The last ten percent

The last ten percent

They say it takes the longest...

I took care of a lot of the trim work in the basement this weekend. The sliders in the tv room, the window in the downstairs bedroom, most of the floor. Im not really sure how to trim the pocket doors (theyre a little tricky). Heres how the sliders went:






Simplex sent a lot of the trim along loose in the house, so I just had to rip it where necessary, cut it to size, nail it in place. Already primed, too.

One of the mistakes we made was not cutting the sill plate across the slider thresholds before we installed the doors. So well need to trim those with something different (that doesnt pick up footprints, dirt, etc.).


And the bedroom windows:




The last ten percent

I ate dinner at 10 30 last night

I ate dinner at 10 30 last night

Grouted the tub in the basement last night; pretty tedious job. And you cant really stop once you start, so I had to finish before I could eat...

I had 3x6 subway tile from two different companies (two boxes left over from Simplex that came with the house, and then two boxes that I bought at HD). They are ever so slightly different in color and size. Doesnt appear different in person, but it actually comes through a bit in this pic (the top two rows below the window).




I ate dinner at 10 30 last night

The last of fall

The last of fall

The day after I took these pictures the temps fell into the teens and the winds kicked up; not much left of the leaves.




Im probably not going to be out to the house much the next couple of weeks while the semester winds down, so while I may do some procrastination blogging I wont be posting any new house stuff til mid-Dec...


The last of fall