TGIF

Week 2 of the renovation is over and the Tombleson team is making great progress. Mike stopped by at the end of the day today and outlined what will be happening next week. He hopes to have the interior wall framed so that the first inspection can be done by midweek.

We made an appointment for the following week to have the Costco countertop folks come out for a consultation and quote. And we heard from the tile guy! Mark called with some good news. First, he found the grey tile we wanted. It's not the textured tile we had originally wanted but it's actually an 18x18" tile we had selected many years ago on a trip to Palm Springs and shopping at Arizona Tile. Back then they gave us a quote for $2.95 a square foot and Mark says he can still match that price. They also have 6 thousand square feet in stock so getting enough to do all three buildings will not be a problem. Very happy we can now check the tile off the to-do list.

Mark also had some other good news. We told him about the concrete counter quote coming in higher than we'd hoped for and that we were now looking at Costco as an option. He said, "No matter what their bid is, I will beat it." Last week when we posted the picture of the roofless guest house (and the caption: "Figures. Plan the renovation of the guest house for summer when it never rains. Take the roof off and it starts raining.") our good friend Richelle commented: "Rain is good luck and everything will go faster and cheaper than expected!!!" Richelle the psychic.

On Mike's suggestion we went to a local door store this morning to pick out the entry door and bathroom door for the guest house. We had envisioned a door with a simple narrow but tall window for the entry. We found such a door but they also had some other choices with multiple small windows.

The picture with the ugly screen door shows our entry door to the main house. We'll be replacing the screen door but we're definitely keeping the wood door. We're choosing the five window door for the guest house and loving the way it references Mr. Tombleson's door but in a modern way.

John Laughton also called this morning and met Kevin at the door store. He brought a sample of the drawers he wants to use for the cabinets. He says he uses them in all of his "high end houses." Hmmmmm. John also said he needed to get back to the shop because… the Plyboo Havana strand plywood was arriving. Thank you, Rain. He also said this weekend he'd be making a prototype of the cabinets showing the high density plywood framing combined with the Plyboo plywood and would bring it by Monday morning.

Looking forward to a quiet weekend. But can't wait for next week!