Monday - 9/28/09

Today is a holiday - no work allowed in the building :-(

Friday - 9/25/09

We have tile on the bathroom floor!

And here is part of the tile on the kitchen floor...

Thursday - 9/24/09

Slowly but surely!

Note the boxes for the stove and the fridge...

Wednesday - 9/23/09

The bathroom walls are being tiled! Here is part of the shower, a classic 3"x6" subway tile with a marble weave accent:

Tuesday - 9/22/09

Here are some pictures with paint on the walls in the living room:

This is the bedroom painted "Italian Ice Green":

And the shower walls are finally enclosed and the lead pan installed - ready for tiling!

Monday - 9/21/09

We passed the DOB plumbing inspection this morning! We can (finally) proceed with closing up the bathroom walls and tiling...

Hopefully some new pictures tomorrow.

Friday - 9/18/09

We are up to painting and mouldings in all rooms except the bathroom...

Primed French doors, walls, and mouldings:

New baseboards (plumbing valve will be covered soon):
Living room window:
Partial partition next to kitchen door (counter will be behind it):
Bedroom/hallway window with trim and baseboards:

We picked the wall colors last night!

Thursday - 9/10/09

We finally have new pictures to post and lots of progress has been made!

All the hardwood flooring is installed. It will be sanded and finished once we get most of the plastering and painting done.

All of the windows are now installed and the jambs and sills have been installed on the living room and bedroom windows. The windows look even better when the rough masonry is covered!

Below is a picture of the rough plaster for the cove molding in the living room. This plaster molding is being done by hand to match the original molding on the other three walls in the living room.

Here is a view looking from the living room towards the kitchen. The hot and cold water risers are finally covered (they are in the column on the right).

This picture is in the kitchen where steam riser piping is being covered up.

Thursday - 9/10/09

We will be delayed once again, this time waiting for the DOB to re-inspect the plumbing. They are scheduled to come on 9/21/09 and if everything passes we will be able to tile and install fixtures in the bathroom.

Pictures will be posted soon of the progress in the rest of the apartment.

Tuesday - 9/8/09

True to our name, we've moved again! Now we're temporarily living out in Roslyn, Long Island.

We couldn't work in the apartment on Monday due to the holiday but everyone is back in there today.

More pictures to come later...

Wednesday - 9/2/09

We finally made some progress on the bathroom walls today! The voids around the new plumbing were filling in with Structo-Lite and the water hammers were installed on the supply lines for the sink and toilet. Tomorrow the cement board will go on these walls.

Today the plumber also cut back the hot water riser that used to stick out into the hallway. That gains us another 6" of width in the hall!

And the flooring continued in the living room as well...

Tuesday - 9/1/09

They started installing the new 4" solid maple flooring yesterday. It already looks beautiful...even without sanding and finishing! Aside from its natural beauty, we chose maple because it is a domestic hardwood and harvested sustainably. This particular wood came from Wisconsin.

We will be able to start closing up the bathroom walls very soon...

Monday - 8/31/09

The month of August has flown by!

Work continues to progress in the apartment. Here the drywall and the french doors on the bedroom are installed and ready for plaster and trim.

The table saw, nail gun, and compressor showed up yesterday so flooring is in the near future!

Here is a shot looking into the bedroom, with the walk-in closet door in the back.

The ceiling and upper parts of the bathroom walls are starting to look flat and smooth!