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[ L] [ M ] What do you do with all of your stuff when you have to rip out the floor to your house? Storage of course.... This shots shows moving preparations and the long empty indoor pool. |
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[ L ] [ M] . This is the removal of the pine and plywood built-in which sat along the wall of the tower between the kitchen and the dining area. Unfortunately the upper two sections got damaged in storage. The piano was allowed to freeze too. Why? Well the time estimates were just a bit too short ( several months in fact ). Heat was not an issue in August, and later I was too absorbed to think about a piano.... |
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[L ] [ M] It is clear in this picture that the front of the balcony over the pool is badly ( was :-) ) water damaged. Some of the people living there had once erected a "plastic" water fall into the pool. This is when you tack up plastic to guide the roof leaks into the pool. |
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[L ] [ M ] The kitchen tended to be dark for several reasons. The window it had opened onto the tunnel through the berm and let in nice air, but little light. The stonework of the house curved around and enclosed the first 10 feet or so keeping south light out also. The cabinets were dark aged plywood with a dark aged pine ceiling. At night, the house takes on a whole new personality and this daylight encumbrance had no meaning. In point of fact, it was a friendly kitchen and was always full of people during parties and a nice place to chat with whoever was cooking. |
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[ L ] [ M ] At certain times of the day the kitchen would fill with light. This shot shows an empty kitchen just before we replaced the floor. Since the light is coming all the way into the east end of the house, we know its late afternoon. Notice how the grey floor does nothing to compliment the stonework. What I noticed was that the grey floor brought out the mortar, while the new red floor ( soon to be ) emphasized the stone. It started showing up much better. |
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