A long and busy day

After opening up the house for the day, I ran off to Home Depot to pick up the can lights. These are the lights in the ceiling that are recessed into the ceiling. As with everything I've done on the house so far, it was incredibly complicated. There are a ton of different options, and for each light there is a can, a trim piece and a bulb. In addition, you have to get a "new construction" or "remodel" can - the difference is how they install and if you have access to the space over the ceiling. In my case, I had to make sure to get "IC" or "in contact" type which means the light is designed to be in contact with insulation.

The guy at Home Depot pointed me to another local light store where he bought his can lights. He mentioned they carry a type where the bulb is less visible. It was tempting, and while I walked around the store picking up more stuff it started to rain hard. That made my decision to run to the other light store easy - it would have taken forever to get there, so I got the Home Depot ones. For once, I simplified things instead of complicating them!

The insulation contractor was supposed to come at 1:00, and while I was at Home Depot, they called and said they were on the way and would be there by 11:00. My general contractor was rushing to finish closing up the walls so the insulation could be blown in. Well, now the rush was on! They were in progess when I got there, and the general contractor had to rush to stay ahead of the insulators, but it worked out.

Later that afternoon, I headed to Ikea to place a cabinet order. It was a long ordeal, but we got it done. I had the plan my contractor had done which made it a lot easier. The guy who helped me was really great, and helped me by pointing out details I might not have caught. We scheduled delivery for tomorrow.

C made me laugh when he asked not "Are we working on the house this weekend?" but "What are we doing on the house this weekend?" That guy has been such a trooper! But we are really getting excited at the prospect of moving in to our new place.

Here is a shot of one room during insulation. All the small holes are where they blow in the insulation. The blue is where the wall sanding has revealed that the walls were painted a bright blue at one point (sort of a cross between aqua and royal blue).


This is the back of the insulation truck. The machine blows the insulation into a long hose and the hoses go into the holes they bore in the walls.

This is what the insulation looks like. It oozed out of the opening where the network and phone cables are.