Monthly Archives: April 2008

As already mentioned, we went into Redmond today (Saturday) to Contract Furnishings Mart to look at carpet for the media room and also for the new library.  We like the carpet by Hibernia Woolen Mills and have almost narrowed it … Continue reading →

On Friday the Aga dude came to repair the broken light on the Aga and replace the hot plate lid. After doing this he installed the herringbone Runford fireplace surround and the chalet logs and embers, see photo below … … Continue reading →

Several things happened this week.  In temporal order: Internal trim painting completed. Shroud installed above the Aga, extractor hood also installed. Wood trim installed in the TV room. Speakers installed in the family room. Dimmer switches installed. Dishwasher, fridge freezer … Continue reading →

At last my new band saw blade arrived this week and on Saturday I got to mount it on the machine.  I had a slight accident in that I did not put the blade fully onto the band saw wheels … Continue reading →

Here are a couple of pictures of the Aga shroud that has been under construction on our front porch for the last two week.  I knew the saw horses I built would come in handy.  Note the detailed plans (looks … Continue reading →

Today the plumbers are fitting the faucets and plugs to the sinks and plumbing up the appliances which require water feeds, which is most of them.  Tonight our kitchen will be pretty much complete functionality wise.  The gasmen hooked up … Continue reading →

The granite was installed today and finally the kitchen is starting to look complete.  We had 7 separate pieces installed in total – two pieces got joined together to form one long continuous countertop, see if you can spot the … Continue reading →