hey my kitchen is in!

it's in the bathroom
it's in the living room
it's in the laundry room
it's in the garage
and now it's in the kitchen

oh, you didn't think i mean IN IN did you?  i forgot to mention...
it's in the office/Moser's bedroom too cuz now most all the flat packs are upstairs, so, they too are spread out everywhere.  now would NOT be a good time to flood!

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Peanut Butter Coma

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roll 'em if you got 'em

due to some crappy cheap paint we bought last week, we had to repaint the ceiling last night. to protect the floor we rolled paper over it. so if you've checked Webbie & wondered where the floor went, no i did not pull it up in some PMS induced rage!  we hope to return to a normal view this weekend with cabinets added!

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Webbie does Chilli

more than one email has prompted me to post this. yes, the WebCam (Webby) is back....sort of. thanks to Brian, we have a "new" cheapie X10.  but for those that like the larger upload you get on the original denacho site, you're out of luck.  for some reason that ftp feed is not working.  i hope to get that figured out & fixed this week.  and remember it's just a photo so it uploads every minute & you'll have to F5 to see a more recent photo.

i  know i know! why do i not do a live feed?  cuz i'm cheap people!  and i do this computer stuff all day so when i get home i like anything not involving 1's and 0's.

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i goofed

as Anonymous so aptly pointed out, i never posted a picture of the final floor!  well, that's because i changed my mind about 8 o'clock last night & decided to rip the whole thing up & paint it!  HA!  but you could picture that couldn't you?  so by the time i'd read that little comment it was dark & not enough lighting to get a decent photo. and i leave too early for the lighting to be good as well.  oh, and there are no lights in the kitchen right now either.  yeah, we're cutting back on items like electricity & indoor plumbing to pay for this floor. so the best i can do until i get home this afternoon is this little photo i took with my phone when all the pieces were together, but not welded yet.

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burn baby burn

and here's how it all comes together!  so he starts by cutting a V groove where the seams come together

and then laying down a "bead" with the welding tool.  you're looking at about 700 degrees here!

then the excess is cut away

and when it's 2 colors, you use the predominate color for your welding rod.  so say Jeremy & since he watched the videos last night i guess we have to go by what he says!

and this is what you get when it's all said & done

he's got a few more seems to go, but we're almost there!

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practice practice practice

so those YouTube videos last night really did pay off huh Jeremy?

now on to the real deal...

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the extra mile

you know i lied yesterday. that was not the end of it. Jeremy decided to stay a little later & get the 2nd color (Oyster) down.  cuts his time down for today & it's better to let the glue finish setting up for the weld today. 
so watching the cuts where the 2 pieces come together was amazing.  every job has the right tool right? 

 This cool little tool rides the edge of the Henna & scores the Oyster.  Then he comes back & cuts the Oyster away.

And that's all there is to it kids! 

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First Cut

today will end with this. Jeremy got the shapes cut out for our first color, Henna.  i could not be more pleased.  if i bothered to shoot video, you could appreciate how he does what he does. practially cut it all out in one shot.
he started by laying out 4 sheets:

so remember how i had to draw my design out with chalk last night?  here's why. Jeremy pulled the flooring up as he rough cut the curves underneath. so he'd pull, check, cut, pull, check, cut.  he'd then go back & refine the cuts so they were more smooth. all the while, cutting away the excess to reveal this curve.  amazing that he could get it so close.

and here's the curve that really started it all.  i've been doodling this curve since like 4th grade. why?  CUZ I KNEW THIS FLOOR WAS COMING 30-SOMETHING YEARS LATER!

so here we are with the completed Henna cuts:

 oh, and the man responsible for this!

he's now gluing the Henna down & will call it quits for the day. tomorrow we continue with the Oyster inset & the rod welding technique that sticks it all together.

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my name is Mud

the last step (i think) before the floor goes down is the mudding.

Jeremy is off to lunch now so we should see some flooring install goodness soon!

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