Yesterday, the crew finished sanding the floors and put on the first coat of stain. Boy was that sander loud, thought the whole house was going to fall down. Unfortunately after loud, we had stinky, forgot how strong wood stain is to the old nose. Good thing is was nice out yesterday, left the windows open all day. 1st coat of stain in kitchen Today is beginning of the third week of renovation and things are going extremely well. It's hard to believe that demo started just two weeks ago.  All the drywall is up and the crew is finishing up the walls in the dining room, kitchen and studio/bedroom today. Only thing is, well...let's just say it's just a wee bit dusty in the house... Ruby and I rehung the plastic tarp in one of the doorways over the weekend, we sounded like sailors b/c the tape wouldn't stick to the plastic or the walls b/c of the dust, but we got it up. Chris from Loop Construction getting into his work! To get away from loud,......

Yesterday was exhausting. I ran back out to Global  http://www.globalmarbleil.com/  yesterday to  visit my new friend Monica, she is so patient with me, to look at granite AGAIN.  And I'm glad to say, I can check another item off the list! I've chosen White Fantasy . A lot of people were in on this decision making process, and I apologize for late night texts and showing up at your house unexpected, while you are having a get together, with my samples in hand. (Sharon, Alex and Paul) White Fantasy The peninsula/island will have Afromosia as the countertop. This a very durable wood and is similar to teak. I was lucky enough that my architect, Debra McQueen, who I met thru Alex and Sharon a few years ago, had a supplier with a piece from a previous job, that they wanted to get rid of, because of this I was able to get it for a good price, this stuff is $$$$. White Fantasy with Afromosia wood  The exhaust for the fan was put in yesterday. We had p......