Not-always-Awesome Twosome
The 2Bears had dubbed their interior designer and contractor duo the "Awesome Twosome". They were living up to their name ... until today. Hopefully it's just a hiccup.
Mr Project-Manager-Bear put on his mental hardhat today for a surprise visit to the site and left some distressing news for me at the office.
The new roof over our backyard had been extended much further than we initially discussed with AT. The original concept was to create a narrow uncovered area before the backyard grilles for space for some laundry poles and maybe potted plants. Instead it went about one foot beyond the grilles becoming too much of a dark canopy. Luckily the wood frame can be trimmed down to size and the excess tiles removed.
The next shock was the work done on the upstairs bathroom walltiles. Ms Bear had designed a pattern for her current bathroom based on The Mark's bathroom which she wanted duplicated in the new house. It's very simple - black diamonds on a white background. It involves cutting out an equilateral triangular edge from the corner of each white tile, and aligning them to create a space for the diamond shape to nest. At least that's what my last (much more intelligent) contractor did. The end result is bright and light, and somehow makes a small bathroom expand. See the "do" followed by the "don't" picture respectively below. Can't imagine what Hokkien expletives were uttered when the contractor was told the bad news that he had to hack off his day's work and start over.
On the positive side, Mr Bear gave a big paws up for the terracotta backyard floor and work is actually going nicely on schedule. All in all, quite a productive month of renovations.
Mr Project-Manager-Bear put on his mental hardhat today for a surprise visit to the site and left some distressing news for me at the office.
The new roof over our backyard had been extended much further than we initially discussed with AT. The original concept was to create a narrow uncovered area before the backyard grilles for space for some laundry poles and maybe potted plants. Instead it went about one foot beyond the grilles becoming too much of a dark canopy. Luckily the wood frame can be trimmed down to size and the excess tiles removed.
The next shock was the work done on the upstairs bathroom walltiles. Ms Bear had designed a pattern for her current bathroom based on The Mark's bathroom which she wanted duplicated in the new house. It's very simple - black diamonds on a white background. It involves cutting out an equilateral triangular edge from the corner of each white tile, and aligning them to create a space for the diamond shape to nest. At least that's what my last (much more intelligent) contractor did. The end result is bright and light, and somehow makes a small bathroom expand. See the "do" followed by the "don't" picture respectively below. Can't imagine what Hokkien expletives were uttered when the contractor was told the bad news that he had to hack off his day's work and start over.
On the positive side, Mr Bear gave a big paws up for the terracotta backyard floor and work is actually going nicely on schedule. All in all, quite a productive month of renovations.
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