We’re in! But only just. We’re living in what feels like chaos –cardboard boxes in our paths, deliveries and installations nearly every day, and finish work going on around us– but we’re delighted to be in our new home nevertheless.
We’re finishing the finishes and pulling together the decoration, and there will be more on that later. In the meantime, though, I’ll catch you up on the construction.
The new kitchen was the biggest part of the project and seemed to be going nowhere. Of course, this was because the cabinetry was built offsite. Once it arrived, the room quickly took shape.
Installing the bodies of the cabinets
It was a big day when the Calacatta Gold marble countertops went in. (I had chosen the slabs myself, but had forgotten how much I liked them.)
The addition of doors makes it look like it might be a real kitchen someday.
Starting to install hardware and lighting -- and starting to look finished.
We also did a lot of work to the ceiling. In addition to taking out nearly all of the bulky soffits and streamlining the ductwork, we rationalized the lighting plan, which took a long time to get just right with all of the beams, ducts and pipes crossing the ceiling. Now if I could just master the light switches . . . .
Ceiling over the living room and kitchen
As we finished the ceiling, we decided to paint the ductwork white –the galvanized ducts had a nice, honest industrial look appropriate to the loft’s history, but they were just too distracting for us. We left the sleek cast aluminum air nozzles unpainted, though.
Typical HVAC supply nozzle.
Which may be my favorite detail so far.
Ok, back to the boxes . . . .
