FORTHCOMING]. It's almost completely usable now. Seriously. Fo' real. We spent far too long dilly-dallying around and avoiding drilling massive holes in our wonderful tile and cutting large holes in our cabinets, but... we caved in and did it and went ahead and installed a microwave. Granted, the vent's not tied in, but you can't even tell that, so it doesn't count. It turns on and heats up water and everything! Tested!
Not only that, but we ALSO put the fridge in place. ...and plugged it in! ...AND connected the water line! Whoa! So, tomorrow, I'll put beer in the fridge and have easy mac for all three meals simply because it can be done!
Figure 7. BAM!
Also, the backer to the peninsula cabinets was installed, and the plinth (there's that word again) and trim were all installed. Loogit all that fanciness here:
Figure 8. Not the same picture, promise!
Whoa, whoa, closer inspection to the photo above shows evidence of the plinth-which-caused-the-chucking-of-the-plinth!:
Figure 8a. Yup, that's the sonuvabitch!
You know you'd wanna throw something having to cut and finagle that stupid piece of wood up in there. I mean, I'm only human!
Don't let the presence of the range deceive you, dear reader. It's been merely set there. If we were cooking with gas (literally!), I'd've reference'd stove generated mac 'n' cheese, not easy mac. But, full blown mac 'n' cheese is within range. Repeat, withIN range!
All the while, somehow bosslady found time to paint and install the doors on the bathroom vanity in the guest bathroom. Yup, you guessed it: Black. Looks good though. That bathroom just needs more paint, tub fixtures installed, shower heads, even more paint, more cleaning, probably more paint, then it's ready to go, baby!
Figure 9. You can't see the plumbing (and that's for the best), but it's there and that sink works, too!
Somehow, using special wifely powers to be in multiple places at once, the boss was able to paint all the door knobs, plates and other miscellaneous door hardware. Who knew there were so many things that needed to be painted oil-rubbed-bronze? Bosslady, that's who.
Figure 10. Check out that keyhole! Still needs knobs, we know; they're drying (yes, that was a semicolon).
More on tap for tomorrow. Yup, that's right, while all you suckers are working, I'll be... wait, awww crap, I'll be working too. More progress to come. It may be on the market by the long weekend, yet! Keep them fingers crossed.
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