last week we had a heat wave in san francisco. it got into the 90’s, which is especially unusual for june, when it’s supposed to be cold and foggy…
it wasn’t until saturday afternoon that it felt like the fever had broken; the temperature started to drop and we finally had clouds and a cool breeze.
i spent the entire day painting the living room. originally when we stripped the baseboards we considered polyurethaning them instead of painting them white. but they were quite uneven in color, had been very abused over the years and needed lots of filling. in the end we decided to paint them white and we’re pleased with how nice they look.
as usual, mathew was working on a hundred things at once. (left) here he is wrestling with (installing) a GFI outlet in the kitchen, much safer than a standard outlet if installed near water. (right) and on top of that he installed a 6 plug outlet.
i’m not sure if it’s the mission district, or just our street, but there’s always lots of drama and entertainment to be found outside our house. we’re not sure what happened to cause 3+ fire engines to arrive, block off traffic and for three teams of firefighters to go inside the yellow house across the street. perhaps an over exuberant barbecue? ah,.. summer.
on sunday we had our first meal upstairs, breakfast. then it was off to work! i got busy moving into the kitchen and organizing all the cabinets and drawers.
mathew further organized his workshop while searching for the glass cutter i used to use in college (for stained glass work.) in the end he borrowed one from our neighbor to cut this mirror in half. the two pieces will become our bathroom medicine cabinet. next he cut, glued and clamped the wood frame.
late in the afternoon i cleared out the living room of all of our paint and construction tools and we started moving up furniture and boxes from the garage. (left) here mathew is putting together a shelf we built together in college. the ceiling height in this upstairs unit is much lower than we’ve had in the past, so he took the pieces back down to his workshop to size it down to fit the room better. he also decided to bevel the edges with his router and sanded it. in the past it was an unfinished shelf, now we’ll polish it with beeswax. (right) the kitchen is starting to shape up. it might look small but it’s quite comfy and functional (plus we’ve got tons of storage in the dining area.)
hope everyone had a nice weekend.