I love that the bathtub came pre-loaded with a dead body wrapped in a rug.

Amazing!

thecr4ne wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:37 am I love that the bathtub came pre-loaded with a dead body wrapped in a rug.

Now that's funny. (shhh!)

Flooring is down, and damn she’s a fine one. Sand and seal with a proper homie next week while they trim out downstairs.

That floor is stunning.

Frankie99 wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:06 am That floor is stunning.

It's really gonna look great when all coated up. They actually did a pretty shitty job of installing it, so we much of January was "what do we do now, tear out and re-do? LVP (vinyl?) and they eat it? Just coat it well and pray?" - we're coating it and praying. Guess we'll see.

Fireplace build (upstairs) was shit too, so I had them tear that down and i'm having my guys re-do it as we speak. Subcontractors, man. That was a heavy convo.

Very hectic last month or so. But, ONWARD!

Wood Stove #2 finally installed. This was ordered well over a year ago, back when it all began. How time flies. Blaze King, beloved by the wood burning nerds I found from some digging around on some old school, 90’s esque message board. Looks killer. Getting there!

house33 by gonzo chicago, on Flickr

Wow!

Poker table sorted. When you coming to school us, Steve?



New fireplace build. It was a tough few weeks, and a long story, but the original subcontractor’s work was terrible, logistically and aesthetically. I sat down the business owner and for the first time in this whole process, said “no, sorry, it’s nowhere near good, we’re tearing it down, and I’m not paying for it.” This is a rough conversation, but my experience from Chicago took over immediately, and they really had no recourse to that. Happy to have good side crew to back me up, and they made quick work of doing it the right way. Final product looks amazing. Countertops this week? LFG.

Glad you got the fireplace in the shape you wanted and expected. Gotta say it’s been a real joy following this thread and watching this beautiful thing come to fruition.

That is an epic fireplace.

Yeah, that fireplace isn't centered with respect to those beams. I'mma need you to tear it down and redo it again.