Month: July 2016

Time Flies

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The Kitchen Update:

The granite was installed. We chose TYPHOON BORDEAUX.  It has a beautiful cream tone with a variety of browns, black and a touch of green. We love it! It is so nice to have counter tops once again. It will look amazing once we decide on a backsplash. Stay tuned….but, here is a preview of where we are at.

Just a reminder below is:                                                                                                                                a before pic of the blue countertops                                                                                                          a during pic with no countertops.

Sources:                                                                                                                                                       MCM Natural Stone Inc.                         http://www.mcmstone.com                                                                                                                                Stone Mart    http://www.stonemartmarblegranite.com

Installation Day: Michael and Devonwp-1468555554686.jpg

Main area detail:                                                                                                                                              WASH: sink/disposal/dishwasher SERVE                                                                            PREP: microwave/bread basket                                                                                              COOK: stove/oven.                                                                                                                     STORE: garage door hides all small appliances and plenty of cupboards                  SERVE: bar counter

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Sink area detail:                                                                                                                                      Kraus double sink with drain racks                                                                                         Kraus oil-rubbed bronze faucet                                                                                                  Two pumps for dish and hand soap                                                                                             An air button was installed for the garbage disposalwp-image-1110459272jpg.jpg

Desk area detail:                                                                                                                               My desk                                                                                                                                                  Maxi’s nap area I need to add a curtain to Maxi’s areawp-image-1308984310jpg.jpg

View of Coffee bar area: wp-image-2034426550jpg.jpg

View towards Sitting area:

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View of the Bar area:wp-image-1592082365jpg.jpgView of the Pantry area:wp-image-625081203jpg.jpg

Honey-do

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I love when my Brother-in-Law, Vid comes to visit. He always seems to make a dent in Michael’s Honey-do List. In just a few days he managed to:

  1. Get the Watering System up and working.                                                                 Honestly, we haven’t had a chance to touch it. He fired it up, located all the heads, dug the grass off the top of them, set the timers for all 11 zones and even video taped a “How to” video for us. He ran out of time so we just have to dig the dirt from around each sprinkler stem, insert new pea gravel and a new cover ring and Presto! Maybe we will have a green lawn after all.
  2. Solve the mystery with the Security Lights.                                                                            We couldn’t get the motion lights to turn on. Even after Michael replaced all the lights with brand new ones. Vid was stumped for a second until I mentioned that there are two light switches in the Master that I have no idea what they belong to. Wham-o! Now there is light.
  3. Jump start a Fireplace re-do.                                                                                                      The fireplace brick was so u-g-l-y. We were debating all the ways we could redo it. Suddenly, Vid is knocking off the mantel and slapping mastic over the brick. It helped. Obviously, it’s still crying to have a re-do; but, it’s a little less offensive to the eye.

 

 

 

 

 

100 days

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We reached 100 days in on 6.21.16. I thought it would be fun to do a List of 100 tasks completed since the journey began.

