No pictures for this post. Today, we're laying out what's next for the Strawhouse.
1. kitchen cabinets - Eric is cranking away on building the base cabinets. He'll install those this month so that electrical and plumbing can be finished in the kitchen. 2. bathroom and bike room tile - the generic tile we chose has been on back order for four months. It is supposed to come in and be installed next week! 3. Door finishing - Katie to finish this 4. Wall and ceiling joints / window and wall joints - Katie to touch up the plaster in these areas 5. Eric builds and installs entry way cabinet/bench, under stair door, bookshelf door to the utility room. 6. Appliances, sinks, and tub are installed. 7. Move in Nov. 1. Peter found a set of doors from an old farmhouse at a salvage shop. They were in great shape and in frames, so our A2 crew installed them. They came stained/painted, so we decided to bring them down to their natural wood color. Here are the interior doors in progress. It took us months to find a cabinet maker who would make cabinets with our criteria: - all *solid* wood - using natural based glues (i.e. hide or soy based glues) - that didn't cost an arm and a leg We talked to at least a dozen cabinet makers. All wanted to use MDF, plywood, or glues that I wasn't cool with. At the end of the day, cabinets should be compostable, not only worth of the landfill because they're filled with fossil fuel materials. We finally found Eric Anderson by word of mouth. He's a south Mpls woodworker, who is the most responsive contractor on the planet. We knew that he was the right fit for us when he 1. asked very detailed questions about our project scope, 2. was not phased by it, and 3. arrived to our site by bike! Below is a snippet of the cabinets so far! |
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