Well we are finally in our own house.
Friday was our first night and oops we forgot curtains, alarm clocks etc. I couldn't find anything. Oh and our sleep number bed wouldn't work and we had to tear apart the air compressor and fix it, it had been jostled in the move and the air was not staying in. Cori and Jessie stayed with us on the bunk beds we set up for them.
Saturday Cori and I helped my dad haul wood and Luna the cat finally came to the house.
Sunday we worked on putting some things away and had a nice dinner. Mark came over and put up the chiar rail in the dinning room.
Monday the refrigerator that Mark and Jane gave us showed up and I spent the evening cleaning it and moving food from the small extra frig to the one in the kitchen. My kitchen looks much smaller now with the frig but what can you do.
I will be posting pictures of before and after soon so check back often.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
What a difference good friends make.
Friday October 3rd.
Our good friend Nick was nice enough to come help install my new countertop and even helped put in most of the kitchen/dinning room flooring.
Below he is putting the starter holes in for my sink.
And then attatching the plumbing back up.
This picture(below) is of the new flooring about half way installed.
The tile laminate was much more difficult to install than the wood laminate. The material goes together a lot harder and you have to be more careful about getting the tile grout lines to match up. However, I love the way it looks and I didn't have to do all the cementing , spacing and grouting. It is still easier than real tile and is supposed to hold up better and be easier to clean.
Saturday Oct 4.
My dad helped me finish that flooring. He also put in my tile backsplash (made us appreciate the effert tile flooring would have taken) and my mom helped me put all of my cubbard doors and hardware on.
As you can see below it is really turining out nice. This view is from the mud room. As you can see we kept the old hood and with the color choices it looks nice.
Here is a close up of the tile prior to grout with the under cabinet lighing on.
Sunday Oct 5.
Sunday we moved a load of stuff to the house, grouted the new tile, wired the cooktop to my stove, wired the outlet for the microwave and oven and cleaned up the house a little. Ben also put in my closet organizer.
Below you can see my cooktop, the tile grouted and it gives you a good view of the kitchen from the hall/living room side of the house.
This picture is of my dad finishing the outlets and switch in the backsplash area.
Ben and I also tried to fabricate a new piece for our lazy susan to see if we can salvage it. We are now thinking we will need to trim the door down a little on it to get it to rotate without rubbing all the paint off.
The house is really taking shape now.
Monday Oct 6.
I took a van load of stuff to the house. Dad and I worked on the shelving for the oven/microwave cabinet. I also was able to use my cooktop for the first time and eat like real people out of a real kitchen. wow!
Our good friend Nick was nice enough to come help install my new countertop and even helped put in most of the kitchen/dinning room flooring.
Below he is putting the starter holes in for my sink.
And then attatching the plumbing back up.
This picture(below) is of the new flooring about half way installed.
The tile laminate was much more difficult to install than the wood laminate. The material goes together a lot harder and you have to be more careful about getting the tile grout lines to match up. However, I love the way it looks and I didn't have to do all the cementing , spacing and grouting. It is still easier than real tile and is supposed to hold up better and be easier to clean.
Saturday Oct 4.
My dad helped me finish that flooring. He also put in my tile backsplash (made us appreciate the effert tile flooring would have taken) and my mom helped me put all of my cubbard doors and hardware on.
As you can see below it is really turining out nice. This view is from the mud room. As you can see we kept the old hood and with the color choices it looks nice.
Here is a close up of the tile prior to grout with the under cabinet lighing on.
Sunday Oct 5.
Sunday we moved a load of stuff to the house, grouted the new tile, wired the cooktop to my stove, wired the outlet for the microwave and oven and cleaned up the house a little. Ben also put in my closet organizer.
Below you can see my cooktop, the tile grouted and it gives you a good view of the kitchen from the hall/living room side of the house.
This picture is of my dad finishing the outlets and switch in the backsplash area.
Ben and I also tried to fabricate a new piece for our lazy susan to see if we can salvage it. We are now thinking we will need to trim the door down a little on it to get it to rotate without rubbing all the paint off.
The house is really taking shape now.
Monday Oct 6.
I took a van load of stuff to the house. Dad and I worked on the shelving for the oven/microwave cabinet. I also was able to use my cooktop for the first time and eat like real people out of a real kitchen. wow!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Update as of September 30th, 2008
Some of the rooms are actually about done!!
Saturday I put the 1st coat of paint on the cubbards while the carpet was being installed. Laying carpet is the only thing we have paid someone else to do up to this point.
You can see the new carpet in the guest bedroom and Tylers room below. The same carpet went in the master as well.
Sunday Dad and Ben worked on putting the under the cabinet lighting in the kitchen. Ben really got into his work as you can see.
Cori and I set up Tylers new big boy loft bed and I vacumed the carpet.
As you can see below Tyler absolutly loves his new bed.
Before we left that night Tyler, Grandma, Ben and I decorated his new bed with Pixar "Cars" stickers. I will get a picture of that soon.
Monday I put the 2nd and last coat of paint on the cabinets and now I am ready for countertops and flooring in the kitchen dinning room. By the end of this comming weekend the living area of the house should be done enough that we could move in soon.
:)
Saturday I put the 1st coat of paint on the cubbards while the carpet was being installed. Laying carpet is the only thing we have paid someone else to do up to this point.
You can see the new carpet in the guest bedroom and Tylers room below. The same carpet went in the master as well.
Sunday Dad and Ben worked on putting the under the cabinet lighting in the kitchen. Ben really got into his work as you can see.
