Lucy Ave - The Beginning of the End
17Jul07
Sheetrock work began a few days ago. This is usually the mid-point in home construction. Since we have very little finish work required, i.e. no window or door trim, we feel like we are well past the mid-point. Sheetrock will wrap up tomorrow and preliminary steel posts for the stairs will be installed later this week. Doors were installed just before sheetrock. Garth found an awesome set of interior doors at a great price, less than $200.00 each! The remainder of the radiant system will be installed and the gypcrete floors will all be done by the end of next.It took some time and negotiation but we finally have a solid game plan for the stairs (thanks to Kenner for the coordination). We are going with a clear varnish on the steel instead of paint. We chose square tubes and stainless steel cable for the railings. Greg with Premier Metal Works is constructing the stairs and rooftop railings.
For anyone wondering we chose the Kohler Purist series faucets for the upper floor bathrooms. For the first floor powder room we chose a “Vattern” compact cabinet/sink/faucet combo from Ikea.
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Holy crap, there’s a woman’s ghost looking straight at the camera in the top photo!
The house looks great! I love the openness of that front room.
Less IS more! I love the look of no door or window trim. Unfortunately, my cookie cutter home came with tons of door and window trim. If I removed the trim, how would I achieve that “finished” look without the usual finishing?
Am I making sense? I guess I’m asking how to get my all-frills contemporary home to have that elegant, bare minimum modern look.
Advice appreciated! Thanks.
Im not sure if you can exactly. It all comes down the the seetrock. Our sheetrock crew did a beautiful job making sure every edge was square and smooth. Normally, the edge next to the floor or a window can have a certain amount of imperfection, since it would be covered by trim. I guess in your case, it would depend on what kind of condition the edges of your sheetrock are in…..maybe pull off a pice of trim and see?
Michelle is right, the best thing is to know what is under your trim and decide from there. In our case the window casements and door jambs have a small channel that a small piece of metal fits down in to and then it is mudded/taped to make a clean edge. They have been calling this a kerfed edge. I’m sure somebody with good saw skills could probably cut this channel in to your existing window/door frames. Your windows would have to be wood most likely. In my opinion most homes built in the last 20 years or so have relatively modern structures. Most of them have been outfitted with a lot of decorative trim, doors, cabinets etc. to try to play down the modern design hiding underneath. I have seen split level homes that were built in the 80’s redesigned to look much more modern with pain, trim and cabinets. Good luck.
Thanks for the great advice! I guess I’ll have to peel away some trim and hope for the best. Will we get to see pictures of Lucy Ave’s door and window edges for inspiration? YAY!
Sure, I will try to remember to put them on the next post.