Saturday, November 13, 2010

Where are we now...

It's been a while since my last post so I here's a brief overview of what's been going on around here the last six months. The biggest project of late has been siding the house. It's taken a while to get the siding done since I've only been working on it for about 1-2 days per week (and some weeks not at all). We started siding in June and started in the back. A friend from church, Nathan, helped me complete the back of the house (which took the entire summer).


Eventually we got around the house to the front. Also, you may notice that I tore off the old porch overhang and this picture shows the posts for the new porch roof.



Porch roof...

Finishing the side with Lyle and John...
Now to the front...and the porch roof is further along.
The siding is 95% complete
Porch deck














Monday, February 15, 2010

It's all coming together!

The words, "You'll be moving in before you know it," now actually seem true. We're putting the final touches on the bathroom (downstairs) and the kitchen, as well as refinishing the floors.

Bathroom floor

Shower

Kitchen with sanded floors



Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Let the Painting Begin!

The drywall finishing has been completed and we're ready to paint. It's been a long time coming, and we're so excited to be at this stage. Once we paint we can refinish the floors and then...we can move in!!

(Living Room)



(Kitchen)

(Kitchen w/ primer coat)





Sunday, January 10, 2010

Before & After: Exterior

As I mentioned earlier, we decided to put on an addition. Originally we were going to only do a one-story addition, but decided to make it a two-story addition. We're hoping that the house will look like it was built this way.



We have removed all the siding and old windows. We have installed new windows and a moisture barrier. We'll install the siding when the weather warms.













"We built this city on sheetrock 'n roll"

So we've started sheetrocking the place! This is a huge step and we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. After we rewired the house and insulated the exterior walls we decided to sheetrock over the old plaster walls rather than patch all the holes and cracks. My next post will be a before and after look at the house so far. For now, enjoy the sheetrock pics.

I've had tons of great help. One day I came over after lunch and the guys from the church had nearly finished one whole room. We are truly blessed with tremendous servants.

Notice the new floor in the kitchen as well!