Day 75 April 30

After the weekend’s partial floor installation, we were intending to level and finish the rest of the flooring in the foyer by the end of the week. But the more David thought about it, the less he felt like we would have the time to do it with him working and not getting back until the evening. We would want to get it all down at once, so that would mean killing ourselves until probably midnight one of these nights to finish it. Our countertops won’t even come in for a couple more weeks, so after some careful consideration, we agreed to forego finishing the floor until the following weekend after David gets back from a work week in Houston.

So with that news, all my days work was gone! No, not really. During the second consecutive beautiful day (we all could get used to these days) I brought the table saw, horses and table top outside. I then moved other stuff around to clear the floor so I could clean it and start evaluating its levelness. I marked a few spots and had David confirm when he got home. He was noticing some larger dips and brought a long piece of trim to confirm. With that came a spontaneous solution that I think will work great! I’m tempted to take credit for it but it was David’s brilliant idea. We decided we’ll fill in where the dip is and then with each of us on one side, slide the trim along to make it level with the high parts. And it isn’t a problem ruining a piece of trim because we have some extra from a door divider we removed. Perfect!

I also got to sanding the loft wall one last time and feel it’s ready for paint tomorrow! I definitely will not miss the day when we are finished with mudding and sanding. Well that’s probably not the most realistic with our ideas for other areas of the house, but I’d be happy with at least a break for bit.