Thursday, 12/9 Small Things

Today it was only Johnny and I working. We spent a lot of the day talking through plans for the next few weeks. To be honest besides for planning, we do more small jobs around the house. I spent way too long putting a ceiling fan in the master bedroom. I have no clue why it took so long to install it.

Wednesday, 12/8 Buying Things, Doors, and Priming

So today wasn't the best day I have ever had. Josh and I spent about an hour waiting at Lowes to pick up a door I had special ordered. I have no idea what took them so long to bring it up to the front, but it was pretty annoying.

Anyway, besides for that it was a pretty good day. I bought a new mailbox and installed it today, as well as found a place that had oak crown molding in stock. I picked some up, and it will be stained tomorrow (its going on top of the cabinets).

Parke spent the day cleaning up and sanding the new front and back doors. They are going to look great, a huge improvement over the old doors!

My painter spent the day priming, mostly the window trim.

It was just a day of small jobs that needed to be done.

Tuesday, 12/7 Very Busy

First, I want to say that I'm sorry that it has been so, so long since I have written a blog post. Work on the house has been very hectic and I have been putting in very long hours this past week. Therefore I am just now getting around to writing a new post.

As you can see from this photo, a lot of work has been done. The whole house has been landscaped, which makes a huge difference in how it looks. Also the front lights have been put up. The river pebbles have been put down for the parking, giving the exterior an almost finished look.

I am putting a new front and back door in (actually bought them today). Once that is done, a front awning will be built, the mailbox will be put in, a small fence will be put on the right of the house, and finally the front landing will be painted. Then the exterior of the house will be done! Here are some pictures of the exterior:

The inside of the house has changed a lot! The main difference is that the cabinets are installed and stained, though the window trim is up and the ceilings are painted as well. Johnny and I spent two very long days getting the cabinets installed. Once in place they looked great and really made it look like a kitchen. The next day was spent staining all day long (once I got the right mixtures of stain to get the color I wanted). The cabinets looked great. Today my painter put a coat of poly on them and really made them stand out.

Besides for the cabinets, I also bought my appliances. I got range and microwave that are both convection cookers as well, and a dishwasher. All three are stainless steel. I only bought them this early because I got a great deal on them.

Johnny also got the trim up for all the windows, which looks great! Here are some photos, and please note that the cabinets look way way better in person (the flash made some of them look weird):

Again I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to update this blog. But a ton of work has been done, and everything is starting to come together to form a house.

Monday, 11/29 Painting, Organizing, Cabinets

Well I am back from a great Thanksgiving break and started working some more on the house. It was Darren (my painter), Josh, and me working today. Darren put second coats on some of the ceilings, especially the closet, while Josh worked on organizing the house. We put some plastic down on the back porch and moved most of the supplies back there (things like doors). This opened up the inside of the house and gave much more room for movement. Josh then spent the afternoon cleaning up the house, especially the floor.

I also went the paid for the cabinets today. Hopefully tomorrow when we pick them up we can begin staining them and seeing what they will look like. Im excited to see the house continue to come together.

Tuesday, 11/23 Random

Tuesday was a day of random things. Since tomorrow I am heading home for Thanksgiving, not too much work was done. Most of the ceilings were painted and the more small drywall work was done. The house (inside and outside) was also cleaned up and readied for more work. The interior trim was delivered today as well. Today was a day of getting prepared for more work after Thanksgiving.

Monday, 11/22 Drywall, Deck, and Painting

Today a lot of work got done today! As you can see the shutters were finally put up and painted, and the exterior doors were given their first coat of paint. A second coat of paint was also put on the downspouts, and the rest of the trim was touched up.

Also, the back deck was finished today. Johnny and I had to put up the rest of the railing, with most of our time spent with the railing for the stairs. But we got it done and even cleaned it off afterwards. Three photos of it are shown below.

Josh and Parke did more drywall work. I am having to fix some of the things my drywall guys did, and make sure it is completely right. This is mainly just leveling out areas of the wall, which Parke and Josh are actually enjoying (to a point). Im really excited about it looking like a real house.

Friday, 11/19 Deck Railing and Drywall

On Friday Johnny and I worked on the railing of the deck and the stairs. Cutting and putting up the balusters with a 4 inch spacing (thats what code requires) takes up most of a good day. Johnny and I spent all day on the deck, at the end of the day it was getting close to done. Parke worked inside doing some small drywall work. Some walls needed some small work.