  1. 12.25.15 IT ALL BEGAN when I discovered the listing of 609 on Realtor.com.
  2. 12.26.15 First showing of 609 meet Realtor, Maggie Coleman at 4:15pm for a walk-thru.
  3. 12.29.15 Put in an Offer on 609.
  4. 1.5.16 Offer gets Denied on 609.
  5. 1.6.16 Up the offer on 609.
  6. 1.25.16 Bank Accepted Offer on 609.
  7. 1.26.16 Choose to list 358 with ReMax Sold Team.
  8. 2.12.16 Meet the Stager for 358.
  9. 2.16.16 Start Packing up 358.
  10. 2.26.16 Real Estate Inspection on 609.
  11. 3.1.16 Start the design609 BLOG Post#1:The Beginning #2:The Journey Begins.
  12. 3.2.16 BLOG Post#3:The Inspection #4:The Stager #5:Think Color.
  13. 3.3.16 BLOG Post#6:Old/Next #7:Before the Inspection #8:Let’s Get Help.
  14. 3.10.16 BLOG Post#10 It’s Not Black and White.
  15. 3.13.16 Complete 358 Listing Paperwork.
  16. 3.14.16 CLOSING DAY for 609.
  17. 3.16.16 Water Authority turns on the water at 609.
  18. 3.18.16 Dave Witzel takes Professional Photos of 358.
  19. 3.19.16 Orville’s Delivers our new appliances at 609.
  20. 3.19.16 Dish Network installs the satellite dish at 609.
  21. 3.19.16 Start to move into 609.
  22. 3.19.16 Scrub 609.
  23. 3.20.16 Stage 358.
  24. 3.20.16 Michael replaces the gold exterior light fixtures with oil-rubbed bronze exterior light fixtures at 609.
  25. 3.20.16 Michael replaces the gold exterior lamppost light fixture with an oil-rubbed bronze exterior lamppost light fixture at 609.
  26. 3.20.16 Aaron paints (2)Guest Bedrooms walls and ceilings Valspar Malted Milk 7003-9 at 609.
  27. 3.21.16 Set up (2) Guest Bedrooms at 609.
  28. 3.21.16 Don and Jimmy fix the Living Room ceiling damage at 609.
  29. 3.21.16 Time Warner installs a new cable line at 609.
  30. 3.22.16 Michael replaces gold doorknobs with oil-rubbed bronze doorknobs at 609.
  31. 3.23.16 Michael replaces old dimmer light switches  with new dimmer light switches at 609.
  32. 3.23.16 Michael replaces all old cover plates with new cover plated at 609.
  33. 3.24.16 Michael replaces all 34 recessed ceiling lights with new LED lights.
  34. 3.24.16 Orville’s installs a gas line for the new stove at 609.
  35. 3.24.16 Aaron paints Dining room walls Benjamin Moore Byzantine Gold 1099 and ceiling Valspar Malted Milk 7003-9 at 609.
  36. 3.24.16 Insurance inspection at 609
  37. 3.24.16 BLOG Post#11 Too Pooped to Putter
  38. 3.25.16 Aaron paints Office Behr Cracked Pepper PPU-19-1 and ceiling Valspar Malted Milk 7003-9 at 609.
  39. 3.25.16 BLOG Post#12 It’s Just Paint.
  40. 3.26.16 OPEN HOUSE at 358.
  41. 3.26.16 Accept an Offer at 358.
  42. 3.26.16 BLOG Post#13 Pass the Pepper.
  43. 3.26.16 Lonnie and Crew paint the Kilz over Wallpaper in Kitchen, Butler’s Pantry, Laundry Room and Master Bedroom  at 609.
  44. 3.27.16 Offer dies at 358.
  45. 3.28.16 BLOG Post#14 Two Weeks In.
  46. 3.28.16 Accept a new offer at 358.
  47. 4.2.16 Lonnie and Crew paint the Kitchen, Butler’s Pantry and Back Stairwell walls Benjamin Moore Bridgewater Tan 1096 and ceilings Valspar Malted Milk 7003-9 at 609.
  48. 4.2.16 Purchase Dining Room Table from DL Home and Garden for 609.
  49. 4.2.16 Ernie Swan from Swan Tile gives a Quote for the brick floor at 609.
  50. 4.2.16 Lonnie and Crew paint the Living Room walls and ceiling Valspar Malted Milk 7003-9at 609.
  51. 4.3.16 Michael installs the ceiling fan in the Livingroom at 609.
  52. 4.4.16 BLOG Post#15 Week 3.
  53. 4.5.16 Aaron paints Master Bedroom walls Valspar Homestead Ballroom Gold 3003-7C at 609.
  54. 4.6.16 Aaron paints the Laundry Room Vaspar Mark Twain House Ombra Gray 4004-2A a National Trust for Historic Preservation Color at 609.
  55. 4.6.16 Ernie Swan installs the hardy board for the brick floor at 609.
  56. 4.9.16 Ernie Swan starts laying the brick floor at 609.
  57. 4.10.16 Oil the grates and burners for the first time at 609.
  58. 4.11.16 Ernie Swan grouts the brick floor at 609.
  59. 4.11.16 Order from Bassett a Bed frame for Master Bedroom at 609.
  60. 4.13.16 Ernie Swan completes the brick floor at 609!!!!
  61. 4.13.16 Chris Di Giovanni from Hidden Valley cleans up the yard at 609.
  62. 4.15.16 DL Home and Garden delivers the Dining Room Table at 609!!!!
  63. 4.18.16 BLOG Post#16:Week 4.
  64. 4.24.16 Order from Bassett a Coffee table for Living Room at 609.
  65. 4.24.16 Order from Bassett a Dresser and a Mirror for Master Bedroom at 609.
  66. 4.25.16 BLOG Post#17:Weeks 5&6.
  67. 4.26.16 Metro Mattress delivers the new Tempur-Pedic king size bed for Master Bedroom at 609.
  68. 4.26.16 Move into Master Bedroom.
  69. 4.26.16 Michael and Austin open up the wall, lay plywood and frame for Amanda’s Closet at 609.
  70. 4.27.16 Michael and Austin drywall, sand and mud Amanda’s closet at 609.
  71. 4.28.16 Aaron paints Amanda’s Closet at 609.
  72. 4.29.16 Aaron paints Amanda’s Suite at 609.
  73. 4.30.16 Amanda moves into her suite.
  74. 5.4.16 BLOG Post#18:Week 7.
  75. 5.19.16 Aaron paints the Sun room walls Benjamin Moore Green Tea#236 and ceiling Malted Milk at 609.
  76. 5.20.16 Aaron paints the Kitchen Hearth Benjamin Moore Urban Legend #238 at 609.
  77. 5.20.16 We finally find new toilet seat covers that match the toilets.
  78. 5.23.16 Rochester Premier Roofing starts the roof at 609.
  79. 5.24.16 Daniel Tree Trimming Trims the Japanese Maple at 609.
  80. 5.24.16 Sign the Closing Paperwork for 358.
  81. 5.25.16 BLOG Post#19:Weeks The Month of May 8, 9, 10.
  82. 5.26.16 Bruce from Fawn Meadow meets to quote fireplace redo at 609.
  83. 5.27.16 Rochester Premiere Roofing finishes the roof at 609.
  84. 6.1.16 Select wallpaper for the entry at 609.
  85. 6.2.16 BLOG Post#20:What’s Next? #21:Here Comes the Rain.
  86. 6.8.16 BLOG Post#22:What a Gorgeous Morning.
  87. 6.9.16 BLOG Post#23:In Bloom.
  88. 6.9.16 Bruce from Fawn Meadow presents fireplace quote at 609.
  89. 6.12.16 Install new entry chandelier at 609.
  90. 6.12.16 Spray paint old chandelier and install it in the Kitchen at 609.
  91. 6.12.16 Order new shades for the old chandelier at 609.
  92. 6.14.16 BLOG Post#24:Baby Steps.
  93. 6.14.16 MCM Stone comes to template for granite counter tops.
  94. 6.21.16 100 Days in at 609.
  95. 6.23.16 Daniel Tree Trimming starts their work at 609 removing trees.
  96. 6.24.16 Daniel Tree Trimming finishes their work at 609 trimming shrubs.
  97. 7.1.16 The new Stainless Steel Range hood gets delivered.
  98. 7.1.16 The granite counter tops get installed at 609.
  99. 7.2.16 Michael installs Faucets in the kitchen and bar sink.
  100. 7.2.16 BLOG Post#25:100 Days (oops, it never posted until 7.12.16.