May 31 - Paint!

It's looking so nice and bright now that the walls and ceilings are being painted!  First 2 coats of white, then a very light blue on the walls, keeping the ceilings white.

 On the way over to the duplex, I stopped at the industrial arts area at RFIS to see the progress on our kitchen cabinets!  Looking good so far!

Kitchen cabinets in the making

Ceiling painter 

Looking at the living room from the entrance/stairs to upper level

Looking from the living room toward entrance (plumber just came in) and stairs to upper level - right of stairs is an under the stairs storage closet and bathroom farther to the right (around the corner and out of view)

Standing at the top of the stairs - bedroom to the left of the "fence" bathroom to the right, here I am stuck in the middle  with you... oh no, with 2 bedrooms on either side of and behind me.

May 21 Base for Cabinets

Next we're working on plans for the kitchen and bathroom cabinets.  So, a base was made to put the cabinets on.  Ron has been drawing cabinets, wisely consulting me about what style and sizes of cupboards I'd like in the kitchen and in the bathroom.

This part of the kitchen will be much like the Stoker's kitchen with stove to the left, cupboards around the corner to a sink under the window, continuing around the corner with a peninsula counter top.

Base for kitchen cabinets poured

Across from the sink unit we'll have a wall of counter space with cupboards below and above.

base for cupboards, space at right for fridge, far right: door to "common room" between the 2 sides of the duplex.  bottom right corner of the picture is the end of the "peninsula" cupboard.

See how drab the concrete walls look?  Well, in the next post all that will change!  The painters have been hired and have been working in the bedrooms, office, stairway, storeroom.  Stay tuned!

May 15 The Doors

26 doors made by Ekwe, a Cameroonian furniture maker known by many in the missionary community for his quality wood working.  3 of the doors are screen doors.  All 26 were delivered to the duplex where the carpenters team of guys planed and installed them.

Stack of doors delivered to the duplex

Installation of store room doors

Office door installed

Main entrance door - and screen door... awaiting the screen.  Notice the wood shavings from being planed.

10 May 2013 Stoker Apartment

In July Jeff & Carolyn Stoker will plan to be back in Yaounde after their year of Home Assignment in the US.  We're pretty sure their apartment, on the lower level of the UBAC Hostel building, will be ready for them!

Kitchen cupboards being installed in Stoker's apartment

When I went over to take these pictures for Carolyn to view the progress, the carpenter was there, working on the "peninsula" unit at the bottom of the above picture.  As you see, tile has yet to be installed on top of the counters.

Seen from the other side - living / dining room is beyond the the cupboard.

Here are some unique features of the kitchen cupboards...

Corner cupboard awaits a lazy susan shelf.  

Corner drawer with a false front

And the bathroom still needs a sink and tile on the counter top.

Bathroom - needing sink and tile

And the essential fixture is functioning as is the shower :)

April 30 Ceiling Panels Upstairs

Plaster nearly complete on the outside of the house - ceiling panels up and painted under the eaves.

The walls on the veranda are getting plastered nice and smooth.

Plastering the veranda

Now that the roof is up, it's time to get the ceiling in the upstairs, bedroom level.  First the wooden slats or "lattes" go up.

Preparing the ceiling for plywood panels

When the ceiling is in it brightens up the room.

Corner bedroom with ceiling panels in place

Another corner bedroom - back to the windows, looking out to the hallway

View of the front of the building with the ceiling panels under the eaves done, upstairs windows screened, upper level plastered, lower level getting completed on the exterior.  This ramp is only in place to aid in getting supplies easily up to the upper levels.  There will be a wall along the veranda when the ramp is no longer needed.