Mr. Yu

Mr Yu smiling at the camera.  We like working with him.  He has very strong work ethics and claims that he would pick up our phone call in the middle of the night....

and he loves cooking too.  He claims that he knows how to make 60 dishes and that his BBQ pork (cha-siu) is very good.  He cooks for his crew at the job site!  

Rice @ Job site...

My little gem!

After extensive VE (value-engineering), we are left with a 3.5' x 5.5' tiled marble floor in the 1/2 bath.  That's the extent of our luxury.  Love it!!  p.s. they cost less than those penny rounds.

Lesson Learned

When Vincent did his CA (construction administration) today, he did not notice the dis-alighment between the tile and the wall cabinet.  Not much good options at this point - 1) move the wall cabinet but there will be a gap between the hood and the cabinet, 2) a skinny strip of tiles going up against the wall cabinet, but that seem to highlight the discrepancy, 3) leave it as is

The wall cabinets actually line up with the base cabinets, the discrepancy comes from the countertop overhang...

Lesson learned - draw better interior elevation

One more week to go!

Ikea flooring- looks pretty good! You get what you paid though. Definitely the lower end product but should last for the next few years. Considering it's only 89 cents a sq. ft. (as compared to the original price of 2.29 dollar per sq. ft.)it's definitely best value for money.



Mr. Yu repainted the doors and trim since he wasn't very happy with what Mr. Fung did. No sign of Mr. Fung since then....I guess renovation/ remodeling is one brutal industry....






Wall and floor tiles are in! some patching up to do

2 more weeks to go

Before

Mr Fung

Mr Fung is from the Guangzhou area and has moved to the greater Seattle a few years ago. He has been the most active player in this project other than Mr Yu! Unfortunately he didn't verify whether he was using oil-based vs. latex based paint for the window trim and door......now we are ended up with latex-based paint....(according to Mr Yu latex paint is not as good for window trim and doors...)

that gives us a chance to test out the latex-based paint, i suppose.





Mr Fung did a nice job on the kitchen ceiling lights though!







Mr Yu in action! Busy patching the kitchen ceiling.

The Tile Story

We (I) found this round dot tiles called Penny Round and I like it!!! Either the blue or green ceramic tiles will do!! However I don't like the price tag. It costs $5.75 per square ft...it would cost us over $300 for the bathroom floor alone...





Then we found this simple clean white tile that costs $1.09 per square foot. There is no room for further discussion between the penny round and this....sad....

BUT! looking at this tile closely, I found another reason to support using it - check out the little cute elephant at the back of the tile! Nice to have some association with the Thais!

Ikea Delivery & updates

Our ikea items were delivered last night! A total of 96 pieces =) We have rearranged them so that they are grouped according to each cabinet. New tub is in. Gypsum board screwed in around the tub. Kitchen gas pipe and water line rerouted. Mr Yu needs some money.....

Tomorrow will be the 15% off day @ Ikea Seattle....swedish meatballs for friday....