Workman Central
Today is the day much work gets done on our renovation project. We have an electrician rewiring the new bathroom, adding a small electric baseboard heater for winter time, and installing a couple of lights. And the plumber, who was here yesterday and installed our tub, is back to finish up the job…get the sink pipes ready, add the toilet pipe stuff, and hook up our two hot water heaters in series.
Getting the work done is great…anticipating the bill is not. I’m going for the max end of what the plumber said all this work would cost. So I’m not shocked. What would really suck is if he went OVER that max amount. Then I’d probably be crying in a corner.
Once these big pieces of the project are done, we can go to town on other aspects of finishing this project. My husband has to finish up some new drywall, add some trim to a brand new window, put in the ‘fake’ tile floor, and then we can paint. The final piece of the bathroom will be the countertop install which happens early next week.
Then, we have a carpet cleaner coming in to salvage this well-used carpet. After that, we can start placing furniture.
Yesterday I spent a pretty penny on some necessary pieces for the room. We are lucky that we live near a couple of furniture manufacturer outlet places. I got a deal on a loveseat/sofabed, these nifty leather box-shaped ottomans that will be used as a coffeetable and/or footrests, and a couple of chairs for a table we will have in this new space.
I still need to buy two nightstands, some lamps, an end table, artwork, and accessories. I would also like to find a padded bench or large ottoman type thing to put at the end of the bed we will have in there. And I’m hoping to find some of these items tomorrow.
Nice to see everything FINALLY coming together. We’ve been wanting to do this project for four long years. What a relief it will be when we are done. Everything else we want to do to the house will be cosmetic stuff…taking down more wallpaper, putting in some new carpet/flooring. But no more major plumbing! YIKES!