All covered up

Now that the floors have been finished, we need to protect them for the next phase of the interior build - the trim and paint.  Mick, my trusty painter, was in today to protect those floors from all of the activity to come.

Tile accent

We've opted for three blue accent strips in the kids bathroom which look kind of cool.  Fred was in today, working late into the night, to get ahead of the tiling job.

There they are!

So we finally got to see the stairs uncovered today, and they look great.  The first coat of varathane was on by the end of the day... sadly, they'll all be covered up on Monday!

What to do?

We had a bunch of stain options for the clients to review this morning... but they took one look at the natural colour of the floors and stairs and decided to go au naturel!  It's a great decision as I think the stairs and floor will flow nicely in the natural red oak colour.

Columns and porch

The hardwood guys finished this morning and began sanding the floors.  Meanwhile, Juvenal was in to work on the exterior porch and columns, as well as install the back stairs.  Once the columns get painted the exterior will be near completion.

Freddy slips in at night

My tile setter, Freddy, is awesome.  He has a real sense for schedule and never wants to disrupt the other trades.  Well, while the flooring continued downstairs, nobody saw Freddy sneak in and finish all of the tiled floors on the second floor.  Very stealthy Fred!

Down to the main floor

The installers are cooking along.  The first floor is half done.  I love when the floor goes in as  you can really get a feel for what the space is going to look like at this point.  Looking good.