Super Bowl swag Merle style
(Don't worry, I know its ridiculous)
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Sweetest Contractor Ever
I've been having some problems with my shower door leaking. Rocky came over the morning of January 30th so I could show him exactly what the problem was. When I came home, I found a bouquet of birthday flowers sitting on the dining room table.
(No mom, they were not in the vase. I put them in the vase. And no, he didn't give me the clementines either)
It's Move In Day! January 14th, 2008
Rocky & Freddy got to the apartment to clear out all of their equipment & dust the place off around 8:30am, I got there with the movers about 2 hours later. Lot's of action at the Merle.
WELCOME!
Before (living room looking towards the front door)
After
Before (Dining Room)
After
Before (Kitchen)
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Before (Living Room/Dining Room)
After
WELCOME!
Before (living room looking towards the front door)
After
Before (Dining Room)
After
Before (Kitchen)
After
Before (Living Room/Dining Room)
After
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Hummmm, What Happened in the Kitchen?
I just went to drop off the bathroom paint color for Rocky & did my typical tour of the apartment to see what's new. My to my surprise, the stove was installed, and the kitchen counter tops are now EVEN. I don't why, and frankly I'm not going to ask -- but I'm VERY happy about it.
(The white space on the wall by the counter top was the original height differential)
(The white space on the wall by the counter top was the original height differential)
Back in the Saddle ...
A few weeks ago Rocky asked me if I had picked out a saddle for the bathroom. I thought he was getting fresh, but it turns out his question was legitimate. You see, a saddle is the threshold of a door. It is a separate piece of stone or wood which spans and covers the joint between two different floors.
When we picked out the tile for the bathroom floor and bathroom walls, Phil at Benson Tile never asked if I needed a saddle. Rocky told me a few days later I needed a three foot, two bevel saddle for the bathroom. So I called Phil. I wasn't particularly interested in making yet another trip out to Benson Tile for a little 3 foot block of material. Phil knew what tile I had purchased for the bathroom ... he does this for a living ... surely I can trust him to pick out my saddle. Plus, he knows my taste by now. I got my kitchen backspash and floor tile from Benson Tile too. He knows I like a really simple, clean design. So I told him to pick what he thought would be best. He told me he would send me the saddle that goes perfectly with the floor tile. Great. Done & done.
Meet "Phil" my saddle. All I can say is, at least it's brown ...
When we picked out the tile for the bathroom floor and bathroom walls, Phil at Benson Tile never asked if I needed a saddle. Rocky told me a few days later I needed a three foot, two bevel saddle for the bathroom. So I called Phil. I wasn't particularly interested in making yet another trip out to Benson Tile for a little 3 foot block of material. Phil knew what tile I had purchased for the bathroom ... he does this for a living ... surely I can trust him to pick out my saddle. Plus, he knows my taste by now. I got my kitchen backspash and floor tile from Benson Tile too. He knows I like a really simple, clean design. So I told him to pick what he thought would be best. He told me he would send me the saddle that goes perfectly with the floor tile. Great. Done & done.
Meet "Phil" my saddle. All I can say is, at least it's brown ...
Saturday, December 29, 2007
The Ground Is Uneven. The Sun Was in My Eyes
(I can't remember what that is from, but I remember laughing about it with Lisa Riccutti back in the day)
So the other night I thought I found the first SNAFU. It was bound to happen right? I mean, I've been so lucky & everything has been going really well ...
I noticed that the kitchen counter to the right of the stove was about about 1/5 to 1/4 of an inch higher then the kitchen counter to the left of the stove. Panic immediately set in. I called Greg to try to process how this could have happened. Did Rocky not measure properly? Did the cabinet place send the wrong size cabinet? I was trying to take a Buddhist approach & not completely bug out.
I went to the Merle to talk to Rocky the following morning. As it turns out, this was no accident. It seems that the floor in the hallway on the fridge side of the kitchen is slightly higher then the floor in the in the dining room on the other side of the kitchen. In order to have the hardwood floor on either side of the kitchen be completely flush with the kitchen floor, the had to raise the right cabinet side. I don't 100% understand this engineering justification, but I do trust Rocky & Freddy. Rocky has really done a great job with the apartment. He has an eye for detail & it's clear to me that he takes pride in his work. So ... it is what it is. But is it as bad as I think it is? Will other people notice it? Will it make me crazy in 6 months to the point that I hate my kitchen?
Greg came to see it. He looked at it, looked at me & said, "done. this isn't even close to what I thought this was going to look like. It's totally fine. You will never notice this once the kitchen is finished." I'm sure he's right.
Here is a little aerial shot of the stove top with the left & right counter tops. Note that once the kitchen is complete the stove will be flush against the wall.
So the other night I thought I found the first SNAFU. It was bound to happen right? I mean, I've been so lucky & everything has been going really well ...
I noticed that the kitchen counter to the right of the stove was about about 1/5 to 1/4 of an inch higher then the kitchen counter to the left of the stove. Panic immediately set in. I called Greg to try to process how this could have happened. Did Rocky not measure properly? Did the cabinet place send the wrong size cabinet? I was trying to take a Buddhist approach & not completely bug out.
I went to the Merle to talk to Rocky the following morning. As it turns out, this was no accident. It seems that the floor in the hallway on the fridge side of the kitchen is slightly higher then the floor in the in the dining room on the other side of the kitchen. In order to have the hardwood floor on either side of the kitchen be completely flush with the kitchen floor, the had to raise the right cabinet side. I don't 100% understand this engineering justification, but I do trust Rocky & Freddy. Rocky has really done a great job with the apartment. He has an eye for detail & it's clear to me that he takes pride in his work. So ... it is what it is. But is it as bad as I think it is? Will other people notice it? Will it make me crazy in 6 months to the point that I hate my kitchen?
Greg came to see it. He looked at it, looked at me & said, "done. this isn't even close to what I thought this was going to look like. It's totally fine. You will never notice this once the kitchen is finished." I'm sure he's right.
Here is a little aerial shot of the stove top with the left & right counter tops. Note that once the kitchen is complete the stove will be flush against the wall.
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