Mr. Contractor is not just a contractor. We spend quality time discussing everything! If you take a look at his invoice above, we weren't charged for all the time we took to discuss, debate and solve world problems. If only someone would listen to us. Ciao.

Our new floor has been delivered! Per Mr. Contractor, Feb 3 is the floor start date. Hooray! New task lighting installed this morning! Hooray! Progress is slow but steady. Ciao.

It seems never ending, doesn't it? We're starting another phase of our remodel odyssey. We're saying goodbye to the tile floor. We determined a while ago that the tile floor needed to go. It's cracked in places and lifting up from the floor in other places. We went 'round and 'round trying to decide what …

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I was going through some of our pictures of the backyard. Ciao.

The porch has a fresh coat of paint and has been lifted back up to life. Gone is the old green and new is our beautiful Caribbean crush blue. The furniture has been rearranged to better define our living places. HGTV is welcome anytime. Stay tuned...Mr. Contractor is due back soon!

We were advised to use stain instead of paint on the fence. We found some stain that allows colorization - yipee! Now it's ready for the final color. We spent about three full days painting this structure. We're biased but we love it. Ciao.

Last item to be installed is the gate. Nicely done. Ciao.

Progress is slow but sure. One more full work day and this fence should be completed. Next question: stain or paint? Ciao.

Yep. Never ending. Time to get a fence in the front. Remember, we used to have hedges in front and liked a barrier between us and the street. So, we’re excited to have the fence installation begin. Should be completed by the end of the week. More to come. Ciao.

We wanted to jazz up the front entry so Miriam pulled out some paint and has started adding some accents to the woodwork and dental work. Detail work like this takes patience and concentration. We’ll be back again after the final coats are in place. Ciao.