2-27-2010

Kitchen:
Entry from garage:
Looking into the kitchen:
Kitchen and dining area:

Great Room:

Under stair storage:
Front door entry:

Loft:

Master bedroom:

Master ceiling:
Extra Bathroom:
Bedroom 1:
Bedroom 2:

Master Bath:

Backyard view from master window:
Master walk in closet (!!):
Looking from kitchen to stairs:

2-24-2010

Drywall! They started putting up the drywall today and will be working on that for the next week or so.

2-20-2010

On Saturday we went and checked on the house. The roof was done and the brick had been added along the front.

Address!

Internet and cable lines from our On Q system:

The box will be in our storage closet under the stairs.

Can lights in the kitchen:

Also on Saturday James and his friend Nathan did some insulating on interior walls for noise control.

This is the wall between the loft and master bedroom:

Between loft and guest bedrooms:

On Friday we went and picked a new wood flooring for our dining/kitchen areas. The one we picked actually ended up being nicer then our original choice! I'm so glad that all worked out. Everything seems to be coming along great and is still scheduled to be done in just over a month!

Pre-Drywall

This morning we had our pre-drywall meeting at our house. We walked through and looked at all of the electrical and plumbing. We checked the placements of lights and all outlets.


Kitchen sink:


Heating:

Back wall of the house:

More plumbing and wiring:

Stairs (we have TONS of good storage under the stairs!):

Bedrooms:

Furnace:

It was FREEZING while we were there. It was definitely colder in the house than outside....weird! After 40 mins. of going through everything my toes were completely frozen. They plan to get the roof done in the next 2 days so they can start with the insulation. The bricks for the outside had already been delivered and were just waiting to be put up. Tomorrow someone will be running all of our cable and Internet lines. I can't believe how fast everything is moving along!

Yesterday we got notified that the wood flooring we originally chose is no longer offered! YIKES! So on Friday James and I are heading back to the design center to pick out a new flooring that will hopefully still match our cabinets and everything!

PROJECT!

This past weekend I worked on a project I have been wanting to complete for years!

This is my dresser I have been using for as long as I can really remember. It was a hand-me-down from my aunt and is still in pretty good condition. I have been interested in refinishing it, especially updating the hardware for quite some time. I checked out new hardware, but couldn't find anything nice enough that was the same size and would cover wear and tear made by the old handles.

Close up you can see it is pretty beat up, but has a nice antique look.

So this weekend I got to work! I used a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to clean up some scuff marks and then worked on painting.

supplies:

Spray paint for the hardware, sandpaper, sample paint for trim, old eye make-up brush to use for painting.

Finished Product:

I think the handles look awesome! The spray paint has a great texture to it and it stuck really well to the metal hardware.

I did my best to paint the trim evenly, but I kinda think the roughed up look goes with the rest of the dresser. Overall it def. brightens it up some. Maybe one day I will sand and re-paint the entire dresser, but for now I think this is a good update.

It will look awesome in the guest bedroom that I'm decorating with Black, silver, red and white.