This week was all about finish carpentry. Happily the tile floor in the mudroom got installed and it does look really nice. The finish carpenters showed up and put the doors in, got trim up, installed the pocket doors and generally “finished” things. They are doing an excellent …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Remodel Update Week 14I think week 13 of the project will go down as the least exciting week for me. The only thing to get worked on was the mudroom tile floor. That was out of necessity, the mudroom is the access point to the basement and in the laborious process of putting in the tile floor access …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Remodel Update Week 13Today was the 2011 So Long Summer show! Our neighbors the Miller’s host this every year for five years running now. It’s the last Sunday before school and a ton of kids in the neighborhood do performances. It’s awesome on so many levels. This year Mazie sang a song from her now …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Mazie's 2011We are entering the home stretch on the remodeling project. The work now is no longer about structure and wire. We are dealing with drywall mud, paint and finish work. This week all of the drywall got primer and the ceilings were all painted. The siding on the exterior of the …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Remodel Update Week 12Our neighbors down the street, the Conley’s, hosted an unplanned S’mores evening last night. Mazie loved staying up to 11:30 pm! 🔥🍫
Tammy had noted that Mazie and Tyler really like to play in playhouses when we visit people. Our yard is a standard city lot, so we don’t have much space but she figured out a good spot in the yard and a playhouse that would work there. The playhouse didn’t have a floor so we …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Playhouse for the KidsI’m posting this weeks update a little early, the progress is so fun to see. The theme for this week is drywall! The framing is gone, and in it’s place is grey drywall everywhere you look. I was amazed that one guy did it all. The result of these huge 54" by 12 foot sheets of …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Remodel Update Week 10One of my favorite things about living in our neighborhood is walking around with the old, majestic trees overhead. Conversely, I get very sad when I see an orange ring spray painted around a tree indicating it has to be cut down. When I was walking to the bus this morning the …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Majestic TreesThe remodel continues to go well. This week carpentry was mostly outside. The new mudroom got the exterior finished. The roof needs to be finished and then they will put the railing on top. Not much more before the outside will look done, minus some paint and the real door. The …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Remodel Update Week 9
