One More Light Changed Out

It may take us a while to find lights but we do find one's that we like, at least they'll work for now. We picked this one up today, it's nice and bright, I think a dimmer switch may be in order hear. Now it shows all the imperfections in the ceiling and that needs to be done, soon I'm told.

This has worked for a couple of years now, why change???

The new look.

Close up, the blotches are from the camera, sorry.

See what I mean about a dimmer switch.

A Couple More Doors

I have a couple of doors to trim out and one to frame in and I'll be ready to get at the baseboards. They are now done, primed and painted, next step installation.

8 inch baseboards with ¾ inch quarter rounds waiting.

Door trim drying.

Door frame for between the house and addition.

New Neighbors

We went to a bee outing yesterday to learn more about them and to see first hand hives and talk to others. There were hobbyists and some who use them for commercial purposes. A great outing and very nice to see. Come next spring we'll be starting out with one hive and see how it goes. Hopefully lots of honey and wax.

 

Checking out the cluster.

They're getting ready for winter.



Cleaning up some honey.



Very gentle creatures.

New Trim Look

Over the past few days I have been making new trim for the rest of down stairs, and this time it has a new look, but you'll have to wait until it's installed to see. Sorry. I used 2 x 10 pine 8, 10, and 12 foot lengths, cut the ¾ inch quarter rounds out of them and the main piece is still 8 inches tall. Right now they have the first coat of primer on them, this helps reveal any defects the need to be addressed. Next I'll get a better primer to help seal and hide the knots in the pine. Lots to do but it shouldn't be long now.

Lots of trim laid out.

Not much room left to work.

A Little Light And A Little Air

Our kitchen exhaust fan and light got installed today, and what a nice looking piece of equipment this is. Great light along with a quiet and powerful fan. The duct work is 6 inches so lots of volume going outside quickly. I had to do a little adjusting to the 90° elbow because of a stud I had to move the exit hole right slightly, it all worked out in the end.

As we begin.

Locating the exhaust vent.

A little of set and working.

Great light and trust me the fan is powerful.

Exhaust installed.

From the other side.

Making Room

Today was a nice day to work outside and we finally got at the shed. We just put things away and even stored large items there under tarps when we moved, not much room left. It took the day and we aren't done yet, but the big things are done. I built a wood rack to properly store my lumber and we decided to let go of a few things, so the trailer is full of stuff for the dump. Lots done and more to do.

All of this stuff.

And everything you can see here.

Came out of here, amazing.

New wood rack.

A full wood rack.

Putting It All Together

It was a busy week, putting the draws, doors and panel up. When you go from drawings, to cutting materials, to assembly and then installation, sometimes there is a little tweaking required and when you do that with specific dimensions and painted parts, one has to clean up these adjustments to keep them looking as they should. I won't go into details, lets just say lessons learned. As well I installed LED lights under the upper cabinets. So, here they are, up and looking fantastic. This is one step closer to completion and getting what we (she) wants.

How it looked before I started.

The upper left cupboards.

The upper right.

Left side of the kitchen.

Looking down from the right side.

Adding Colour

Once the glued dried I sanded everything and then put on the primer. Today I got three coats of paint on the back side of each and I'll be starting the front tomorrow. I didn't get a picture of them with the primer on, so you'll have to just imagine this picture but everything is white.



Once again, they look great.

Doors And Drawers Taking Shape

Since the counter top was installed I've been working on the cupboard doors and drawers. There wasn't much to see until today, because it's hard to show the groves and the tenon cuts. Each of the 72 boards were run through the table saw twice to center the grove and each of the rails had shoulder cuts then I used the tenon jig to cut away the scrap leaving tenons. And yesterday I picked up the plywood to finish them off. Today I assembled them, there are 9 drawers, 8 doors and 1 panel for the dishwasher. Next few steps are sanding, priming and painting.

Here they are glued and clamped together.

Counter Top And Faucet

On July 25th we went to a company in St Stephen called Sticks and Stones to see about a quartz counter top, because we have seen them in family and friends homes and they look great we decided to check them out. After a little while looking at different options (I had to hold my ground on not getting the GREEN one) ReBecca liked one called Hanstone Specchio White. We liked the little 12 x 12 sample block so we asked to see the larger stone to see if we really liked it and it was great. While we waited for a quote we went through the catalogue with faucets and saw what we liked and got a great deal on it as well. We knew it would be expensive, it is a forever counter so paying a little more for this quality was worth it and it came in on budget, at least what I thought it would be. Today they came and installed our new counter top, these gents did a fantastic job and very professional. I would just like to note for the record, ReBecca said she has no more excuses.

It has arrived.

Before they started.

Drilling a couple of holes.

It's in and looks great, despite the picture quality.



Nice looking and its 1 1/8 inches thick.

Everything went in perfectly.