Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Painting and Cabinets

It's been a couple more weeks of progress on the house. The painters came and completed the first two (out of three) coats of the interior. This week, the workers are installing the cabinets.

Paint in the Guest Bedroom


Paint in the Piano Room

Cabinets Delivered

More Cabinets Delivered

Cabinets Installed in Guest Bathroom

Paint and Stained Beams in Family Room

Paint and Stained Beams in Family Room 

Cabinets in Laundry Room

Some Cabinets Installed in Kitchen

Underlayment of Tile in Guest Shower Area

Paint in Den with Materials

Friday, July 5, 2013

More Progress on Melody

Several things were going on in the last couple weeks at Melody Drive. The drywallers finished mudding and sanding the walls, and now they are very smooth.  The texturing is very slight, and we are happy that it's not as "bumpy" as the old walls in Ahwatukee were.  The stucco company made good progress both on the brown coat of the house and the plastering of the retaining wall around the driveway.  The painters started their prep work inside, with the first stain of the interior doors and starting with calking and taping off.  The finish carpenter began laying out the shelves in the pantry and building out the closets in the bedrooms.  It's all coming together quite nicely!

Kitchen Taped Off And Mudded


Kitchen View Toward West


Jungle of Scaffolding


Family Room Taped Off


Driveway Retaining Wall Plaster Coat


View of Brown Coat on West Side


Upper Driveway Retaining Wall Plaster


Interior Doors Waiting for Stain Coat


More Interior Door Waiting for Stain


Interior Doors with First Stain Coat


George Checks out The Stain


Measuring the Light On The Patio


Doors Stained and Drying in the Kitchen