{"id":20090,"date":"2014-03-11T12:52:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T04:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=20090"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:15:29","slug":"the-minton-ideas-and-renovation-24-day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2014\/03\/11\/the-minton-ideas-and-renovation-24-day-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minton: Ideas and Renovation \u2013 24 \u2013 Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a short lull in renovation progress at the tail end of last week, things picked up again considerably this week judging from this afternoon&#8217;s site visit to see what&#8217;s going on in our Minton home. The false ceilings for our living\/dining hall, and bedrooms are at various stages of completion, new power sockets have been fitted, bases constructed for various kitchen and laundry appliances etc. From the looks of it, the ceiling works should all complete by midweek, after which painting (I think!) should begin thereafter, with fixing of light and fan fixtures starting next Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures as before.:)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20091\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040105-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"More ceiling boards resting against what looks like a completed craftbrick wall. Wonder is this the final look for the feature wall, or it'll get one more once-over with additional plaster. \" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040105-renovation-day12.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040105-renovation-day12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More ceiling boards resting against what looks like a completed craft brick wall. Wonder is this the final look for the feature wall, or it&#8217;ll get one more once-over with additional plaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20092\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040115-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"A worker who is wearing a reverse-cap means business! The ceiling boards' surfaces are not perfectly smooth, so they are layered over to get them ready for painting.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040115-renovation-day12.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040115-renovation-day12-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040115-renovation-day12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker who is wearing a reverse-cap means business! The ceiling boards&#8217; surfaces are not perfectly smooth, so they are layered over to get them ready for painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20093\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040119-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"The false ceiling newly installed in our workroom. Yet to be leveled off though.\" width=\"320\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040119-renovation-day12.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040119-renovation-day12-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The false ceiling newly installed in our workroom. Yet to be leveled off though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20094\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040125-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"Likewise for our Master Bedroom. Taking a close look at the ceiling boards note that they are secured by steel brackets drilled into the concrete ceiling.\" width=\"320\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040125-renovation-day12.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040125-renovation-day12-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Likewise for our Master Bedroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20099\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040122-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"asdasdasd\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040122-renovation-day12.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040122-renovation-day12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking a closer look at the ceiling boards. They&#8217;re secured by steel brackets drilled into the concrete ceiling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20095\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040131-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"The newly laid base for our dishwasher. Our designer was able to get tiles of the same type as our existing kitchen tiling, making for a pretty seamless integration with the floor.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040131-renovation-day12.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040131-renovation-day12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The newly laid base for our dishwasher. Our designer was able to get tiles of the same type as our existing kitchen tiling, making for a pretty seamless integration with the floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20096\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040132-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"He wasn't as successful with the yard toilet though. This base is for our washer and dryer stack. He checked with us on this, and suggested that rather than try to get close-looking tiles that would make it seem like we're trying to hard, we might as well go with something different altogether.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040132-renovation-day12.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040132-renovation-day12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He wasn&#8217;t as successful with the yard toilet though. This base is for our washer and dryer stack. He checked with us on this, and suggested that rather than try to get close-looking tiles that would make it seem like we&#8217;re trying to hard, we might as well go with something different altogether.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20097\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040145-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"Closer look at the craft brick panels. \" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040145-renovation-day12.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040145-renovation-day12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Closer look at the craft brick panels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20098\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040151-renovation-day12.jpg\" alt=\"The false ceiling and covelighting plan for the living\/dinnig hall scribbled onto the wall. It'll be painted over later.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040151-renovation-day12.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040151-renovation-day12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The false ceiling and covelighting plan for the living\/dinnig hall scribbled onto the wall. It&#8217;ll be painted over later.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing Ling&#8217;s choice of paint colors for our new home soon.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a short lull in renovation progress at the tail end of last week, things picked up again considerably this week judging from this afternoon&#8217;s site visit to see what&#8217;s going on in our Minton home. The false ceilings for<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2014\/03\/11\/the-minton-ideas-and-renovation-24-day-12\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  The Minton: Ideas and Renovation \u2013 24 \u2013 Day 12<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526],"tags":[515,337],"class_list":["post-20090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-home","tag-minton","tag-renovation","wpcat-526-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-2014-minton-P1040115-renovation-day12.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}