About 10 years ago, I was heavily involved in building out our office space in San Francisco (about 96,000 square feet). This is in a large downtown office tower and it was bare concrete floors and completely empty floor to ceiling on 4.5 floors – so about 22K square feet per floor. Our architects were great and the space came out very nice while still being cost effective. An interesting take away I got from that experience is that EVERYTHING is a decision and those decisions build on each other – like dribbling sand at the beach to make a dribble castle. Every decision is dependent on the small little decisions that you made earlier. We are at a stage now on my house project that this is really clear
Not a whole lot has obviously happened since the last post – but things are staged for an explosion of obvious progress. Specifically, take a look at the photos below.
Blue tape is on the cabinets showing where the door pulls will be. Dribble-dribble. The I-Beam is now in place (temporarily tacked down with generic screws). Each cut, mount hole, size of the plate, the under beam mounting blocks were things that we discussed and mulled over and finally made a decision about – all oriented on how to give good leg room under the counter surface while still providing the support needed for the counter itself – and look good? Dribble-dribble. This is not a unique or an original observation obviously – but it struck me particularly yesterday when I was visiting just because there are so many decisions that have been taken but not fully put into action on display.
Things that are prepped and pending
- A lot of the appliances have arrived – the dishwasher and cooktop are in the house (still in their boxes)
- The door pulls are marked out
- The master bath tiling looks about to start (materials are here).
- Plumbing fixtures are showing up and getting prepped
- Light fixtures are onsite and ready for installation
- Templates have been made for the counter tops (cutouts for the sink, cooktop etc…) and the counter tops are in progress
- Surface treatment (3 coats ultimately) is partially complete – the bedrooms are at 2 coats, main public area is at 1 coat
All in all – there should be a lot of good stuff show off soon – built off of all the little prep work that Paul and his team have been putting so much effort into these past few weeks. The house is looking just fantastic 🙂
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- Island with I-Beam temporarily tacked down
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- End view showing the relief on the end of the beam to try and ease any bumps to the knee while sitting at the island
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- Detail of the attachment of the support plate. This is a key feature which will provide support to the Quartz manufactured stone counter top surface, allowing for significant overhang
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- Another view of the island. Note the floor – this is the first coat of the surface treatment
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- Kitchen view from the living room. The blue tape indicates the locations of the handles / door pulls on the cabinets.
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- Light fixtures have arrived. Track lighting, wall sconces, bathroom vanity and the under counter stuff. Hubbardton Forge stuff for the win!
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- Guest bedroom. I was trying for a shot that shows what the 2nd floor coat looks like (I think it is the second?). Ultimately the house will have 3 coats – I think the 3rd coat is one of the final steps prior to completion…