In February, the bamboo was installed in Steve's man cave.
Then about a week later, the carpet would be installed. But first, George confirmed what Steve already suspected.... The solid wood door to his man cave was warped to the point of no return. We were 3 days from the carpet installation, and so it was do it now or forever hold our peace (else lots of mess on new carpet and you want the carpet install to be done correctly). Off to the Gnome Despot ....at 8pm... to buy a new door.
George wanted to get an exterior door because it's metal (so it won't warp) and because it's insulated by design (insulate from sound coming out of the room). We were on the hunt for a 28" door. There was not one. The smallest door was 30". Seriously?!
So we inquired... How long and what would it cost to have a custom 28" door made? Well, it wouldn't be paneled so it wouldn't match any other doors in the basement - this drives George's sense of detail and construction fashion bonkers, it would take 3-4 weeks to get, and it would cost more than double than a stock door.
Forget that. George said he'd make a 30" door fit. I wasn't going to ask how. So buy a 30" door we did.
And he did. He took one of the framing 2x4s out, and voila... The 2 inches we needed to make a 30" door fit.
The carpet was installed correctly, and we finally had a room to love.
The kids ran around the support poles for 20 minutes straight. They needed not one toy, just the space to run.
In this picture, off to the back left, there are 2 white doors. Those are custom doors that George made to cover our electrical panel. Those ROCK. He did an awesome job with those! This was after he had to fix the framing that the electrician installing the generator cut rather goofy to install the required resistors.... That's another story altogether.
George finished the laundry room details and the bathroom, Steve and I finished installing the electrical sockets and structured wiring drops, and then it was time to bring stuff back in!
I gave to Eleanor and Sonny (our awesome daycare provider) 80% of the kids' toys that were being stored in the garage. That way, she could pick through any age appropriate things she may want for the younger kids she has and/or give them to those children's parents if they want them. So amazingly, not THAT many toys came back in. They just happen to be messy toys, e.g. blocks that can be strewn everywhere!!!
Today, my cousin Parris sent us six (6) guys to help,us move our stuff back in. Six!!! Parris is the best!! Plus It was a gorgeous 72 degree day... Maybe a good sign for once...?
We did NOT send everything back inside. In fact, probably half of what was out there still is! So it's time to borrow a truck and do a few Goodwill and dump runs! But we can get compact cars into the 2 garage bays that were being occupied by stuff and construction junk.
So tonight we are unpacking, sucking up stink bugs that were hibernating in our boxes if they happened to pop open, and can barely believe our eyes that we are FINALLY here!!
Now to start dreaming up the next project......... Or not. :-)
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