Window

July 7th, 2010 § 0 comments

Window, as seen through kitchen window

Window, as seen through kitchen window

Pictures of the window, because you asked. Sorry for the lack of photos lately – Johanna and Ry haven’t been in for a bit, and we didn’t want to sear your eyes shut with our own amateurish attempts. All these are from Johanna.

The window is a little over 10′ high by 12′ wide, with 60 panes, with 5 different types of glass put in over the years. Putting in all the missing panes isn’t difficult, but entertainingly smudgy.

Schmutz!

Schmutz!

It literally got too hot to work yesterday – it wasn’t even an issue of discomfort (though it wasn’t exactly pleasant) – we literally couldn’t get anything done because tileset wouldn’t dry and caulk got too soft to manipulate. Back to work today.

Skills

July 5th, 2010 § 0 comments

Tangentially acquired in the course of opening a restaurant:

Ceiling patching
Tiling
Basic and advanced troweling
Paint rollering
Ladder wrangling
Obsessive wall sanding
Tile cutting
Piano moving
Graduate level putty removal (did you know they used to mix cement into the stuff?)
Window glazing
Grouting
Cement removal
Pressure washing and degreasing
Not cursing even when you want to very much

Sorry for the lack of posts – we’ve been doing a lot of the construction, and the days are long and exhausting. Getting there, though.

Also, we got permission to hang our shingle, so that’s getting forged right now.