Tag: Sia Supi Havosi
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After Wake Surfing
Day’s end. After wake surfing… I’m overcome with gratitude as we head home following an end-of-day, end-of-weekend, end-of-yard-sale wake surf. Thank you. Thank you, Susan, Denise, John, and Cheri, for joining us in a colossal re-homing extravaganza (aka “yard sale”) for Essex Day. Thank you, Pam, Tony, Supi, Glen, and Peter for helping us pull…
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Yard Sale on Essex Day
Jumbo yard sale tomorrow! Amid the rainy, muddy mess we took a break from carpentry and painting and stone wall building to prepare for our big yard sale this Saturday, August 5 from 9-4 and Sunday, August 6 from 10-12. That’s right, we will be hosting a recycling sale this weekend to coincide with Essex…
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Move-In Begins
At last, icehouse move-in begins! We’re not yet 100% finished with the icehouse rehab, but we’re close. Really, really close. Inside, at least. Outside, less so. Plenty of hardscaping and landscaping still in the works. But the interior is super close. I need to put the finishing touches on my loft cabinetry, and Peter needs…
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Post-Construction Sitework Begins
Yes, the rainstorms continue to batter us. A nice day yesterday – a welcome reprieve that permitted us to squeeze in some boating during my niece’s visit — but by this afternoon the inundation had resumed. Not super helpful on the same day that post-construction sitework begins… It’s a welcome site to have Bob Kaleita…
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Grateful, Part II
Another worrisome day as Lake Champlain water level continues to rise. Hoping it’ll crest soon, and we can return to midsummer jolliness. Until I can celebrate *THAT* good news, I’ll elevate my spirits with a sequel to yesterday’s “Grateful, Part I” (which suffered premature abbreviation when I ran out of time.) Peter joined us last…
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Finishing Floor & Staircase
Finishing, not finished. Yet. But soon. I hope! The icehouse main floor and staircase are slinking slowly toward completion. Sashaying? No. Sauntering. Slowly sauntering. But at last I can say that we’re finishing the floor and the staircase in Rosslyn’s icehouse. We’ve been using Safecoat® Polyureseal BP to seal our hardwood floors for about twenty…
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High Up High Five
Supi and Matt, high up atop scaffold, stop to celebrate their progress. Or the view? High Five!
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West Elevation Doorway Installed
I’m thrilled to showcase the icehouse’s west facade with new double doors flanked with full-height side lites. What a transformation. With the west elevation doorway installed we’re approaching the point where reality resembles Tiho’s renderings. Remember that west elevation drawing Tiho created to help the team visualize where we were headed? The image below captures…
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Windowing
Remember our upside down, inside out window installation plan? Repeated delays during the window ordering process combined with a looong, slooow fabrication and delivery schedule compelled us to invert the standard installation sequence. Instead of installing windows and doors first, then siding the exterior and interior, and then trimming everything in, we flip-flopped windows/doors and…
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Concrete Slab Finale
We’ve bookended our concrete work for the icehouse rehab with last autumn’s foundation and slab and concluding with a concrete slab finale for the hot tub and the mini split. And I am going to let the photos. Tell the story since today’s post is best narrated with a photo essay. But first we celebrate…
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Hot Tub Wiring
Many new and exciting thresholds crossed today. Supi, Calvin, and Tony started the stone hardscape project. Peter and Justin installed the columns and book matched ash transition upon which they rest. We finalized the shower glass order, and we *almost* finalized the coffee bar countertop stone. Eric arrived at the halfway point in the bathroom…
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Nickel Gapping
Almost one month ago, on March 19, I shared a T&G nickel gap progress report. Needless to say, I was bullish at the time. It had taken a while to make the transition to interior paneling, but once we started, I was optimistic that we’d make swift progress. That was then. It turns out that…