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 :)

Sheetrock & Wall Prep - Week 20, Friday

The house exterior is looking really nice. I love the way the front porch turned out. It will be a nice place to sit in the summertime!

Front Porch - Railings & columns complete!

Inside, the sheetrock is complete on the upper two levels and the seams have been taped/mudded.

Kitchen/Dining Room - Walls are in & taping/mudding is in progress

Kitchen - Walls & ceiling ready to prime

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Kitchen - More insulation, doors & framing

Powder Bath - Pocket door installation in progress

Office/Main Floor Bedroom - Closet

Office/Main Floor Bedroom

Kitchen Pantry - Pocket door framing

Living Room

Master Bedroom

Master Closet

Master Bathroom

Master Bathroom - Pocket door framing

Master Bath - Future home of the vanity

More Master Bath

Master Closet/Nook

Upstairs Bathroom

Upstairs Hall Closet

Upstairs Bedroom 1

Upstairs Bedroom landing

Upstairs Bedroom 2

Upstairs Bedroom 2 - Closet

Front Porch Columns & Sheetrock - Week 20, Tuesday

Today we stopped by to approve the columns and railings. A portion of the railings are in place now and the columns are being trimmed out. There is still some trim to be added to the inner rectangles on the bases. The front porch is really looking nice and the house feels much more balanced with the columns and railing taking place.

Trimming the columns

Front Porch - Railing

Front Porch - Right section of railing in place

Close Up

Inside the house, the sheetrock is going up fast! The upstairs is almost complete and the main level is about halfway. There are a few things left to do in the basement before they install sheetrock down there so it will be about a week before they start.

Putting up sheetrock!

Stairwell upstairs

Master Bath - No this is not our wall color :)

Master Closet

Master Closet/Nook

Looking into the Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom - Looks like a big white box inside!

Upstairs Bath

Dining Room - Sheetrock waiting to go in on the main level