We've been plowing ahead on our renovation project, trying to get things finished as soon as possible in an effort to bring calm to the housing part of our lives. We're getting very close to being able to move in (next weekend?) and it's beginning to feel less like a construction zone.
With the help of several friends (thank you everyone!), we were able to prime the entire apartment in one weekend:
We painted shortly thereafter and then, in a whirlwind 35 hour work weekend, Kirstin and I sanded and refinished the maple and oak floors. We still have finishing coats to apply to the oak, but the maple is finished and is looking better than we ever expected it to. Here's the oak after the first finish (and the colors of the living room and kitchen):
Our electric contractor finished this past week, so we now have electricity in the space (though mostly temporary fixtures at this point). Our heating contractor should be finishing today and then our plumbing fixtures will be installed early next week. We're hoping to finish the floors--including painting the kitchen floor--so that we can move appliances upstairs this weekend. And then, after all of our inspections are completed, we should be able to move in ... wow!
As per usual, there are more photos available on Flickr.
Guys. Wow. WOW. It's beautiful. I know you're exhausted, but you're in the home stretch!! Beautiful work.
Rob & Kirstin, the apartment looks fantastic and full of sunlight. I'll have you know that I chose my room in the MVS house (despite being the smallest) on the basis of finished wood flooring and a large window. Hope you are well and that everything finishes smoothly.
Thanks guys! Your comments are very encouraging! We're hoping we might be able to be done enough to move in next weekend ... we'll see. It would be nice to chill out for a bit (even though we'll still have a lot of finishing work left to do).
I echo Marty.
Looks amazing.
Wow--those floors look amazing. So amazing that I am tempted to jump into my car in my sock feet and drive all the way down to Three Rivers just so I can jump out, run to your place, and SLIDE!