Progress report -- Week 17.5

Jonathan and I were out of town all last week at a coin show, so I have been swamped and not able to post as much. When we got back, the tile had just been laid and I wasn't able to get into the addition to scope it out. So I'm sure that more was done that I just don't know about yet.

Progress accomplished this week:

--painting in garage and garage study finished
--painting begun in addition
--door frames, window frames, and crown molding installed in addition
--handrail installed in garage stairway
--most interior doors hung in addition, except for fancy special order door for bedroom
--tile put down and grouted in garage bathroom
--tile put down and grouted in addition laundry room/foyer area; status of tile in bathroom unclear because I couldn't get in there to see how much has been done
--fence posts for new fence put in
--telephone line rerouted to or through garage
--replacement whirlpool tub has arrived
--design for built-in bookcases in bedroom settled on
--new bed purchased. Jonathan and I decided to leave our current bed in the upstairs bedroom and let Athena use it when she moves in; this way Isaac can inherit her bunk bed, which he is greatly anticipating, and we'll leave his twin bed in our soon to be new dedicated guestroom. Our current bed is a beautiful antique that belonged to Jon's grandmother, quite huge and ornate, but it is also--to put it delicately--a pain in the butt to make and a bit on the shaky side. So we decided to buy a new bedroom set. I had been visiting the local furniture stores to see what they had, when I spied a nice queen-size sleigh bed with leather padding at one store. (Jon also decided he wanted a bed with a padded headboard given his penchant for sitting in bed early in the morning sipping his coffee.) It was priced at $1849, but the floor sample was a clearance item marked down to $875. The only snag is that it had a "SOLD" sign on it, but I am not easily deterred. Looking at the "sold" sign I noticed that it was dated November 1, so I asked the saleslady if it was possible that the customer was never going to consummate the deal and volunteered that we'd be willing to buy it outright in cash right away. She disappeared and after a few minutes came back and told us that she could sell us the bed, and they were also willing to store it in their warehouse until the addition was completed and ready for move-in. So now all we need to do is find a dresser/bedside table set that's a reasonably close match.

Obstacles encountered this week:

--I wasn't crazy about the paint color on the vaulted ceiling of the addition. We had originally asked to have it match the ceiling color of the rest of our house, but for some reason (the greater amount of windows and thus natural light coming in?) it looked much darker/tanner in the addition. So we're going to have the poor painter repaint the ceiling.
--weather has been too cold/snowy/icy (what else is new?), so we are unable to pour the concrete
--my absence and consequent inability to show exactly where I want the fancy trim to go in the shower has slowed tile work in shower