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The Lake House
lighter:
AC in basement seems to be on the fritze.
On the bright side.... it's been cooler lately and windy.... just beautiful fall weather.,....the basement kitchen cabinets on the wall were hung with the fridge installed today.... all good.
Tomorrow, if things go right, the kitchen island cabinets will go in with a change in plans as the 2 twenty something movers who handled the granite bartop and sink counter stacked them on each other then stepped on them creating 2 crushed breaks..... it's not usable anymore. Going to make an island on one leve, now, and maybe use butcher block countertops from Lowes..... will see. That wasn't a happy thing, but it is what it is. Onward and upward.
In the meantime, the contractor's wife and MIL both apologized for the Contractor's bad mood today. Not sure what it's about, but assuming it's nothign to do with me...... and tomorrow I'll offer him the chance to take off early and come back next week. I miss my kids.... missed oldest DD's birthday today. I want to go home too, believe me.
Nine days straight of work... that;s the excues he gave his MIL. and we work long hard hours. Ummmm....it's been 6 really..... we travelled on the 3rd and didn't do any work... it was about rest bc he'd driven all night and worked for someone else that morning. so he's also exagerating.
::sigh::.
The cool thing is.... I notice when the energy in the room changes and I'm able to catch it and not let it take me with it... down a hole. My nose is off the pebble.
The contractor's demons are his own. Nothing to do with me. We all have issues, but he needs to stop dragging the cabinets around and doing damage to them. Stops tomorrow. You'd think he'd get tired of repairing them, right?
I know my window of tolerance might be opening in one direction, but it's closing in another.
Lighter, signing off for the night.
lighter:
The last 2 shower doors were installed and they're gorgeous. Just so beautiful and a good deal.
I think we're paying less than the showers should cost with an insulated door repair and window replacement added in. He also re attached 2 loose mirrors for me.
The original contractor gave me the glass installer's contact info and I got contractor prices.... it was a nice thing.
We skipped almost 4K in mirror charges by cutting and installing an existing mirror in the master bathroom.
Shifting the master bed to the corner meant we didn't have to add to the wall mirrors in that room.
I'm ready to do a hard edit, clean and set the lake house up for guests.... the Airbnb site is almost finished. Waiting on firepit install and whatever happens with the lawn and landscape. Final interior pics will be fun.... very happy with interior.
My brother's cottage got the green light for Airbnb..... ready to get that site up and running. There's a few projects to get it up to speed and I spoke to the journeyman handling that tonight. Brother has him working on another house requiring it be jacked up so support poles can be cut to proper length.... the're too tall and throw the floor out of whack.
Brother's cottage feels really cozy.... we shifted the bunny bedding from the lake house and it's really really good there. Will use bunny bedding on most of the beds in his other Airbnb for continuity..... maybe use the Heron bedding for the master. Will see.
I'm super excited about the work and finalizing so many things.
That's my update.
Lighter
Hopalong:
Sounds like a good boundary with an employee's private issues, Lighter. You're taking care of yourself and not getting drawn in. Good for you.
Also sounds like you're really enjoying your development projects. It must be so wonderful. I keep daydreaming about a kitchen and/or bath update.
hugs
Hops
lighter:
I'm doing my bathtrooms in December..... and it makes me nauseous bc I'm without plans for them. My head's in two, 3 and 4 other games right now. I forget what tools and colors and numbers go where..... and it makes my stomach feel lurchy.
I'd also like to DO a lot of the work myself.
And I want them to be fantastik.... really good, but that takes time and research and early shopping to get it right AND come in on a budget.
I think all will be OK, though. I really believe that.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
You need a notebook assistant, Lighter, to carry all your ideas around for you! Wouldn't it be nice to have a little helper to be like a bit of extra brain space for you :) Funnily enough that just jogged a memory; someone I was at college with years ago had a holiday job in the family business. Her dad owned a chain of luxury boutique hotels and her job was to go window shopping at high end stores and gather information and samples of furnishings and decorations. Isn't that the best thing? You could do with someone to deal with all the odds and ends so you can get on with the bits you really love, wouldn't that be amazing :) xx
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