An afternoon at Cami & Byron's
We spent Sunday afternoon with friends and family.
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November 25, 2007
We spent Sunday afternoon with friends and family.
November 24, 2007
Lyons Marketplace
I took a few shots of Lyon's Marketplace while we were there over the thanksgiving weekend.
November 23, 2007
Henry Ford Museum
November 22, 2007
Detroit Thanksgiving day parade
We spent a cold, crisp morning enjoying the Detroit Thanksgiving parade. It's funny how you have to move away from an area before you finally take the time and attend these events (it was my first time).
November 17, 2007
Vaulted Ceiling
The framing for the vaulted ceiling is complete, we're waiting on inspection now. The ceiling is projected to be finished (sheet-rocked and insulated) by the time we get back from our thanksgiving trip back to Michigan. In the foreground you can see E demonstrating her point to the contractor, her hand was moving so fast the camera just picked up a blur.
A few more pictures of the vaulted ceiling.
Paw
Paw print we encountered on trail.. Winter's paw for comparison.
Pony walls
I am learning a whole lot of new vocabulary - today's word is Pony wall. That's that little section between original wall and the new ceiling. Here is a closer look at the beam
The kitchen window is .. hrmph, sort of in. It is just sort of sitting there.
See the lovely doors to the backyard? It was rainy and grey out, but we were getting a decent amount of light. The skylight hasn't been open yet.
November 10, 2007
Site visit - beam and samples
We spent a lot of time looking up when we went on site meeting today. Look carefully ... the 31' beam is amazing see the calculation from eng. DC said it is 500lb+. (notes on Flickr). They got it up with just 2 people.
This the view from the North side (notes on Flickr).
One more time .. the outside view:
"Cement Coat Counter top" sample.
2'x2' Portland Gray - charcoal paver for the patio step
... and.. Vinyl composition tiles (VCT) for the . ahem .. low on budget master bath.
That's all for today. We found out the appliance garage will not be deep enough for the stand mixer. So we will have to get around that.
November 3, 2007
Quick look at outside
We did lots of house stuff today. At the end of the day, we stopped by the house to get something and drop off a black marble sample for our DC ( dear contractor ;-) ) They had a slow week while we worked out the co's (change orders).. They did manage to template the stoop for the pavers outside...
.. moving the laundry outlets, demo master bath, frame skylight ...
This is where the chimney was ...
I am averaging 2 hrs a day working on this project since we really got going mid-September. So in total, I am running a total of about - 100hrs.