Back Porch!!! - Week 22, Friday

Today is my birthday and I received a very nice present when I got to the house: The back porch looks awesome! The beams are all trimmed out, the railings & banisters are in, and the columns have been installed. Oliver even made a nice horizontal grate around the base of the deck so Zoe wouldn't use it as her hiding place :)

Back Deck

Stairs are backed and looking nice

More detail shots - Those funny pipes are the out/in takes for the HVAC system. Not all that attractive right now, but I hear they are getting a facelift.

A Back Deck & More Sheetrock - Week 21, Friday

Nothing too exciting to report from the inside of the house today. Just more walls :) The walls & ceiling on the main level are all covered in sheetrock and ready to be primed! 

Office/Main Level Bedroom

Kitchen - You can see the original floor (original meaning it was there when we bought it) that will be reused and matched with new red oak

Powder Bath - The old floor is a little patchy here because this used to be the closet for one of the bedrooms in the original house

Powder Bath - Walls close-up

More Powder Bath Walls

Many Powder Bathroom Pictures! I'm currently trying to pick out the wallpaper for this room. It's the one place Riley would let me have it :)

Kitchen Pantry - Pocket door framing is now enclosed

Kitchen - Future home of the coffee bar

Temporary Thermostat - Gotta keep it warm so the walls dry!

Speaking of thermostats, we ended up getting a Nest Thermostat. It's a nifty little guy that learns your patterns and suggests ways to decrease your energy usage. There's also an app where you can control it from anywhere from your iphone. Pretty darn cool and it's really cute to boot!

Basement - More framing down here, not a lot sheetrock quite yet!

Basement Bedroom - Only sheetrocked walls so far. Ceilings are in throughout the basement though! 

Outside the house, we were pleased to find a new addition today. The back deck is being installed and the stairs are going into place. The Ipe wood is really beautiful (photos do it no justice) and it's pretty nice to see something stable back here.

Back Porch Stairs

Back Porch - Working away!

Leaving today's post with the front of the house :)

Insulation Continues, Front Columns & Back Porch - Week 19, Thursday

Last time I took photos at the house, only the main level and upstairs had insulation in. Today, the insulation in the basement is nearly complete as well.

Basement
Notice the trash can...It's amazing how clean these guys keep the house while they work.

Basement Bath

Basement Shower walls, prepped for tile

Basement Shower again

Basement Storage/Server room

 Some new improvements to the back porch are that the upper beams have been boxed in and the side supports are ready for the columns to be built around them.

Back Porch with boxed beams

Better view of the beams with the tongue & groove ceiling

Garage
We moved some plants up from Eugene (left) to plan in the yard when it's ready!

Start of the front columns! I am VERY excited to see this. I'm sure the house is going to look so much more finished and balanced with the columns in. Right now, it just looks like a big beast on little stilt legs :)

Start of the front porch columns!