Tuesday, November 27th

Drywall almost done!  Well, everything has that lovely coat of dust on it AGAIN, but I am not going to complain, because we are that much closer to being done!!!  The guys tore out our temporary corner from the kitchen to the new family room today...yeahh!  Plastic is up to keep out some of the dirt & dust and afford a small amount of privacy, but by the end of next week or beginning of the following, we will hopefully be painting...well, not 'we' as in 'me', but some other nice person that will do that for me!  Skim coating the walls, etc. may go thru next Tues/ Wed., then painting, then new wood floor & trim work, etc.  Will keep you posted on what's next.

                                             Master Bedroom looking into new hall & Mbth

                                                                      Master Bedroom

                                                                     Master Bedroom

                                                                  Family Room

Family Room looking at Pantry Area (can't wait til enclosed again!)

 

                                                       Family Room - Toward Back Yard

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Last week we were able to get the inspection complete on the insulation, after getting the plumbing and framing inspections.  That allowed the drywall work to start today!!!  It already looks a lot different and more closed in, but once we get the electric live and have some lights working, it will help! 

Family Room - Built In & Fireplace

Master Bath - Tub Area

Master Bath Shower & Tub area

Master Bath - Sink Area

Finishing up siding on outside

Built In with Fireplace in Family Room

Insulation in MBR

Master Bath & Closet to Left

Master Bath

Our multi-colored front facade...uggh, will look like this til spring unfortunately!

Beginnings of drywall in the MBR

We finally had some action this week after waiting for our fireplace and some other plumbing fixtures to arrive over the past couple of weeks.  The fireplace (which was 2 weeks late) was installed yesterday and we have to do a little rework in order to get Robin's manly (= massive:) TV to fit.  Unfortunately, we have to put the TV above the fireplace which isn't my favorite, but we couldn't find a way to make it all work in the area we had & look good side by side.

We also have a great husband & wife crew of 2 doing all of the exterior trim and siding work which also started this week.  They have the back & part of the side of the addition done - wish they could have come today on this beautiful day, but they had other obligations with family.  It looks like we will likely NOT get the outside of the house painted before the spring, which is going to look very odd all winter long.  With the weather changing, chances just are not very high that we will get a week of weather warm enough for the paint to adhere to the siding properly...we'll see how it goes!

                                          
                                               Waiting for the tub!

 

New 75 gallon Hot Water Heater! Bye bye 40 gallon tank that didn't give us enough hot water to begin with!

A truck delivered a ton of drywall this morning & it was fun for the kids to see it lifted from truck to the addition. Carpet tile also arrived for the family room area rug and getting ready to order bathroom tile early next week!