Paint & Carpet

I emailed the homeowners today about some lighting and a couple other things and I reminded them about how this portion of the remodel can be kind of a low point. Well, the actual words I used were "boring". I wish I could say that the whole remodel process is all fun and games, but it's not. We know that around the drywall and paint phases the clients are a little bummed out. But - the nice thing is that things will start picking up from here.

And on this project we kind of have a "double whammy" (you like that?) - not only are we at the boring phase of drywall and paint, we also added new carpeting for the rest of the house as well as painting. Oh, and that also includes all new baseboard and trim in the secondary spaces. Basically it's just a lot of tedious work that can seem to drag on. And because this added work adds to the schedule it can feel even longer. I feel for them, but I'm also pretty jacked up about what the added work will do for the end result. They're going to be pretty stoked if you ask me.

Anyway, I do want to show a couple pictures of what's going on. First up is a shot looking at the pantry in it's new duds. It's not totally done, but you can start to get an idea of the massing accomplished by the color. Also, take note in this picture as well as the next one and you'll see what the painting process can look like when doors are involved. The painter has to lean them against the walls inside to avoid any dust settling on them that would affect the gloss paint.

And we also have all the furniture moved out of the back rooms for the carpet install - covered in that beautiful plastic. Yep, pretty fun, eh?

Now I want to give you a little info on the carpeting that will be going into the other spaces. There's going to be two different types of carpet - one is a broadloom and the other is a tile. They're both actually commercial products I was aware of from my past life as a commercial Interior Designer. For the hallway and the bedrooms we'll be using a Bentley Prince Street product as shown here:

And here it is from a little further back. The slate tile is at the entry and the carpet shown on the right will continue into the hallway. The exposed OSB flooring on the left of the slate tile goes to the kitchen area and will eventually have a chocolate brown cork flooring.

And here's the second carpet we'll be using. It's an Interface tile that will only go in the "Red Room" - basically the main living space off to the right of the entry that has a big red wall in it. Very nice space. Anyway, the carpet tile will be on a 1/4 turned pattern and will almost look like a basket weave pattern.

By the way, Interface is a crazy awesome company that is full of innovation and is pretty hardcore on the environmental tip. And not just a "green" company. And while I don't agree with everything they push . . . they're the real deal, not just another company that is looking for shameless promotion without results promoting real sustainability. If that's something any of you are into, check them out here: http://www.interfaceinc.com/

Oh, and you can check out Bentley Prince Street here: http://www.bentleyprincestreet.com/

Both companies put out some awesome product in both design and quality - very nice stuff. I hope you all had an awesome Memorial Day weekend, oh . . . and a big shout out to all the folks in our Armed Forces. Thanks for your service!