Audio System Updates

One of the challenges that we had when we first installed our audio system was that we couldn't afford the fancy Russound media server that goes with our Russound amplifier. A solution that we could afford was to install a mac mini from Apple Computer and hook it to our amplifier via the Russound iBridge Bay kit. It allows us to wirelessly access the system and change the music from anywhere in the house via laptop.

Our friends Mike and Jeff came from Chicago this past weekend and hooked it all up, they also programmed an RTI universal remote control for our TV room so that we could get rid of the 5 remote controls that we had been fighting with and use only one. It's an amazingly elegant solution and we are very grateful for their help with this project. Here it is:
http://www.rticorp.com/products/T2plus.html

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Fridge is in

The kitchen cabinet bases are all installed, the only appliance we have placed is the fridge. The others will go in over the next week or so....you can see the Eucalyptus veneer on our cabinets....yes, they are from IKEA.....it has been a lot of work for Jeff to put them together, but they were significantly less expensive than the other choices we looked at.

3rd Floor bathroom progress

One of the cool things about the house is that when taking a shower in the 3rd floor bathroom, ones head will be in the skylight dome....Do they issue tickets for flashing a helicopter? You can also see that the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) guys started last week. They started to pull duct work up to the air exchanger and fan on the 3rd floor.... All 4 of the toilets in the house are wall mounted Geberit low flow toilets with dual flush mode. You can see the `carrier' for the toilet in the middle of this pic. The tank for the toilet is hidden in the wall cavity. We bought almost all of our plumbing fixtures online. The sinks and toilets were purchased from Ira Wood & Sons in Kentucky. They have an excellent website for comparing products: http://store.yahoo.com/irawoodinc/tewamotosy.html

Practicing Safe Roofing...

About 10 years ago Jeff was up on our roof cleaning the wood shakes and gutters....He slipped and then fell off and broke his hip....When Jeff told me that he was going to save a little money and install the rigid foam insulation on the portion of the roof over the living room, I felt suddenly nervous....Luckily our friend David teaches rock climbing and just happened to have his climbing belt handy. Yosemite is now beckoning......Hopefully we won't have to install insulation on Half Dome.. http://www.nps.gov/yose/wilderness/climbing.htm

Mike and Jeff's New House

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