floor trim inventing

While we have not done much skiing or snowboarding, the new warm ski helmet came in really handy for a bike ride to the beach this February. K and I were lucky to spend a week at the Cape while Tilt had time to focus on the house.

Just before we left he finished as much trim as he could without the doors. We trimmed in the downstairs with oak boards that were cut off the longer lengths of the timber frame beams. It will be oiled whereas upstairs we decided to paint the trim. It was overall less expensive to buy doors to paint rather than oak doors. It was not our plan initially, but I do like to use paint. It can be changed when the colors lose their appeal. We have more than enough wood surfaces in the downstairs. Especially since the cabinets are going in.

Tilt has built the cabinet bases using ash because we also have ash boards that can be used for the doors. It is a paler colored wood than the oak and the cherry which I expected and a lot of grain which I didn't expect. We have decided to oil them. It will darken over time, the ash beams upstairs have.












The kitchen floor is done. It was a longer process to put the design in it, but it looks good. I have looked at the design on paper and on the floor for so long it doesn't make me say "wow" when I look at it, but I still like it and that is a good sign. Tilt's knees didn't seem too fond of the job, but he is pleased with it.

While Tilt builds, K is inventing things. A big cardboard box has been a hardware store, a trash compactor, a paper recycling plant and a week or so ago Tilt helped him build a marble run out of leftover thin strips of wood. The only downfall to K's building inventions is that small tools like squares, clamps, tape measures and hammers go missing now and then. Oh and the bucket of marbles spilled on the floor is not exactly safe job site practices.

The doors were delivered this week and with some neighbor help we got them loaded into the house. Next up there is tile to do in the upstairs bathroom. We have it all here and ready, though I have a crazy design to figure out of the mosaics first. Then there's hardware, faucets, counter tops, painting and oiling... yikes! It feels so close to move in time yet there is still so much to do.