Renovation - Week 23

Things are getting close to done!

The electrician was in and we have power everywhere. So now we're can work after dark!

The HVAC guys are getting the heating hooked up. The manifold for distributing the hot water is a totally cool bit of piping! What kills me is that the HVAC guys do all this plumbing and electrical work setting up the system, but they're not allowed to hook it up to the water or electricity because they're not plumbers or electricians. Gotta love unions!

The walls are primed and we're starting to paint. We decided to save ourselves a bunch of tough work and had the pros do the ceiling, but we'll do the walls. So far we've done our bedrooms. Emma wants a room with pink, purple, blue and white. We've settled on a pink ceiling with purples walls. The trim and doors will be white and we'll get a bunch of blue vinyl dots that she can stick wherever she likes.

For now we're only doing the pink and purple. We took her paint shopping, and much to our relief, she chose very light shades of pink and purple. Then we painted.... The frickin' room glows because the colour is so intense. It oozes into the hallway and tints everything you look at. Oh well, it is the room of a five year old, and she loves it.

As for next week - we move in! The house won't be ready, but we'll have power, heat, water and a roof over our heads. So it's a pretty good place to start.