Monthly Archives: September 2019

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Much has been happening, but Ted’s camera was out of battery at the beginning of the week. We were out there yesterday taking current pictures. They divide into four categories: backyard grading, tiling, kitchen cabinets, and what Pete’s been doing. The backyard grading is almost done. This past week, they made three staircases including a […]

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September 10, 2019

Ted was out at the house all morning to talk with the cabinet maker about the vanity cabinets and the kitchen cabinets for the apartment. The cabinet maker was there to begin installing the kitchen cabinets in the house — very exciting! Picture 1 shows some of the base cabinet frames in his truck, ready […]

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September 8, 2019

Because of Labor Day it was a short week. (The tile contractor did try to work on Monday, but a neighbor complained and that crew was sent away.) The most dramatic progress has been in the grading for the back yard. By Wednesday, they had gotten the blocks for the top two walls in place […]

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September 3, 2019

Margot pointed out that the last image was missing from yesterday’s post. Sorry! It’s a mystery. If you go back to that post the image has been added, but even better might be Picture 1 here. This shows them grouting the great room tile. In it you can see the rotated field tiles and the […]

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September 2, 2019

Happy Labor Day! There has been significant progress on two projects during the last two weeks and minor additional progress on the stucco. After a slower than expected start the backyard grading is now moving forward nicely. Pictures 1 and 2 show the first, rough grading for the top two (of four) walls that will […]

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