6 weeks in

How difficult is it for me to wrap my head around the fact that we're 6 weeks into reconstruction? It's extremely difficult!

The painters, as promised, finished their monumental task last week. I can't even begin to explain how amazing the house looks! The guys did more than just paint. They sanded, caulked, primed, sanded more, edged, trimmed (no, not the lawn!) and they even pressure washed (see last post!). It would have taken Dave and I probably the rest of 2012 to basically paint the house, let alone all of the prep work that was done.

You see the picture above? That's the Reading Room. It's gorgeous and now the best part of the house! Well, it was always one of the best parts of the house, but now the paint scheme makes it even more so. We're in 'negotiations' with each other on what to exactly do with this room. I will always recommend RePaint Florida to anyone looking to hire painters. These guys were great!

So far this week, John ran the power out to the bar. As he was reading current housing code, it's standard to have power to any freestanding island/bar. We hadn't planned on running wire out to the island, as it added some unexpected and not needed expense, but, to be up to code, we had to. *facepalm*

Secondly, the shower in the master bath has been started, and I'm impressed. We went from dazed and confused in Floor and Decor, and now we have the start of a custom shower stall. It dawned on me yesterday that we're going to need 3 new shower curtains, new towels, rugs and other misc 'stuff'. OMG! I literally dreamed about shower curtains last night, and spent my entire lunch break scouring the internet for shower curtains. I need to get out more, don't you think?!

Our next big step should be the parquet floor. Oh, that poor floor! What was supposed to be an 'easy' project seems to be turning into a complicated task. Between the water damaged areas as well as the long trench dug into it today, I'm going to be quite interested to see how it comes out. The flooring contractors are awaiting some products they need to start working, and once those products come in, they'll be in the Camelot flooring business! Let's just hope they can fix the places that were ruined!