2032 Bank Street

2032 Bank Street

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Cole Joshua Gibbons

The Gibbons House in New Jersey just got a little cuter!
My brother-in-law, Josh, and sister-in-law, Nezie, brought home the most adorable baby boy on Friday (dressed in full-on Ohio State gear). Cole Joshua Gibbons was born on Tuesday, August 24th and I couldn't wait to meet him! We went to visit Friday night and, needless to say, I am absolutely in love with him and really excited to be an aunt!  

with Mommy
with Uncle Sam
with Daddy
Aunt Lori
And don't think that we got away with a weekend sans renovations. Sam and Josh finished up Cole's nursery on Saturday. Josh had finished all of the painting previously but the guys still needed to mount the chair rail. Mystery of the miter box...solved. 

Pin It

Friday, August 27, 2010

Stairs, Part 2 and 3...

I've noticed that many things get lost or misplaced during a move. This was the case with my camera USB cord. So, while I have continued to take photos of our progress, I've been unable to post them. I ordered a new one online and, we're back! 

There has been a lot to blog about in the last couple of weeks but, I suppose I will just start where I left off. One major development has been the (relative) completion of our staircase. If you recall, we've had the stringers for quite some time but had temporary treads on them during construction:Stairs, Part 1

With such large, industrial looking stringers, we really couldn't buy the standard 1" treads at home depot.  Henry had the treads cut at a mill. We decided on poplar wood, 1 3/4" thick with a square edge. They came back pretty rough:


It took about a day to sand and cut all of the treads down


After they were placed and screwed on we covered them immediately with cardboard. Because they are raw from the mill, the wood hasn't been dried in a kiln and we have to let them rest for a while before we stain and/or varnish them. We really don't want to get any footprints on them or else we would have to sand them another time. 


Then, the railings were installed...




...and the banisters upstairs that match



We are very, very happy with how it all turned out. Thank you so much to Tom who fabricated the custom stairs and railings. I will have his information available soon but if anyone was interested in contacting him, please just send me an email. 

I look forward to blogging again and keeping everyone up-to-date! 
 



Pin It

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Moving Day

The day that we have been anticipating for a very long time finally came. Because we had to be out of our rental, we moved everything over to the house yesterday. We would have preferred to have the house 100% finished before we started loading all our things in there but, since when do things go according to plan anyway? 

Two things you learn when you move:
(1) You always have more stuff than you think you do
(2) How great your friends are!





Sam and I really thought that we would be able to do everything on our own but we have a few very ambitious friends who texted us at 9:30 am that they were "on their way to our house to move." We even tried to kick them out after we finished with the heavy stuff and they refused to leave. Thank you Bill, Mike, Chris, Jess and Glenn! We can't thank you enough. Although nothing says "Thanks!" more than a selection, or two, from the tub o' fun at Spirits Tavern so consider this your I.O.U. 

Goodbye, Duker Court...
We had a good 4 years but we are ready to move on :)
Pin It