Paved Earth

Kitchen remodel Isle of view

hoisumguo — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:35:43 +0000

“Ahoy”, said the sailor, “Island off the port”. The kitchen island has arrived. It took a little over an hour to bring in the ‘fusion quartzite‘ counter-top in to the kitchen and install it. The island turned out a bit darker than I thought, but the island lights still need to be installed. Although there [...]

Kitchen remodel granite countertops oh my

hoisumguo — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:29:01 +0000

After a small pause during which the new wood floor coatings dried, the first set of granite countertops has arrived. The Emerald Pearl countertops with sink were installed today. The island slab is due to arrive tomorrow. The island has been prepared with extra base and reinforcing bars for support, as the design has no [...]

Kitchen remodel And then there was wood floors

hoisumguo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:02:42 +0000

Initially I thought there wasn’t anything done today, as had been for the previous hand full of days. The majority of this misconception was due to laziness, as I chose to peek through the small hole in the dust barrier instead of simply opening the door. From the perspective of the peep hole, one cannot [...]

Kitchen remodel cabinets galore

hoisumguo — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:06:19 +0000

Yesterday was cabinet install day. The cabinets were delivered and stored in the kitchen and some amount of installation was done, but it was difficult to take pictures due to the excess floorspace being used as storage. But as of today all the cabinets are up and installed, as well as the center island has [...]

New age of Hipstamatic

hoisumguo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:11:52 +0000

My friend recently introduced me to an iPhone app called ‘Hipstamatic’. This is an app that mimics the old style cameras, with interchangeable lenses, and film borders. So far it’s been quite a bit of fun, and produces quaint photos. One of the only drawbacks of the operation of the app, is that the momentarily [...]

Kitchen remodel paint by numbers

hoisumguo — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:06:22 +0000

So today the first coat of paint went up and the room is finally starting to define itself. It’s the first room of color that we’ve had in the house, as we are a very white wall family. But despite our antiseptic tendencies, we are very much liking the new look. Hopefully the rest of [...]

Kitchen remodel mud,paste and the temporary kitchen

hoisumguo — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:56:25 +0000

Not a lot of change today, just the sprucing up of the walls and ceiling with mud. Still moving towards looking like a building project vs a room of destruction. I find it interesting how much a difference a little mud over the drywall joints and holes makes in the general appearance of the room. [...]

Kitchen remodel patch the walls

hoisumguo — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:45:15 +0000

Skipped quite a few days as it was mostly electrical work and various odds and ends. Very hard to see unless I do close ups of non-descript wire. But now at least the walls are patched back up and it looks less like it was ransacked by the wrecking crew. Hopefully at this point with [...]

D-day for iPhone 4

hoisumguo — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:19:01 +0000

Today is the “D-day” for iPhone 4 release. Many orders have already started arriving by mail as of yesterday, but today is the pickup day for Apple stores. The question is how interesting is it? Do you go early and wait for store open and hope the lines are not too bad or that you [...]

Kitchen remodel first teardown

hoisumguo — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:33:43 +0000

It’s always odd to see something that one is familiar with in complete teardown. The strange smell of old timber and cellulose insulation is somewhat either reminiscent of either history or just dust. Strange how empty and soulless a room feels when it’s been dismantled…