day 277: lights & laminates

laminate flooring being installed in bedroom 3


flooring complete in bedroom 3


bedroom 2 flooring and wood trim is also installed


closet doors came primed, but they still need to be painted


the HVAC guys have been working all week installing the furnace and this heat pump/air conditioner.


electrician has been steadily progressing through the house.


the ceiling fan in the living room is one of seven fans in the house.


the light shelf in the master bedroom. the hole in the wall will get a return air grill covering it.

day 16: shopping

After stopping by the house and surprising the plumbers, i went with mom and dad to a wholesale flooring place about an hour away. longer if you stop at Starbucks.
We found a porcelain tile to use in the master bathroom. It is a light color like mom wanted, it comes in 12x24 size like dad wanted, and it has a pattern that was acceptable to everyone. price was not so great.
most of our tile was spent looking at a limited selection of slate. We have a small amount of slate already that we hoped to match as close as possible. dad + mom liked the sample pieces we saw, but then hated them after seeing a sample area that was installed in the showroom. i wasn't able to sway them to anything darker or more uniform.

porcelain tile

dark slate

greenish slate

multi-color slate

we laughed because our floors are from the Homer woods, and made by Amish

pendant we laughed at but then liked