Up in the Air

Finally.

We have central air.

The HVAC guys were here late in the week to do the finish work on the system for the attic.  Now I can work up here without melting.

OK, it's not quite that bad.  Since the insulation was installed it stayed 5 degrees warmer than the rest of the house (in the summer).

The system has two zones, so we get independently controlled chilled air on the second floor as well.

Now we can all sleep comfortably on hot summer nights.  ;-)

The Bar Tile

More tile got installed this week. This is where the "wet bar" will be in the attic's big room.

It's a honed travertine marble and is laid out using a small Versailles pattern.  The pattern appears to be random, but it's not.  In addition, there are 4 different sized tiles used in a pattern like this, which result in the grout lines needing to vary in width. Both of those contributed to a little head scratching during installation, but it all worked out and the final result looks great.

Cabinet installation is next, though I need to install a little more baseboard in another part of the attic first.  Then baseboard around the cabinets and I can finally crack open the paint for all this trim.

For those who've been wondering why I've waited with the final coat of color on the walls - look closely at the the sliver of wall at the left edge of the picture.  It's one of many examples of what happens when you install molding, tile, cabinets, etc.; so you just wait until everything else is done...

This photo provides perspective of where the bar area is.  The broom is leaning against the fridge enclosure and the bar area is beyond and to its left where the light is reflecting off the ceiling.

New Attic Bathroom - Part 3

Because there are no lights installed yet, it was hard to tell if the walls were ready for primer.  So I dragged in a shop light last weekend.  The walls needed one last touch of love (mud).

Then a couple of coats of primer and two coats of ceiling white.

Lastly, a first coat of the chocolate brown on the walls.  It coordinates with the accent tile in the shower.

The base board also went in.  There's a funky corner that I have to deal with before the base cap and shoe can be installed.

The final coat of the wall color will wait until all the wood work is painted.