(Pictured above: The freshly painted and still-wet kitchen floor area. I wonder how many people have a literal opportunity to ‘paint it black‘?)*
4/25/19
Building Summary: Today I started off by opening up both ends of Jacobhouse, resweeping the intended paint area, and adding more tape / plastic liner to the top right cupboard. This was followed by my procuring a large paint brush and small paint tray from Madre, and then by my using the two of them to paint the refrigerator wall and the entire raised portion of the kitchen floor.
Commentary: I did not expect to get all the of the kitchen painting done this morning, but between the box fan’s air current and the fact that I was slathering the primer onto a super-absorbent surface, I was able to apply both coats to kitchen’s raised floor and the refrigerator wall.
As for highlights, it has been exactly 2 weeks since I posted it, so I figured I’d include a list update:
Floor the bathroom with ¾” plywood.Put up a ½” sheet of plywood between the kitchen and bathroom, including a hole for the vent soffit as I do so.Assemble and mount the cupboards.- Frame the soffit. (Cheated by skipping this one.)
Paint the top surface of the raised kitchen floor with glossy black primer.- Retrieve appliances and put them in kitchen (and store the unassembled shower in the back of Jacobhouse for easy access).
Though I skipped article #4, I’d say that I kept to the intended schedule fairly well, and I still have a few days left out of my 2 ½ week goal to frame the soffit, should I desire to do that directly after I complete #6.
Bonus Highlight: Today I visited our old grove to feast upon the abundant harvest of nectarines. It’s rare that these fruits are spared by the squirrels and even more rare that they are spared by the burrowing insects. Alas, despite the former leaving them alone this year, many of the ripe fruit had tunnels bored into them. I tried finding nectarines without holes, and succeeded at finding a couple that were slightly hard and underripe. They weren’t very satisfying, so I ended up just biting into the ones with holes in them, and I must say… that despite the risk of finding worms, those were probably some of the best tasting nectarines I’ve ever had.**
Final Note: Tomorrow, my plan is to first ensure that there is a clear path from the back of Jacobhouse to the kitchen area. This will be followed by fetching the appliances from container #2 with the farm’s large pave-loader and then by bringing them to Jacobhouse (these include the refrigerator, oven, and washer/dryer). After the appliances are in-house, we will get to see how they all fit! Then, if there is still time, I will begin the building of the kitchen sink base cupboard.
*I’ll admit, the song did run through my head a time or two.
** Now that I write this, I see a certain metaphor in this experience that I’ll leave the reader to discern for themselves.