430gal., L-shaped display

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Andy everything looks well thought out. I can't wait to see te tank in place.

I did have a little suggestion. You mentioned putting a curtain in front of the toilet. Why not put a door instead and make it a water closet. That's how our master bath is done as well as many of the houses down here.
 
Hi Amanda! Thanks! "I can't wait to see te tank in place." You and me both! :)

Honestly, I don't mind the WC idea, but my lovely bride gets claustrophobic in them (even big ones like you see at, say, Harrod's in London). We've batted around a lot of ideas, like doing half-walls in obscured glass, but the whole west wall is going to be covered in a really incredible set of tiles and it'll be nice to give that an unobstructed view.

Another argument for the curtain idea. With the curtains, if the corals ever grow up to cover the view (and that's the hope), then it'll no longer be necessary to use the curtains at all and that's certainly appealing, too. We're not planning them to be like hospital curtains or anything, but nice, heavy fabric.

One thing that shows on the plans is a little half-wall between the toilet and the sink. That's just kind of a placeholder for "some sort of way to obscure the view." That wall won't be there and the curtain will be flush back against the south wall. The architect couldn't really figure out a better way to show something on the plans so that the builder would come back and ask what we really want. :rolleyes:

The tile guy is here today and starting to build the shower pan in that bathroom!
 
Almost all of the drywall is hung (the upstairs was a beast). It'll take a while to finish out the taping and bedding, but once that's done it'll be on to putting in the hardwood floors. The tile guy has gotten a good start on building the shower tub in the spa bathroom.

http://65.102.221.68/remodel.html
 
I tried to post this 6/23:

The drywall guys finished hanging today! A week ahead of schedule! Now, the drywall cleanup crew needs to come in and tape all of the joints and make everything ready for paint. As soon as the tape guys are done, the crew will start installing hardwood floors.

The carpentry crew is installing some beadboard that we doing for a few of the interior ceilings.

The plumbers filled up the house pipes (including the underfloor heat system) with water at the end of last week to test for leaks. No leaks!

The tile guy filled up with water the undertub that he created for the downstairs shower. It's held water all day! He'll now create two more water-tight layers of tub, just to be sure before he tiles it.
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I tried to post this 6/24:

Well, it looks like we've finally decided to go with the local aquarium builder. He's limiting the build a bit because the longest glass he can get is 130" (10' 10"). But, we'd already lost some length because of the foundation in the basement being a little wider than expected and he's going to make up for it by changing the design to add a large external overflow box. So, 11' 6" with the overflow. Also, he twisted my arm and changed the design to 2'6" high instead of 2'. (For those of you that are counting--and I am :) --that changes the total to about 480 gals. without considering the overflow.)
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Thanks, michika! I have cookies, but only the ones my kiddo doesn't like....

New photos are up:

http://65.102.221.68/remodel.html

The taping and bedding crew started today. The carpenters that from another crew in order to hang some bead-board ceilings are down to about one more day and the rest of the carpenters spent the day hanging plywood in the kitchen where we are going to hang a thin (about 1/3 the thickness of normal brick) brick wall.

They are scheduled to start laying flooring in 13 days! Then it'll _really_ be hard not to start moving back in. :)
 
The steel fabricator finally finished the supports for the brick archways over all of the exterior windows and doors, so the masons started up again today. They always seem to start on Fridays.

Inside, we are finally sliding into the finishing stages! The drywall guys are continuing to finish up the taping and bedding. They should be done after the July 4 weekend. After that, the floor guys will start installing the hardwood. The tile guy seems to be about to really get going. Of course, he's seemed like that for a week now. :) After the hardwood is in, the cabinet guy will get started.

From Stacey, the project manager:

It sounds as if the aquarium will be fabricated onsite within 3 weeks.
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Woohoo!

New photos:

http://65.102.221.68/remodel.html
 
Your house is going to be absolutely stunning, I'm sure of it. I am jealous of all your windows and the sky lights.
 
Wow that is going to look so nice when it is finished... I love the architecture with the fancy angles and archways!
 
Well, thank you both. A lot of those funky angles were in the rooms to begin with. These old Victorians around here are very cut up. At least in my daughter's room the ceiling is high enough that you don't bump your head on the walls, though I guess that takes it "out of character." The city is very big on things staying in-character. Wait 'til all those fifties ranch houses hit the 50 year mark and start being protected. :rolleye1: Just 'cause it's old doesn't make it worthwhile architecturally, IMO.

That's one fancy dog door on the back of the house, though, huh? The crew went a little nuts trimming that out. :)
 
Hahaha, our last house was built in 1956. If it was architecturally protected I would have never bought it. We had no storage when we moved in, the original kitchen and bathrooms. Not to mention the sloped ceilings are quite the pain, as I'm sure you well know. However, on the flip side, they just don't build them that sturdy anymore.
 
Well, yeah, there's nothing wrong with the fifties houses, per se. Especially when you compare them to all of the eighties condos that are falling down already. But, there are an awful lot of the fifties ranches in Boulder and, with the way the Landmarks laws are written, they are all going to come under protection all at once. And then we'll be a city stuck with that look, because it'll be nearly impossible to change it just because the houses are old.

Ah, sloped ceilings. I really have to figure out how to hang art on them or something. But I can't quite figure out how to do it. :)
 
I ended up going with vinyl decals to give the room some modernization, but keeping with the 50s look. We tried not to change much, just update it tastefully, and tactfully. Since we are younger couple we are able to get away with a lot of things most people can't.
 
Yeah, all us old fogies are really stuck in our conservative ways. :p

It's amazing how the phrase, "I'm willing to retire in this house," really frees you from the "designing for re-sale" rut. I strongly doubt we'll have any white walls at all. :)

Sounds like some cool decor! Please post pictures, if you wish. I'm perfectly happy to have something to distract me 'til they start building my tank and I always welcome tangents. ;)

On a complete tangent, Victoria Matlock played Elphaba when the Wicked touring company was in Denver. She was fantastic! Have you seen it?
 
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