Remodeling Slipping Acres
Not this blog - although god knows it needs a facelift too - the real place. We're finally getting around to starting the home improvements we've wanted for some time. If there's any interesting, or amusing ancedotes, you know where to find them.
First up is adding a sunroom. We signed up a contractor to add a 16' x 22' sunroom. We're thinking of this as our music conservatory - at least that sounds better than some sunday supplement fern bar sunroom. House concerts should be much easier to stage in there - with pre and post show consumables on the adjoining patio.
The building permit was approved yesterday. the sunroom will be out back, off the current family room (CFR). The CFR will morph into the new kitchen. Maybe I should put up some before, during and after pics.
In addition to these two sub-projects, we are also installing new wood floors, renovating both bathrooms, finishing off the attic above the garage (for visiting zombies, who need to overnight in seclusion), installing a new audio and video system/infrastructure (more on that later) and miscellaneous landscaping and architectural stuff.
This week, several of the contractors are coming in to do preliminary measuring and general idea spinning. The kitchen guy, Deb & I have already begun coming up with general layout and design ideas. Now we get the plumbing & electrical contractors to see how insane they are. Landscaper can start on a few things, in parallel with the inside work and he'll be meeting us this week as well.
We are going to try to live here while the sawdust flies. I wonder how that will fly.
Friday, the home entertainment designer (HED) shows up. This could be interesting. Currently, we have a pretty unusual audio setup. Part of the failed music dotcom experience was inheriting a 24 channel mixing board, monitors and other assorted audio recording equipment. I've been using that, in conjunction with Denon components, as our primary home music system. It adds 'whimsy' to the living room, don't you think? Well, Deb's been very patient with me, so now it's time to figure out a better way to hide all this stuff, while still being able to use it. That's where the HED will come in handy. I think it sounds pretty excellent as is, but hey, if he insists we upgrade to MacIntosh, I just can't ignore him, can I?
We probably will also look into some sort of new TV thing. I think watching the boob tube is detrimental and mindless. It's an invasive mono-cultural tool. But, I have few morals and less pride - what the frick. Besides, those plasma panel screens are orgasmic fields of color. Maybe I can get one of those DVDs of an aquarium (then, when no one is around, put on Zoolander).
My salvation from the material world. There's such a fine line between paradox and hypocrisy.
Not this blog - although god knows it needs a facelift too - the real place. We're finally getting around to starting the home improvements we've wanted for some time. If there's any interesting, or amusing ancedotes, you know where to find them.
First up is adding a sunroom. We signed up a contractor to add a 16' x 22' sunroom. We're thinking of this as our music conservatory - at least that sounds better than some sunday supplement fern bar sunroom. House concerts should be much easier to stage in there - with pre and post show consumables on the adjoining patio.
The building permit was approved yesterday. the sunroom will be out back, off the current family room (CFR). The CFR will morph into the new kitchen. Maybe I should put up some before, during and after pics.
In addition to these two sub-projects, we are also installing new wood floors, renovating both bathrooms, finishing off the attic above the garage (for visiting zombies, who need to overnight in seclusion), installing a new audio and video system/infrastructure (more on that later) and miscellaneous landscaping and architectural stuff.
This week, several of the contractors are coming in to do preliminary measuring and general idea spinning. The kitchen guy, Deb & I have already begun coming up with general layout and design ideas. Now we get the plumbing & electrical contractors to see how insane they are. Landscaper can start on a few things, in parallel with the inside work and he'll be meeting us this week as well.
We are going to try to live here while the sawdust flies. I wonder how that will fly.
Friday, the home entertainment designer (HED) shows up. This could be interesting. Currently, we have a pretty unusual audio setup. Part of the failed music dotcom experience was inheriting a 24 channel mixing board, monitors and other assorted audio recording equipment. I've been using that, in conjunction with Denon components, as our primary home music system. It adds 'whimsy' to the living room, don't you think? Well, Deb's been very patient with me, so now it's time to figure out a better way to hide all this stuff, while still being able to use it. That's where the HED will come in handy. I think it sounds pretty excellent as is, but hey, if he insists we upgrade to MacIntosh, I just can't ignore him, can I?
We probably will also look into some sort of new TV thing. I think watching the boob tube is detrimental and mindless. It's an invasive mono-cultural tool. But, I have few morals and less pride - what the frick. Besides, those plasma panel screens are orgasmic fields of color. Maybe I can get one of those DVDs of an aquarium (then, when no one is around, put on Zoolander).
My salvation from the material world. There's such a fine line between paradox and hypocrisy.
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