IT'S ALMOST A HOME!!

Ok...its really really starting to look like a house!! One day our home...and your home away from home! Here are a couple of pictures to see where we are!

This trip went soooo fast, um, I am on a first name basis with at least 4 people at HOME DEPOT and i know the phone number by heart!! Sooo scary! Quartz counter tops are out (boo hoo)! Picked out some granito (en espanol)! Tiles, borders, more tile, railings, windows, paint inside and out. They're in the primer mode so hopefully next week we'll get to see the actual color....BLUE!! So stay tuned! Hope to see you all down there...although not at the same time!! LOL!
xoxo

SOME TILE DOWN!!!?!

OK...it could be me or the lighting perhaps or the camera,or something else, hopefully... But these are not supposed to be purple tiles...or shall I pray that there is a reason!! Do they look purple to you? AYE DIOS MIO!! Because they do to me!! The tiles are supposed to be a cool greyish tone or so we thought but now HOLY FRIJOLES...I am a bit on the OH NO side!! AYE CHI MAMA? What do you think??

and HERE'S TILES!!

I don't really know how big outdoor tiling is here in NY, but down in the caribbean, it seems to be all the rage!

Anyway, Here's our outdoor tile! They are look sorta like stone and are textured so when wet you don't slip (with or without a drink) and bust your booty, big or small!! Right Jake?!! I have plenty o'padding...and it never doesn't hurt when you take a spill, especially on all this concrete! These tiles will cover the 1st and 2nd level patios and the steps! NO MORE ...PELIGRO DESLIZADIZO CUANDO ES MOJADO!!!

And here's the house tile. I'm kinda freaking because I cannot see the color and with my luck I probably ordered the wrong tile!! In the picture you can't really tell but it seems the pallets go on forever. Oh, and we still needed more! Yes I ordered the tile...just don't ask, ok!

We gave up on the wood flooring since it was going to cost 2x more to lay the floor than the flooring itself! If only, sean could lay flooring.... oooh sorry I started dreaming again! Ding Dang it!! So tile it is!! WISH US LUCK!!

I BET YOU CAN...

...SEE YOURSELF HERE!! If not, you best stay up north! Sunsets, (ie:opening shot) full moons, midnite skies, and an endless carpet of stars...I can ask for nothing more...

(ps SANTA I = WE need a pool..LOL!!!) The picture was taken on a yucky day, but I hope you've got the idea!

IT'S GOING TO BE SSSSWEEET!!

Yes, we need to do some trimming, but is this not the MONEY SHOT!?!

....So you can hang up there...or just go here!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

WOW...its been like forever!! Hope you all had a really awesome Holiday Season! Sorry it's been so long...it has been even longer in PR! They have the ULTIMATE holiday season! It lasts like 5 weeks! I cannot wait, eventually our lives will be like one long holiday season!

WE HAVE WINDOWS!! (ok some for now)

Ok...it may be a bit hard to tell, but if you focus your attention to the bottom left of the picture and follow it to the end, you will see windows!! WOO HOO!! WINDOWS! The frame is a chocolate brown color and they are all tinted...which of course is much needed unless you want to get sunburn while you're laying in bed! It seems they have only gotten the bottom done but its ALOT MORE than I expected so I AM OVER THE MOON!! Thanks Roberto!!



Wowee wow wow...fancy stairs...Nah not really. Most of the homes in Puerto Rico have very similar outside railings if not the same type. I really love the overall look, and I think once the paint is on (a pale icewater blue) the house and the railings, and the balusters painted white (polar bear white) it will really really be something...or so I hope!! They still have yet to start the balusters along the upper sun deck, and i doubt that will be done before the extended Christmas break but, as they say, siempre mañana... "theres always tomorrow!" Aye yi yi...

Ok... i doubt there will be any other updates before the holidays...so MERRY CHRISTMAS y'all!!

xoxo

Lisette and Sean

TWO TIMES IN ONE WEEK!?!

OK...y'all hold on to your shorts, your hats, your mouse...whatever! It is hard to believe but I've received pictures twice in one week!! So of course like any proud mom...yes this is my baby and it has been 7months...so here you go!! This picture is from the inside out I guess its like kitchen/living area looking out onto the deck. The big gaping hole will be filled by a sort of panoramic folding door one day!





These are just some glass block accents in the master shower. The master showere is actually 4x7 will when done have a glass block wall partial enclosure. It's hard to see but there will be a rain shower and a pressure jet... I cannot wait to have water pressure!!!

BALUSTERS!!

It's actually starting to look like something!! This may not look like much to you but... to me its like the sun came out on a cloudy day!! They ARE working!! It's hard to believe it when you don't have anything to see...

...hopefully through-out the week or at least until Wednesday, they will work on getting the sun (roof) deck balusters up!

I know at some point the windows are to go in but I think that would be after paint right!? ...Either way...throughout this process I have learned to NOT count your chickens before they hatch!!

IT'S COMING ALONG!!

Today i received some new photos, which actually made me believe that things were actually coming along! This week they actually started the balusters. YAY!!
The balusters are to rim the the stairs up to the deck, the deck, and the roofdeck. So far this is where we are.




All the wood laying around is actually to form the plane on which the balusters will sit. If you look to the right in this picture behind the stack of balusters, you can see 2 already added to the form. Of course everything is done in cement so this too will take a few weeks to dry.

And as that dries they are supposed to start even-ing out the interior floors for all the flooring which of course will take another couple of weeks to dry! Then the window installation. Flooring... etc...Arrrgh!!...


Eventually, it will look like this... and I'm sure sooner (i hope )than later it will be done and all this watching and waiting will be just a thing in the past!


and...I CANNOT WAIT!!

It may not look like much...

Ok...it doesn't really look like much was done, but, for PR it was! All the interior walls have been done which is great because i have serious problems with the concept of spatial ratio! As you can see from the picture on the left the top floor spackling has been finished and hopefully this week the bottom will be done. Then it takes like another 2 weeks to dry, oh joy!

In the interim, they are to be working on and installing the windows. Can't wait to see how long that takes! After the windows, then they paint, then the floor...and then (drum roll please) the cabinets! Can we say hello April?? Please cross your fingers for us... we are hoping for February, but if they're not movin' slow, they're movin' backwards!!

Anyway, In the center of house by the rickety hand made ladder is where the outdoor shower is going to be, when and if this thing ever gets finished!!
Aye yi yi!!

All though one could probably never tell by pictures, It was an extremely productive trip...

Here's just some of what we accomplished...

Picked 16 x 16 tiles for the 1st floor
Met with window guy and picked window style framing and tint
Met with Cabinet guy - Redesigned kitchen layout
Picked finish, wood and hardware for the cabinets
Decided on front door and interior doors - solid wood
Spent 7 hours in home depot looking for the perfect toilet - sean is very picky!
Found tiles for the master bath floor and shower
Picked paint colors for exterior, trim and interior

And last but not least I tormented the project manager to the point of no return! i have heard (sean says...) i can drive anyone to drink!

Thanks NORA & RT!!

This trip, since it was a short one, allowed us plenty of room to pack our suitcases with things we planned on bringing. And on this trip I had to bring my dishes. How cute are they...?? Naked flapper like ladies...i just love them!

Anyway, I have been freaking out about packing them, the possibility of them breaking etc, and I didn't want to ship them later with all the other stuff we have to bring. The thing is, Rincon doesn't really have any storage facilities! Ugh! That's how our friends, Nora and RT saved the day!! They let us store them at their house until we get settled!!