Yesterday, we received the television mounting bracket but not the recessed wall box. I sent an inquiry to the company and they responded that it should arrive on Monday.
The fireplace installer reappeared today to finish what they started yesterday. The position of the vent is about a foot lower than I expected. T says it will be fine. I do agree it is better than an ugly stove pipe coming out the roof. While it appears to stick out quite a bit, the brick still has not been put on and it will be about 4" thick. I also suggested to T that we might want to consider having the silver trim around the exterior fireplace glass powder coated to coordinate with the vent cap.
The brick delivery did not take place. Not a big surprise. Don't know if they are still plan to start next week or not.
T and I went over to visit Bob (cabinetry). When Bob came to the house a couple of weeks ago, we showed him the paneling in the main house and discussed what we wanted to do on the sunroom bar and wall panels. Subsequently, Bob manufactured a sample cabinet door in Sapele for approval. The same pattern would be used on the wall panels. He noted that he used a 20% gloss as opposed to the 30% that was on the sample of Sapele he gave us a couple of months ago. He said he went with the lower gloss after seeing our main house woodwork and seeing how much sunlight will be coming into the sunroom. The lower gloss will result in less glare. T's initial reaction was that it conforms with her vision of rustic elegance in the sunroom. We told Bob we would consider it over the weekend and give him our final answer.
We went over several other items with Bob. Of the samples in Bob's shop, T tentatively selected the bar cabinet pulls. I believe she wants to look further however.
We also discussed the mantle that Bob will make out of Sapele, with no drawer.
I asked Bob if he had heard from Robyn at the plumbing shop regarding the faucets T has chosen. He had not but said he would call them. He said he would order the faucets and avoid having us pay retail price. I liked that!
Bob said he planned to come to the house sometime next week to take the measurements he needed to get the work going. I asked Bob if his proposal included paneling the connecting porch. He said it did not. I suggested to T that it would only make sense to have it done to match the paneling in the sunroom. Bob suggested that we look at it next week and decide. After returning home and looking at it, I am convinced it is the right thing to do.
T also brought up the topic of lighting above the sink. Bob's conceptual drawing envisioned two recessed lights over the sink area. T is thinking we might want to just go with one hanging pendent light. Considering 62" width of the counter behind the sink, I suggested we go with two recessed lights with one pendent hanging between them.
Bob also showed us a sample of "antiqued" mirror which he thought we might want to consider. The answer was "no". We actually have this type of splotched mirror over several mantels in the main house. Those mirrors are not "antiqued", but showing actual deterioration of the mirror silvering. So while it would fit in with the main house, we prefer to have a beautiful beveled mirror in the sunroom bar. We also talked about the glass cabinet doors on each side of the bar. T is considering the potential of having stained glass made for these cabinets which would compliment the stained glass window over the south door. I like the idea.
In the mail we got another invoice from Tyler (architect) for construction support services. This payment would represent 90% of the total contract amount. I sent Tyler a note stating that I do not believe we are anywhere near 90% complete with the construction. I stated that, in my mind, one of the remaining issues is the sunroom ventilation issue. Tyler did work with the distributor of the fan (that I had identified) and with the cupola manufacturer to ensure it would fit. However, I do not believe the ventilation equipment has been ordered or that we even have a firm commitment on who will install it. Once that is done, I stated I would pay the invoice. No response yet.
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