The Invisible Slurry

It's just been one of those weeks.

The contractors swore that they re-slurried the crawl space before they put down the subfloor. Three different people promised us there was cement. The termite barrier. The rat-slab, if you will.

But a little doubt can be a good thing.

This past Sunday Todd took about 30 screws out of one of the plywood sheets, lifted it up...and would ya look at that. Looks like dirt to me!

Needless to say we left it open for them so they could see we had discovered their little sneaky trick.

My faith in their honesty has taken a serious blow.

Our salvaged doors at work...

Here is one set for the gas and electric meter closets.

If you think it's weird that the knobs are located on each end (as opposed to both at the middle) you might find it weirder still that they're not actually made to open...because if I did the one on right will hit against the ceiling light. D'OH!
And these are for the tenant's closet.

Salvage Exhaustion

So, check it out. This is just one out of TWO rows of nothing but doors at a salvage yard in Mass. Our mission this past Sunday: Find 2 sets of matching doors, specifically sized, for closets that have already been framed out. Needless to say, there is no system, no order... whatsoever.

After several hours of being covered in dust, and breathing lead paint-- we succeeded...for the most part. They may not be exactly the right sizes, but they're pretty good...and that's my standard right about now.
These are for the tenant's closet...and they'll be darn lucky to have them.

New Stairs!

One flight of (correct!) new stairs have arrived--and are actually not too bad! They'll be painted in the long run...
And those are the contractors framing out the door at the back of the hall. Wrong place, of course--but Todd caught it!

More Walls

One nice thing about passing the plumbing inspection is that they can finish the walls!

Below is the Parlor kitchen (where the sink will be)...
and this is the office/guest room...
(The fireplace here in the guest room has been prepped for a wood stove. Come visit! It'll be warm!)

Double good!

So I have 2 good things today!

1.We passed our plumbing inspection so things can finally move forward. Yay!

2.Manny-- who installed the mantles and prepped all the chimneys is DONE! They are beauties, and fully working...and he did an amazing job. Another person I can recommend wholeheartedly, just let me know and I'll pass on his info.

(oh yeah, and the roof is going to be completely re-done)

Tomorrow starts a brand new marathon of salvaging mania. Doors, gates, hardware....Woohoo.

I've been told...

that it's time to blog something nice. And I agree. Steve from Historic Flooring (he's the best) has sent me some photos of my beautiful reclaimed white oak, wide-plank (6"-9"!!) flooring. It's currently stacked in his shop in Tennessee, waiting to be shipped up--3 tons, and it's mine, all mine. This stuff is just going to make the house. It should be here in roughly 3 weeks.

I just can't wait.