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living room pix

A couple of quickie pictures of the living room, painted and with a better floor:

This one isn't really about the living room, but you can see why I'm posting it:

almost done

The living room painting is finished. Not much left to do. I'll post pics in the next day or two.

the bathroom counter top

the first bath

Robin had to share her first bath in the new tub:

Boomer likes to play with the water:

And Six shows her true Bengal colors:

bathroom update

I can't walk on the floor at the moment ... still has to dry out ... so these are all taken from variations on the same angle. It's probable that we'll be able to use the bathtub and shower tonight. There are a couple of trim details to take care of. And the sink isn't installed yet. Here goes ...

Here's the new corner toilet ... no sitting until tomorrow, although it's OK for standing and peeing. You can see the tiled floor ... it's much shinier in real life, and there are lots of diamond-like thingies in the tiles that don't show up well in this picture. But you get the idea. And the floor has a heater underneath (not hooked up yet, I don't think).

Here is the walk-in shower. The floor in there is heated, as well.

Next, the bath tub:

And finally, a picture of both bathing areas:

more for all you remodel fans

The bathtub is on the left, walk-in shower on the right (the actual shower is on the other side of those glass blocks).

ballad of a remodel

For those of you looking for a house update:

Earlier this evening, I changed my Facebook status to "Steven awaits carnitas and Galactica." After I had partaken of both, I thought to change my status again, and, since I am by now completely obsessed with the BSG/Watchtower thing, I changed my status to reflect a line from tonight's episode: "Steven says there's too much confusion."

Paul, who is in charge of our remodel, doesn't know squat about Battlestar Galactica. But he is a singer and guitar player, and he knows pretty much every song of the 60s and 70s. He also has a Facebook account. When he saw my new status, he wrote the following on my wall (the various names are of the crew who have done the work):

Steven say "there's too much confusion".....

and soon we'll bring some relief,

tile man he, grout my walls....Jason cut the wood,

Michael puts level on the line...... Paul say "Rich that looks good,

hey......all along the remodel, Robin set the view,

while all the kitties came and went, Melvin and Douglas too....

downstairs is a cold existence.. space heaters warmed the air....

the end is soon approachin'...when we can run around bare............

paulie hendrix

bathroom pix

The tiling is coming along nicely. Here is the shower:

And the bathtub:

Meanwhile, cabinets are being set in place:

progress

Quickie from the Treo. I took this picture while sitting on our bedroom floor. The photo probably sux, so take my word for it: the floor is beautiful.

my oscar night

We spent most of the afternoon hanging out at the Emeryville Food Court while our floors were being stained. I told our son that the basement flooding had been remarkably minor, and that our stay down there was reasonably tolerable. So, of course, we came home to a flooded basement, with water in the bathroom and bedroom, among other spots. There is no other working bathroom in the house, so there's no avoiding that room, no matter how wet it gets. We thought about going to a hotel, then decided to sleep in the attic.

As for the Oscars, we watched WALL-E, which Robin hadn't seen. The extent of my Oscar updates came from Charlie's Twitter reports. After our movie, we watched Big Love. Did I miss anything?