| September 17—More finish details and a critical repair | ||
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I am not sure I showed a picture of the washer and dryer before, but they seem huge in the room, really looming over everything. These are supposed to be the spiffinest things going until you get into the super high-end European washers, so I hope they work as well as touted. | |
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Here are the “Hollywood” lights in my dressing room. They aren’t too bad looking, really, but don’t fit in with the decor at all. | |
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I took this close-up picture of our closet pulls—but in this resolution, I am not sure how effective it is. They are very nice oval-shaped pulls which work well with the interior door knobs. | |
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Here is a close-up of an interior door knob. We were going to get a completely different style, but when we saw the actual knobs, they didn’t look so hot. These were handsome and also surprisingly comfortable to use. | |
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After all the to-ing and fro-ing about the can trims, here is the “Wheat Haze” trim. It does give a warmer feel to the ceiling when the lights are out—although the effect is not so apparent in a photo. | |
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Our beautiful chandelier suffered an accident. When the electricians packed it away for safekeeping last time, one of them pushed it too hard into the box and bent the lower element with the little ball. The ball was partially broken away from the rest of the lamp and the ball itself deformed with a few of the seams sprung. I called the company in New Mexico where I purchased it and they said that we could send it back for repairs, but the shipping is quite costly and perhaps there was someone in our area who could mend it. I called around to several welding companies in the area and found a couple who thought they might be able to fix it. |
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Meanwhile, I told our sheet metal subcontractor about my problem to see if he knew anyone who could fix it. When he found out that the chandelier was made from tin, he thought he could do it. He had the largest, propane-fired soldering iron I have ever seen—at least 3' long—with a hot element that must be an inch thick. Somehow, he managed to use this monstrous, ungainly tool to mend the chandelier. When he was three-quarters through, Kai found a small iron on his truck which made the final work much easier. We will need to shine up the solder with steel wool so it is shiny and doesn’t show as much. Anyway, our sheet metal guy came through like the hero he is! |
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Here is the range hood after all Jim’s work. | |
| To see progress from September 19th, click here | ||
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