Slacker!

Haven't I been a slacker in posting blog entries!  you know what's happened since i last wrote?
-we drywalled (well -- when i say we -- i mean they)
    -- for the most part sebastian and co did a good job.  a few places that could have been a bit more thought out -- and will take a little creativity to frame on our (or ben's part).  cost for labour for this part (drywalling and mudding and sanding) was about 3x the cost of drywall.  hopefully that sounds reasonable.

-we mudded and sanded (again, they)

-we primed and painted (really we -- and it freakin' hurts to paint ceilings!) - first a white primer coat and then a coat of chantilly lace -- at andi's insistance

-we floored - first ikea laminate
      -- at $1.49 a square foot, it was a deal.  i think it looks amazing.  the floor wasn't as level as we would have liked -- but we couldn't afford to lose the head space  -- so we couldn't level it all to the highest part.  so we just went with what we had and hoped for the best.  we were laying over vinyl.  we used a foam layer of underpadding from ikea (which really takes the cost over $1.49 a sq ft - but i'm ignoring that for now :}) and used some flooring itself as well as cardboard and gravel to fix local unevenness.  sounds crazy -- but it seems to have worked out.  that being said -- it's only been down there for 2 weeks with barely any traffic.  i'll let you know in a year!

-we floored again - marble tile for the entrance way.  i'm not totally sure what we were thinking.  but we got some discount marble tile from tilemart (i think that's where we went) and isaac went ahead and laid them.  looks pretty snazzy if you ask me!

-we made the last layer of the shower pan.  the shower pan has been a complicated story.  i'll write it up the next time (when i include more pics of these last steps!).  but let it be said that we just did the deck mud layer -- meaning, we can tile next!  and isaac's getting to be a pretty good tiler .....