Anti-Rodent Device

Now that we are done re-doing everything we have a guest that just doesn't realize that it is time to go. His three friends have met with some untimely ends (yeah!), but there seems to be one more having a run of our house. Let's call him "Ben". Ben has been spotted on every floor except for the third floor. Most recently he was in the basement.
As this post points out we have a temporary Anti-Rodent Device. Her name is Telullah. My only hope is that Ben and Telullah don't forge some unnatural relationship like this "defective" cat to the left. To be fair, if Ben makes it out of our house alive that is fine with me-- it just better happen sooner rather than later. Telullah-- KILL!

So just a run down on our vendors

We thought it only fitting to list all the vendors we used during our renovation. We where very happy with every one we used.

S&L Lumber: 2356 Coney Island Ave 718 645 1121 (Kitchen Cabinets along with most our building materials and supplies. Henry was great came to the house and worked with Kaz.

Electrical: Michael Adanuncio 718 851 8222
Plumber: Frank Melonik 1027 Church Ave 718 469 1951 (new furnace, hot water heater, sewer line, new water pipes, gas line)

Micolosi Brothers Hardwood flooring: 718 227 2074

Five Boro Tole Corp: 3864 Flatland Ave 718 421 tile (kitchen floor and back splash)
Mondial Tiles Inc: 1402 65th Street 718 232 0800 -granite counter top
G&S Glass & Mirror - 1215 Ave U 718 627 4011 (glass doors in kitchen and master bedroom)

Brooklyn Window & Door corp: 1889 McDonald Ave 718 627 6400 (bay window)
**they do not install
Juan the Roofer: (917) 204-3841 (Help install the bay window, plus the roofing on it, cleaned all my gutters, patched a squirrel hole, cut all the cable wires hanging off my house, Juan was very helpful)

Micheal's Plumbing: Flatbush Ave and Dorchester (kitchen faucet and sink)

Brooklyn Paint: 1010 Coney Island (all the paint in the house)
Almac: Newkirk Plaza ( for last minute items we needed)
Lowes: For what ever else we needed

And of course Last but not least:

Rugby Contracting: Kaz Oplustil 917 528 3054
And his very hard worker Six Pack (aka Gregory), Uncle John who helped in renovating, and Rodley who unexpectedly passed away during our home renovation.


Thanks you to all....

The Finish Line

Well... It's done... the duplex down on Rugby Road is complete. Here is a little taste:



Check it out here

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Looking Back...

This all began back in October. "This" is the kitchen renovation and the creation of the family room. Here are two pictures of the old kitchen and the old bedroom which became the Kitchen/ Family room.
Tomorrow we have a professional cleaning crew coming in to finish the job. Sunday we should have a few pictures to share with you all. Here is a run down of some of the highlights over the last few months:

Living Room/ Alcove

• At one point it was sealed up to keep out the dust from the demolition. It was like living in a bubble.
• Kitchen Table in the alcove. Somehow we managed to seat six people at that table one afternoon - Six Pack, Uncle John, Alexander, Alexandra, Ryan, Kaz and Myself. (The two kids make one )
  

Dining Room

• Painting it Bullseye Red back in September, stripping the baseboards and windows. Repainting it "pink" in January.
  
• You strip, stain and polyurethane the woodwork before you paint the walls.
  
• SoyGel
• The "Electric" range in the kitchen, then the dining room, and finally our front porch. Hope your happier at Cynthia's house.
  
• "Prime All Cuts" - Well not all the woodwork in the house is oak.
  

Kitchen

• "So, this will take two weeks", I say. "Yeah, maybe a little more", says the contractor.
• Crown molding is unforgiving. Keep the twists and turns to a minimum
• I love my granite counter top
• Hating, then loving the bay window in the kitchen. Now the wife wants to fill it with plants.
• The mouse letting me capture it alive. Me setting it free -- down the block.
  

Family Room

• Painting it the same color as before
• Catch that mouse
• Piles of construction equipment
• My one year old playing on the power saw, finding every other hand saw, and attempting to eat every nail, screw and small metal object in site. Lesson Learned- Renovate house, then have children.
  

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"I don't think I Like the color " - The Wife

I tell her, "We ain't painting it again".

Hey, you got Raspberry Truffle in my Vanilla! No, You got vanilla in my Raspberry Truffle!

Bottom Line is that the color of my Dining Room is Pink!

The Dining Room take 2

As you all know the wife did not like my color in the dining room so Six pack is finishing striping the wood in the dining room and will paint and stain the wood.

As for the kitchen we are done waiting on 1 piece of molding, we are having a cleaning crew come over this weekend to get the house back in order.
So we will post photos of the completed project by Monday...

So stay tune.....