Progress - Week of September 21

No photos of the 4th or 5th as access to the upper 2 floors has been restricted in order to avoid walking on the freshly re-stained 4th floor.  Although there are no photos up there, the attic has had 2 coats of polyurethane applied and the 4th floor had a second coat of stain applied.

Photos of the third floor....the master bathroom.  Tilework is just about done and the cabinetry was installed.

Freshly sanded floors on the third floor which will be stained this coming week.

Onto the parlor floor, the hallway and the stair ceiling was plastered and skim coated.

The beadboard is up in the powder room.

Second coat of paint in the parlor/living room.

First coat of paint in the dining room

Closeup shot of the replacement moulding and corbel.  Not too crazy about the corbel...it just kind of sits there.  It should "die" into the wall.  Need to think about this and augment the corbel or just get rid of it altogether and let the header stand on its own.

Ah the kitchen.  Matt's grand vision is starting to come together.  So far we're doing ok although looks like we're going to have to modify some of the hardware for the cabinetry.  The idea of using bin pulls as the hardware (as has been Matt's dream for years) needs to change.  Given the applied moulding to the recessed panels, the face of the drawers is shorter than we thought and thus cannot accomodate "chunkier" hardware.  Sucks.

Slowly teasing out the Wolf/SubZero utopia, the hood is installed.

Lastly, the rental.  Walls are going up, being taped, and spackled.  In places, ceilings are being replaced.  Tough to see from this shot, but it is starting to take shape.

Lovely garbage.

On tap for the week - going from top down:

5th (Attic) Floor - maybe last coat of paint and final coat of polyurethane.
4th (Kids) Floor - first and maybe a second coat of polyurethane.  Stairways stained.
3rd (Master) Floor - first and maybe a second coat of stain.  Grouting the master bathroom.
2nd (Parlor) Floor - second coats of paint.  Start tiling the hallway.
1st (Rental) Floor - move the trash to the container (coming Wednesday I am told).  Continue putting up walls.
Elsewhere - craning in the HVAC condensers Tuesday.  Restoration of the exterior of the bay window.