Monday, August 1, 2011

Trades

These past three weeks have been
busy with the onset of our
Trade work!
New Duct Work
(HVAC)
New Pipes
(Plumbing)
New Gas Line
(Energy Company)
And not pictured....
New Wiring!
(Electrician)
I been working on the old claw foot tub!
And "helping" Wayne build the banister!
The front door has been hung....
but still needs to be painted
and new hardware installed!
Interior doors are just waiting to be hung!
I love the new doors!
And thanks to one of my carpenters....
I will now need to add landscaping to the
list of things to be done sooner than later!
(He cut all the hedge in front of the triple window down!)
On the orchard front....
We have had some visitors!
Our rough in inspection is at 9am tomorrow morning!
We are praying for a clean inspection!
Then come insulation
and if all goes well......
DRYWALL starts on Saturday!

Just wanted to give you a quick update!
Hope you have a great week!

Monday, July 11, 2011

A Face Lift

to catch you up to date:

The old house has sold!
We have moved to temporary housing!
Building permits have been filed and approved!
Demo is done!
and
Windows have gone in!
Before
From the outside they didn't look bad,
but inside they leaked, and
were not very operable.
During
We decided to update the windows to
a craftsman style,
four square on top and clear on the bottom!
(after photo still to come)
Remember my wall of doors?
Outside
My wall of doors?
Inside
Now a beautiful wall of new windows and
a real french door!
Inside
Outside
The big windowless wall in the master bedroom
has now become
Full of windows!
(During- Wayne and I still need to finish the siding)
Same view from the inside- before!
And after!
We are going to just love the new view!
This photo was taken before any of the changes.
Same view after with the new doors and windows!
Even without the siding (which still needs to be added)
we LOVE the change!

Outside our House
apples are growing
as well as...
the pears!
Day lilies are popping up all over!
Any like the little ants that are busy on my flowers...

we are busy too!

This weeks to-do list includes:
Repairing a termite damaged I-beam in the basement.
Replacing some holes in the sub floor.
Siding the back of the house.
Repairing a leak in the roof.
Finalizing the design for the kids bathroom.
Choosing fixtures for master bath.
Taking bids for drywalling and flooring.

At the same time:
Our HVAC people started today,
our plumbers start Wednesday
and the electrician starts
next week!

Have a wonderful week!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Behind These Walls

Just wanted to give you a quick update on some of the
progress we have made in the Provision!
At this point about 90% of the walls and ceilings
that are coming down....
are down and most of the new walls
have gone up!

Before and Durings!

Living Room- Before
Living Room - During
We removed the walls, ceilings, and
fireplace surround
in this room! 
We also decided to remove the arch in between the
living room and great room!
In doing this we were able to create a wider
opening which will take advantage of both the
front view and rear views!

Great Room

Great View- Before
Great Room- During
Our contractors removed the back windows and doors,
The wall was then re framed  for the new windows and
french doors.  Since they had not yet come in, our
contractors nailed the odd and end doors to the openings!
Here is the view from the outside!

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom- Before
Master Bedroom- During
All the walls and old closet were removed in this room!
(We still have the ceiling to demo.)
Our contractors have also framed for our new window
in this room!  This room only had one small window!
We can't wait till this wall is removed and the
new window installed!
The new window will go here and like the windows in the great room
will overlook the back yard!
Our Back Yard!

This room is now framed for the new powder bath!

Upstairs!

Madison's Room
Before
During- Part 1
During- Part 2
We knew that we had to remove the old closet
and tiny bathroom.
What we didn't count on was the horrible smell,
that didn't go away until....
we removed the ceiling and discovered a
Huge..... raccoon's nest in the rafters!
This was the original entrance to the secret room located
off Madison's room.
Madison decided to make this her walk-in-closet,
so our wonderful contractors created a new
entrance and framed up the walls
to be drywall ready!

The wall dividing the kids landing room and Zac's bedroom,
has also been built!
When removing the walls in the downstairs bathroom,
we came across this
writing on the wall!
If we are able to keep the stud,
I will be adding the new remodel to the list!
Since we have been busy inside,
Our orchard was not sprayed in time to ward off
the insects or whatever causes the brown spots.
We do have one pear tree that is spot free,
and it has been so much fun to watch them grow!

I hope to have more to share this week!
Stairs have been flipped and windows are
getting installed!

I am linking to Metamorphosis Monday
over at Between Naps On the Porch!
Have a wonderful week!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Busy, Busy, Busy

Life is swamped and unfortunately blogging
has simply fallen to the bottom of my
"get to do" list
way underneath my "have to do" list!

These past few weeks, since getting a contract
on the house, have been so busy!

Our weekends and evenings have been spent
gutting the new house!
We were also able to get our wonderful
contractors started on some work, as well!
I've been taking photos and hopefully next week
will have some time to post all the great changes!
We have been  working getting bids
for things such as...
heating/ air
plumbing
insulation
&
electric!
We have also received a bids
for fun things like kitchen cabinets
and have scoured our local
big box stores for
deep discount, top of the line
appliances!
New windows and doors have been ordered!
School is over for the summer!
Temporary housing has been found (finally)!
Boxes are being packed
and moving truck has been reserved for this
Saturday!
Closing is scheduled for this coming
Tuesday morning.

I'm doing my best to stay up to date with all my blog friends,
however I'm not always able to comment like I want....
I miss you all and look forward to catching up more soon.

If you look closely at the photo, you might see the
double rainbow!
Have a wonderful week!