Monday, May 10, 2010
Paint and flooring
Quarter inch cork gets rolled out in preparation for the tigerwood flooring. Just the cork made a huge difference in the noise transmission between the bedrooms and the dining/living rooms below. We now have to yell really loud (WHERE'S THE TAPE MEASURE!!)
Here's the cork in the master bedroom. You'll have to just look at the paint colors as the floor goes in. This is a brushed suede look that has a slight hint of minerals that glisten. Doesn't show much in photographs. If you click twice on this picture (and some of the other masterbedroom pictures) you will see some white dots on the walls. Those are the tiny crystals reflecting the camera flash. Funky.
The paper over the cork isn't necessary as a vapor barrier, but the installers said that it made sliding the wood around so much easier that they wanted to use it.
The pieces of the puzzle get put together.
The stair landing got an inset of tigerwood. Tigerwood treads are $125 each. Red oak is $25 each. So the stairs are red oak and the tigerwood on the landing gets you ready for the upstairs, which is all tigerwood.
The hallway. The vent cover is from Ebay. Yes, that's a pushbutton light switch. On the other side of the door will be the ceiling speaker control. The hallway is a light tangerine and the bedroom is a pastel minty green. Much more Miami Vice than we expected. That's the solar tube light in the hallway. Once again, glad I put that in. Highly recommended.
Master bedroom with Ebay light fixture. Double click on the picture and you can see the cast iron architectural "stars" that are used to bolt the knee beams to the concrete walls. Just to the right of the light is one of the ceiling speakers.
Here's the gable end window in the master bedroom. The windows open flat against the walls and a little bumper on the knee beam keeps the window handles from actually contacting the plaster walls.
Here's the doghouse dormer window in the spare bedroom. Ultimately, built in cabinetry will keep the window from hitting the attic ceiling valley rafter.
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