I worked from home yesterday as we were having a variety of small repairs done on the house. Since it was a nice day, I took a few quick photos of some recent developments.
Josh moved our old garage door to the side of the house and planted some new
nandina to replace the ones we lost in the renovation.
He also made a cool frame for the house number tiles that our architect's husband brought back from Mexico, and used leftover mortar and grout to secure them in place. Now we just need to hang this by the front door so we can finally get rid of that ugly plywood sign. (see photo above)
Rob showed up a little after 9 am with the
HVAC team. They headed down to the basement to fire up our boiler and test the radiant heating system.
Meanwhile, Rob took care of a our latest batch of punch list items -- little things around the house that weren't working quite right, like the flood lights on the back of the house.
Rob was also nice enough to nail my birdhouse to the post Josh had set up for it in the back yard. This was originally the post that
SAI had set up in front of the house for the electrical box during construction. We saved it and Josh cut it down to size so we could re-use it for the birdhouse. The birdhouse itself was made by John from construction scraps, and I stained it using leftover wood stain from the doors and floors, so it's a 'green' house, too.
Rob finished up around noon and headed back to work at their current project in DC. The
HVAC guys announced that they'd have to come back next week, as there was a small problem that needed to be fixed and the person who knew how to fix it was out of town. They left soon after Rob. Then one of the painters showed up around 1:30 to repair our front door. When we were dog-sitting for Josh's parents a couple weeks ago,
Mikki (the dog) got upset that we left the house without him and scratched up the inside of the front door. Bad dog! Steve W came by a few days later, and when I showed it to him, he said they'd take care of it for us. The painter spent a couple hours sanding, puttying, and re-staining the door, and said he'd have to come back next week to seal it. Good thing I'll be able to start working from home 2 days/week on a regular basis...
Josh moved our old garage door to the side of the house and planted some new nandina to replace the ones we lost in the renovation. 
He also made a cool frame for the house number tiles that our architect's husband brought back from Mexico, and used leftover mortar and grout to secure them in place. Now we just need to hang this by the front door so we can finally get rid of that ugly plywood sign. (see photo above)
Rob showed up a little after 9 am with the HVAC team. They headed down to the basement to fire up our boiler and test the radiant heating system.
Meanwhile, Rob took care of a our latest batch of punch list items -- little things around the house that weren't working quite right, like the flood lights on the back of the house.
Rob was also nice enough to nail my birdhouse to the post Josh had set up for it in the back yard. This was originally the post that SAI had set up in front of the house for the electrical box during construction. We saved it and Josh cut it down to size so we could re-use it for the birdhouse. The birdhouse itself was made by John from construction scraps, and I stained it using leftover wood stain from the doors and floors, so it's a 'green' house, too.
Rob finished up around noon and headed back to work at their current project in DC. The HVAC guys announced that they'd have to come back next week, as there was a small problem that needed to be fixed and the person who knew how to fix it was out of town. They left soon after Rob. Then one of the painters showed up around 1:30 to repair our front door. When we were dog-sitting for Josh's parents a couple weeks ago, Mikki (the dog) got upset that we left the house without him and scratched up the inside of the front door. Bad dog! Steve W came by a few days later, and when I showed it to him, he said they'd take care of it for us. The painter spent a couple hours sanding, puttying, and re-staining the door, and said he'd have to come back next week to seal it. Good thing I'll be able to start working from home 2 days/week on a regular basis...
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