Monday, April 2, 2012

Up stairs bath room

We got vinyl tile for bath rooms. I wanted to have marble tile, but of course it was way out of budget. Also it would be lots of works. So we decided to use vinyl black and white tile. It was good choice. I can cut with scissors and utility knife. It already have adhesive in the back. So just peel the paper off and stick it. Just in case since I cut some parts small I use the glue, though. Before I started this vinyl tile, I had to put another plywood floor. The floor we had was OSB board. OSB is made with compressed wood chips. So the surface is too rough to use for vinyl.
本当は大理石タイルを使いたかったけど、もちろん大幅予算外なので、ビニール製の白黒タイルを使うことにした。まあ、切ったり、固定したりするのに手間のかかる大理石に比べたら、かなりのらくちん作業なのでいい選択です。切るのははさみやカッターで出来るし、裏には既に粘着材がついているので紙をはがしてはるだけ。小さく切るパーツもあるので一応専用の糊もつけましたが。タイルを始める前に、全体に表面の平らな合板の板を張る作業から始めた。今までの床はOSBと呼ばれ、木っ端を糊で固めたもの。強いのは強いが、表面が荒いのでタイルには向かない。
Septic tube haven't connect to anything yet. Especially when it is humid the stinky smell comes out from this tube. So I put towels there to stop it. However, in some reason cats like that smell. Right after I clog this hole, one of our cat come in and pull the towel, lay next to the hole with smile. I tried to clog them like 30 times today, but I gave up. Seems it is his heaven room now.
まだトイレや浴槽につながる下水管があいたままなので、特に雨の後などは何とも言えないにおいがするのでタオルを突っ込んでふたをしている。ところがなぜかしら、うちの猫はこのにおいが好きなようで、タオルを突っ込むたびに部屋に戻ってきてはタオルを抜き取り、うれしそうに横に寝転びガードする。今日は30回くらいこのやり取りをしたものの、あまりにうれしそうなのでこっちが引いてあげよう。

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  1. I visited your blog months ago- now you have home! Impressive. I was prompted to visit after my daughter - 8 years old- asked to look at your art. We have three of your pieces. You may remember the family you taught at Lill one day.We have bought one piece from you, and two more from Lill.
    I love the piece your cats are examining- expensive cat toy! Take care. And keep making art!

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    1. Hi Jane, I do remember your family well. I was really enjoying having a class with you guys. Thank you to visit this blog. I kept writing since we started building our house. It is long process. And to be honest, sometimes gets tired of it. But It was amazing experience. And glad we did it, so we can tell our kids ...someday. Finally it is getting closer to the point we can say finished and nobody can say blame us. So we can make art again! I'm keep telling everyone that I would update my website soon. I will do within a year! So I can show my work to you more.

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