Saturday, August 16, 2008

New pics from the homefront

Amanda is away in the berkshires, so I went to visit the pad. Long day, tired, took Chester Copperpot out for a spin and now just want to go watch tv. so here are some pics of the apartment. THe kitchen looks like it is almost done (wood coverings are in place...just need the hardware so we can actually open the door!).

The closets were installed in the closet room which was pretty awesome, and the bathroom is slowly but surely progresing. Hopefuly be end of next week the tiling will be done.

Look and enjoy. And stay safe.

BTW...to help you see how far the kitchen has come, i've included what the kitchen looked like before we started.












Thursday, August 14, 2008

Move-in date suckers!

Hey all,

No new pics just yet, and no new dramatic stories, but we've got a move in date of September 20th! (No, no party scheduled just yet, but that will come soon!).

Basically, we think the apartment will be done in a week and a half, and then we get the bathroom stuff fully connected and then boom it's golden. (Of course we need to have it cleaned, change some filters on some A/Cs, have a voodoo priestess come in and get rid of evil spirits).

So that's the latest...

For lack of having any new video or pics..here's Amanda skydiving

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Bathroom in progress




Amanda and I finally picked up our new bikes which her folks got us for our anniversary, and went for a ride in prospect park. Amanda named her bike Andy and mine is named Chester Copperpot.

We also stopped by the apartment to see the progress on the place. The bathroom is coming together, as they are building the wall and even put up the first layer of the subway tile. Hopefully by next week's end, that will be done!

Enjoy the pics!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Almost there! (lots and lots of pics)

Well, Great news! Amanda and I went to visit the apartment last night and we can say that it is looking really really amazing. Every time we go by there it feels more and more like a home and last night just really hit home. (no bad pun intended). Even with all the nonsense and crazy neighbors, it hasn't mattered, and we really just can't wait to get in there and be over with. (We even ran into crazy neighbor last night and it was very cordial).

It's really amazing to see everything come together, from the tv being mounted (yes, dorks i know), to the finished paint job, the new closets (you would never know they were never there), the new radiators (who would've thought you could get excited about those?) and fans, it's all really coming together. After this week, the only big thing left will be the bathroom, but at least that has a floor!

So enjoy the new pics, plus a video of our new track lighting.
















Monday, July 28, 2008

More Pics and the latest

Ok

Some pics from last Friday at the apartment.

As you can see, the place is really starting to come along. (Or maybe you can't see...sometimes the pictures don't show much).

We had some real slow downs with our plumber. Our first plumber failed to get back to us, and then this new plumber who was awesome, took a few days to get started. But now he's come in and gotten the ball rolling, so I'm hoping that this week (week of July 28th), we can FINALLY start the bathroom.

Much of the rest of the apartment is coming along nicely. The apartment has been painted and the closets in the + room and second bedroom are almost complete. You can see the doors on the + room below. We've also had closet people come in and give us a quote and hopefully that will start soon.

One really cool thing was we had the old giant radiators removed from the two bedrooms. they were humongous contraptions that took up most of the room and made it virtually impossible to put anything near them. We've now removed them and put new ones into the walls. They were a little expensive, but it was one of those things that i think was worth it.

Not sure what else to report here...Amanda and I are just really looking forward for this coming to a close. Oh yeah, we also moved the washer and dryer from the linen closet into the coat closet in the hallway, so that's kind of neat too.

We're just excited to see this all come to a close soon, and Amanda is looking forward to saging (if i have that term correctly, using sage to rid the apartment of bad energy and what not) and putting in good energy, which we'll need considering who are neighbor is. The good news is that we have had minor contact with them since the trespassing issue, and my Agata or anxiety that I feel when i come home has become less and less. That will take some time, but I think we are realizing that this is our apartment and our building, regardless of who else lives there.

until next time.





Wednesday, July 16, 2008

More Pics!

Sorry we have been devoid of stories lately. There is actually some new drama, mostly revolving around one of our neighbors trespassing, but I do realize that we've kept the bulk of that drama for the book! in the meantime, here are photos from Monday, and more to come today!

As you'll see, the electricians have come in and gotten us new circuit breakers, the walls are being painted, the bathroom still has a looong way to go, and we're still living with our in-laws.










Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Pictures!

Latest Pictures from the homefront!



Moved the fridge, and built shelf to go above. rebuilding




Though you can not see the context of location...this is the spot demarcated for our television.




paint swatches...we are going with 'etiqutte.' (yeah, exactly).





The new closet in the plus room.





Side view of new closet in second bedroom. Kid tested...




Matt Approved!