Showing posts with label Our Way. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Our Way. Show all posts

Monday, March 10, 2008

Lower Cabinets

The cabinets found a new storage place in the sunroom prior to installation.
Jeff did the thinking while I supervised.
Oz came to help to. Jeff is so much more fun to work with when Oz is around!
There are so many cabinets! Doesn't Jeff look happy!?
We got them all installed! The peninsula and island are bolted through to the basement! Built in typical Jeff fashion! They are wonderful!

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Trim and Wood Floors

Tom and Joel started installed the trim. They Kreged the pieces together and hung them as a whole piece.
It made the sunroom almost complete. We just need a gun over the fireplace!
The kitchen floor wood was delivered with a couple coats of finish already on it! Thank goodness!
In just a few days...
It was ready for boys in socks!

Saturday, March 08, 2008

The Roman Shower

This is one of many exercises in excessiveness! Gary the tile guy spent many tedious hours creating a work of art in our bathroom!
We have a walk-in shower that is tiled from floor to...
Yes, that's tile on the ceiling! I just know I will be the one to get konked on the head when one falls, but it is Beautiful! It even has a seat!

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Upper Cabinets

We built and finished the cabinets at home and brought them up in March. Dad helped install the uppers. He's the right height! We started in the laundry room.
Much to Jeff's despair I insisted on installing the oven hood. It blows smells outside of the house!
He was glad he had planned so well. Everything fit!
I love the paint color with the maple!

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Fun with Warm Tiles

By the end of February we were ready for tile. We started with hardi backerboard on the floor.
Then we had fun with Warm Tiles. No one likes cold tile floors!
Next we put down the tile with the help of Jeff's laser gadget. I was amazed at how straight the tiles stayed!
The next weekend was grout. Not bad at all!
Then Jeff got to hang his super towel dryer! He put Warm Tiles inside of this tile and mortar monstrosity! 180 pounds of towel mildew prevention!
Jack got the idea from Poly union that he should go on strike! Warm Towels for everyone! Ha!

Sunday, February 24, 2008

The Addiction to Poly begins

President's Day weekend started with Ken and Scott trimming out the electrical fixtures. They are wonderful! (And the fixtures are okay too!)
We have lights!
Then Dad's addiction to polyurethane began. It started with trim.
Mom and Oz helped a lot!
Jeff and I helped some too.
We got a lot of trim polyed...
But Dad just hadn't had enough! He insisted on finishing all the doors! And boy did we appreciated it!
Then he went to work on the mantle...6 coats! Not a drip in sight!

Then he assembled 45 drawers! That's craziness!

Oh...and then he polyed all 45 drawers!!! Now his addiction was in full swing. If he went a day without fumes he started jonesin for more!

He also polyed all of the cabinet and drawer fronts but I can't find pictures of them yet. We really would not have been able to keep up with the deadlines if it weren't for all of the hours (and brain cells) Dad sacrificed for this project!

Thursday, February 07, 2008

The Interior Production

February started with mad painting weekend. Mom, Dad, Lisa, Jack, Jeff and I painted from sun up to sundown for one long weekend in February.
We got 2 coats on every wall...including the shop. Jack got to paint the shop closet. Here are pictures of the kitchen and our bedroom.
Then the fireplace was set and Tom and Joel finished up the fireplace box.
What started as a pile of rocks became...





The most beautiful fireplace I've ever seen! It's even better than I had pictured in my head.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

January Work

There were a few warm days when the guys could put up siding. It's comin'!



Tom also framed out the fireplace as Salty finished up the drywall. Here he's indicating where the mantle could be hung.

Monday, January 28, 2008

The Month of Drywall

January was all about drywall. We had finished the electrical, speaker wire, and insulation so the drywallers could get in and give us walls.


Salty was a character!

I got the rounded edges that I thought I wanted. Think long and hard about rounded edges if you're in the drywall market. Paint transitions are a challenge.

Friday, January 04, 2008

December Family Fun

We rounded out 2007 with fun family projects! We put up studs in the basement so we could insulate down there.
Then we all worked on insulation on New Years Day! Welcome 2008!
Mom was a trooper!