We Have Wood

The hallway and office are starting to shape up.  Steve and I bought Teak wood flooring for the hallway, bath and office.  We love how it's turning out so we might just take it into the family room and then get carpet squares and make a huge area rug to put under the furniture.  This crap was so heavy we had to bring it in on a dolly and slide it down the steps.  After working on the hallway and office for six hours, every bone in our OLD bodies hurt.  I don't think we'll be the same anytime soon.  I have to work bingo tomorrow night and it's going to be slow pickings from Brian.   Age is so cruel.  The floor is very dirty so we can't wait until we can mop it and get the stuff to shine a bit.  We have a long way to go including a closet with angled walls and another closet that is just going to be a pain.  Cutting the stuff is just something we don't like to do but I guess it's part of the job.  Looking gorgeous to me. 

Anal Annie

When Steve and I lived on Teddy Street, of course we had a dining room table but Steve wanted to make sure the rug under the table was exactly centered under the light fixture.  Well, Steve decides to whip out his plumb bob.  I'd heard of this but I had never seen him use one.  I hope to never have to see it again.  He hung the plumb bob on the light fixture and left it hang.  It finally stopped swinging by the time we sold the house three years later, but I digress.  He centered the rug onto the floor and then centered the table under the light.  It was never to be moved again.

One might ask where this is going.  Well, Anal Annie has done it again, but this time with my help.  We wanted to see just how large our pool table was as we could not recall and needed to know which way to put it into the room so we could get the bar configuration the way we wanted it.  I suggested he get some of our roll paper from downstairs and paste together the size of the table top. 

That being said, one night I go down there and he has this huge paper thing laying on the floor all taped together with painters tape.  I asked what it was although I knew and he was so proud of his paper pool table.  We moved it this way and that way, back and forth and actually still don't know which was it's going to go as we have a fireplace planned for the room as well.  Below is Anal Annie with his paper pool table. 

You have no idea how many times we moved this around but soon we will figure out which way it's going.  Maybe. 

I'll Take Paul Lynde, The Center Square

When we hung a suspended ceiling over at Teddy Street we vowed we'd never do it again.  As you can see, we did it again.  This time we purchased plastic eight foot sections mainly so it was easier to cut but this time we had to worry about the pieces twisting. 

I told Steve that if he recalls correctly, the worst part of hanging the ceiling was getting started and start we did.  Over the course of three weeks we finally got the grid up. 

We actually taped the main beams to the L brackets so the thing didn't swing while we were hanging it.  That worked out very well.  As we got further along it started to snug up a bit and was falling into place pretty well.   The task we knew was coming was to go back downstairs one night and level everything.  We took a level and made sure every one of the 180 tees were level.  I would push up with my broom stick while Steve tightened the wires.  I have to admit that every one is very level.  When we got over to the beam that supports our kitchen we just made it under the beam.  We had even measured to make sure where the lowest point was so we made sure to go under it.   We were worried but the tiles slid right in and covered the beam nicely.  Now we have to wait for the electrician to come back and hook up our outlets, lights and switches.   We opted for base board heating as having it installed by the electrician was half the price of having the HVAC man come back.   As you can see below, we made good progress and put some tiles in to keep it square.  As tight as the tees are, it's not going anywhere.

Below is typical Steve, pencil in the mouth and ready to go.  This is him putting in the last of 180 tees.  We were very happy to  say the least. 

Looks Brown to Me But.........

Although Steve tells me the color is green, I will continue to insist it's brown.   I absolutely hate to paint ! Arter managing an aparpartment building in Fort Atkinsonm, every time a person moved our we painted the entire unit white.  I've learned to dislike painting as much as I dislike working.  

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Keep in mind that I did prime two walls of a closet in Steve's new offuce bus he wouldn't give me the ladder so I quit becuas emy feet hurt.  The wall that Steve is painting will house a wet bar from the left side almost to the door.  It will have undercounter wine and beverage coolers The area to the right of the door is where we will have them put our pool table which we really miss.