Stop! Go! Water damage!

Have I really not posted in 5 days? What a week this has been! A week of stop and go's...

All of the popcorn is off of the ceiling, the master bath has been walled in, wallpaper is history and the drywall is now up. This week was the turning point- where we moved from tear down phase to rebuild phase. We spent Wednesday evening at BW3's, rekindling an old time honored tradition of 'celebrating' large purchases at Lowe's. You see, when we did Housemageddon two and a half years ago on the Lake Howell house, we'd find ourselves at B-dubs each night we spent a ton of money on supplies at Lowe's. It only felt right to ease the pain of writing the check for cabinets at our favorite pain-killing spot. Cabinets will be here in 4 weeks, around April 27th.vWith that huge task taken care of, we're cleared for smooth sailing, right? WRONG.

We went over to the house this morning to see what the workers had gotten done on Thursday and Friday. We were happy to see that the knock down is done (and still drying) on the ceiling and the orange peel done on the walls. The room(s) look fantastic! I'm still shocked to see that the addition of drywall and texture actually makes the space look bigger, not smaller. Unfortunately, within about 2 minutes of being in the house, we realized there were some small puddles of water on the visqueen and that some water had gotten through small holes in the plastic and had warped the wood flooring underneath. SON OF A...! We've been planning on keeping the parquet flooring and refinishing it, but after this water 'incident', I'm not sure what's going to happen- there's probably a 3'x3' square of floor that's been damaged. Our contractor brought over some fans and a dehumidifier, but I'm not sure if that's going to help. *sigh*

We had planned on spending a majority of the day painting, but unfortunately, seeing the damaged floor really took the wind out of our sails. Instead, we bought the sink and faucet for the kitchen (Local friends: IF you are in the market for any kind of sinks/tubs/faucets/etc, go to Sink Outlet in Longwood. It's a small, independent store and the guy that owns it is great). We looked at some granite (OMG, the colors!) and then went to Floor & Decor to look at tile for the master shower.

What an overwhelming experience that was! All we're doing is one small shower and I felt like the whole balance of the world rested in our hands with choosing the tile for it. Porcelain? Ceramic? Travertine? Bullnose? Decorative accents? Corner seat? OY VEY! Seeing that we've never re-done a bathroom shower before, this was a bit much to handle. Luckily we weren't afraid to ask for answers, and we got some great direction. You could probably spend a day in that store and not be able to go through all of the choices and combinations that you could make. Dave and our contractor will go back later in the week and confirm that John will be able to do the design we picked out.

So, as I sit in the 'hole' that our poor little house on Lake Howell has turned into, I'm wondering how in the world we are going to get all the work done? Packing. Packing. Painting. Packing. Painting. All the P's! What I need is more 'People'. Anyone know how to clone themselves?