Shower Power!

 Somethin about this sunny house on a gloomy day...

 Last week I painted the living room! Aaron helped tape off the room and with some help from Jacob I painted! I painted pink primer first then two coats of the color that Marie mixed special for our living space. The beautiful wood panelling at the end of the cupboard will have a coat of polyurethane and we'll leave the wood natural and unstained.
I also spent last week painting the barn-style doors that will go on our rear shed. Jacob has assembled them and hopefully by next post they'll be installed!

 John has been working for a couple weeks on tiling the shower for us! Jacob has helped and learned some useful skills along the way. We were his first clients to request the Bostik Dimensions grout. It's aquamarine colored and very sparkly. Marie spent a very long time afixing the 1" x 1" light blue tiles to a paper back so it would be easier for John to set them. We had originally bought them at Ballard Reuse as loose tiles but John knew that it would take far to long to set each tile. The boarder tiles and the dark blue tiles we got at Seattle Tile Company we were very happy with their selections and the staff was all very knowledgeable and helpful. 

Underneath the white cardboard is a 12" x 12" metal sheet that has been polished with a mirror finish. In theory this will be a fog-resistant mirror so that Jacob can shave in the shower. It will also be the only mirror in the house so hopefully it works. John had no problem cementing it in along with all the tile. We had originally asked if he could do a glass mirror but he was worried about it cracking when the house gets moved. John set the knobs into the tile so we would have something to hang our shower products on.

A Post about Posts and Bones

 Jacob and Charlie finally got the porch supports in!

The porch supports were quite the project, Marie had the idea to attach a table leg and a post from a railing to make the porch support. Jinsoo sanded down the table legs, Ben and Jacob drilled holes through the centers of each and then connected them with a piece of reinforcing steel. Jacob and Charlie got the porch supports in place and all screwed in. Then Marie primed and painted them.

 

 Jacob and Charlie have the shower all framed and the shower side bathroom wall up. They have also been working hard on a design for our kitchen counter and that has now been framed and put in.

The custom couch base has been framed. it will work as storage and it will also be the first step of my staircase/bookshelf/storage unit.

The Good, the Ugly, and the Necessary

 On the back of the house we have the hot water heater, and filter.

 Charlie spent a long time making sure that the connections are water tight.

 This is the PEX piping for the shower, now that this is complete we can put the wall up and tile it!

 This is our breaker box and underneath is the hook-up for a washer/dryer unit if we decide we want that.

 The bathroom fan has been installed and wired.

 This is the water hookup for the sink.

 Jacob and Marie worked on getting my bookshelf properly fit into it's permanent space.

 Annie and Marie painted the walls and trim for the bed loft, Jacob got the  flooring put in and the whole for the stairs cut out.

Jacob got the flooring for the storage loft put in.

Paint Me Like One of Your French Houses

I'm hoping very strongly that the next post will have deck railings... 

 I painted the wall of the storage loft a orange sorbet color that Marie mixed up. This will be the color of the main room of the first story. I think it will need a bit of touch up work but I shouldn't need to do two coats. Jacob and I decided that we really like the wood grain showing through.

 The bed loft I painted this purple color that Marie mixed up for me. We've been trying to use up the paints we already had lying around and make new colors with them. The trim will be a dark purple. You can also see on the right wall there is a little door open. Jacob made me a small cubby to store a paperback book and chap-stick.

 This is the main room, Jacob and Ben have done an excellent job cutting the wood paneling for our finished walls. I will be painting the walls the above mentioned orange color after Jacob gets the seems of the paneling covered with wood putty and sanded. We decided to go with Finished plywood paneling instead of Sheetrock because we knew our rabbit would chew through the walls in a matter of weeks with the Sheetrock.

 Jacob will be putting together our porch supports soon. He had Ben's help drilling holes through the center to reinforce it with re-bar. Jinsoo spent a long time sanding the pillars to prepare them to be painted. She also sanded and painted the railing posts for our porch. Jacob should be putting all that up soon.

Charlie and Jacob got the vents installed for our bathroom and kitchen fans. That grey tubing on the outside of the house will be our electrical input line that will power our house.