Cori and I set up Tylers new big boy loft bed and I vacumed the carpet.
As you can see below Tyler absolutly loves his new bed.
Before we left that night Tyler, Grandma, Ben and I decorated his new bed with Pixar "Cars" stickers. I will get a picture of that soon.
Monday I put the 2nd and last coat of paint on the cabinets and now I am ready for countertops and flooring in the kitchen dinning room. By the end of this comming weekend the living area of the house should be done enough that we could move in soon.
:)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
9-24-08 Cubards are Primed!
So I do not have a picture but I am happy to say that Jane and I finished putting the 2nd coat of primer on all of the kitchen cabinet comonents. :)
I will check themover for imperfections and then start with paint. I cant wait to be done with this.
I will check themover for imperfections and then start with paint. I cant wait to be done with this.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Sept 10-20 progress
Time to update the blog.
Here is a picture of the living room with the new paint and flooring. Notice the door now has a window and the half wall has a mantel on top.
Mark and Jane worked on painting the trim so that it could be put back in the rooms after flooring. Ben has been working 7am-11pm every day lately and was only able to stop by on a break to see how things were going.
Dad and I have now gotten fans put back up in the master, tylers room (pictured below) and the dinning room. The other fans I had planned on putting back up were very noisey and I decided I will go purchase some cheap ones for the kitchen and guest bedroom.
Mark and Jane painted the top of the kitchen/dinning room and I have started primming the cubbards. Jane helped prime the doors.
We will continue the lengthy process of priming and painting the kitchen cubbards and then we will be ready to put in the flooring and countertop.
Carpet is comming for the bedrooms on Saturday so they say. Then we can finish those rooms with the trim and closet doors. I am actually hoping to start setting up Tylers room Sunday but we will have to wait and see.
Here is a picture of the living room with the new paint and flooring. Notice the door now has a window and the half wall has a mantel on top.
Mark and Jane worked on painting the trim so that it could be put back in the rooms after flooring. Ben has been working 7am-11pm every day lately and was only able to stop by on a break to see how things were going.
Dad and I have now gotten fans put back up in the master, tylers room (pictured below) and the dinning room. The other fans I had planned on putting back up were very noisey and I decided I will go purchase some cheap ones for the kitchen and guest bedroom.
Mark and Jane painted the top of the kitchen/dinning room and I have started primming the cubbards. Jane helped prime the doors.
We will continue the lengthy process of priming and painting the kitchen cubbards and then we will be ready to put in the flooring and countertop.
Carpet is comming for the bedrooms on Saturday so they say. Then we can finish those rooms with the trim and closet doors. I am actually hoping to start setting up Tylers room Sunday but we will have to wait and see.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sep 5-7 Flooring and Paint provide Encouragment
Since I have been bad about putting up pics lately here are pictures of the new closets that we added to the Master bedroom (top) and Tyler's room (bottom) Also note that we finished painting the bedrooms, hallway and living room except for some minor touch ups.
Ben's dad, Mark, has been a great help in accomplishing all the painting so that we would be able to lay flooring this weekend. He has spent all week finishing those rooms for us. Lucky for us to have a retired parent eager to help, since time has been our biggest obstacle.
The next project was to lay the wood laminate flooring in the hall and living room. Our fathers came and helped us lay the more difficult pieces in the hall and closets.
Below Mark (Ben's dad) is figuring out the cuts that Bert (my dad) will need to make to go around the door frame of the bathroom.
and (below)Ben is laying the edge pieces that will but up to the tile laminate that will go in the dinning room later.
This picture (below) gives you a good look at what the results looked like in the hallway.
At around 730 pm, we sent our fathers home to get some deserved time off and Ben and I spent the rest of Saturday "Date Night" completing the majority of the flooring.
It was actually nice to be alone working on something that actually provided visual results. The flooring provided needed encouragement that this house will actually be completed at some point.
I didn't get a picture of the living room as Ben and I worked late into the night and didn't get a chance to take another picture yet.
We are very happy with the look of our new flooring and anxious for the carpet to arrive so the bedrooms can be finished off.
Next we will focus on the kitchen/dinning room. We ordered the new counter top and it is due to arrive sometime after Sept 21st so we at least have a deadline in mind for getting the kitchen/dinning room done.
I will do my best to get more pics to post soon.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
crunch time!
Well, it is September and the house is not ready. However, Carpet is comming next monday and we are working hard to get the bedrooms, hallway and living room done including the wood laminate flooring before the carpet comes.
We only have painting and the flooring left for those areas.
Then the only thing holding us back will be the kitchen/dinning room. This really means that I need to get my cubards painted as they are holding up the rest of the work in that area.
Mark and Jane (Bens parents) are now back from Minnesotta and we are sharing their house with them untill we can move into ours.
Mark is helping us on the house and Jane has to leave for the rest of the week for work.
Ben has gotten very busy with work and I am now working 45-50 hours a week to help with all our bills, so finding time to work on the house is getting more difficult.
Remember us in your prayers.
We only have painting and the flooring left for those areas.
Then the only thing holding us back will be the kitchen/dinning room. This really means that I need to get my cubards painted as they are holding up the rest of the work in that area.
Mark and Jane (Bens parents) are now back from Minnesotta and we are sharing their house with them untill we can move into ours.
Mark is helping us on the house and Jane has to leave for the rest of the week for work.
Ben has gotten very busy with work and I am now working 45-50 hours a week to help with all our bills, so finding time to work on the house is getting more difficult.
Remember us in your prayers.
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