THE PROGRESS ON THE BATHROOM

Over the past month (December) both Dad and Matt have done a LOT to the bathroom. As of today (January 5th) we are looking at buying two paint colors for the bathroom (Beige and a shade darker beige I think) and will paint the primer probably on Friday! So this is a LOT of progress over the past month- and more pictures will be updated as we finish the texturing and painting of the walls! Yey!!!

Once we paint, then Dad will instull the Shower/Bathtub enclosure. It is a wall enclosure with a tub to match it.














This is where our Shower/Bathtub enclosure will be located at.




This is the shelf we made that will be right next to the shower/bathtub.

LAUNDRY ROOM AND CLOSET

Both Matt and Dad have been working on the Laundry Room and Closet area of the Dining Room. Here are some pics of the progress!

New Windows are in!

We opted to replace every window in the house for more efficient use of heat and air conditioning. The old windows were single paned and did not look promising for effective use either. So we tore out all the old windows, and ordered new double paned windows. Matt placed them in himself, sliding them into the old window frames. The toughest one proved to be the kitchen window.

We picked them up from the store and took them to our house. :)

The New Air Conditioner

Dad, Uncle Jerry, and Matt took apart the old air conditioner unit and placed a brand new one on our roof. They got a crane to lift it up there on the roof so they could fasten it, but I was not there with the camara when this occured unfortuantly. Here are a few of the pictures of them on the roof placing the new air conditioner on the roof.

Coming Soon!

Over the past few weeks, Matt and Dad, and Uncle Jerold have been working tremendously hard on our house! They've taken off the old Air Conditioner unit from the roof and replaced it with a new one! (This process has allowed me to get awesome photos of the three of them on our roof!) Also, they have hooked up the washer and dryer in our house, on top of the subfloor- and now we can do laundry at our house! I am excited to show you all these photos that I have of these processes, but unfortuantly, I will have to log onto here again later to post them. Our house is coming along! :)
-Beth

Sliding Glass Door and Window placed in Dining Room!

After careful consideration of where the traffic flow of the people walking around in the Dining Room would be, we opted for a Sliding Glass Door on the side of the Dining Room, and chose to close off the back door with a wall. We considered having two outside doors in the same room (like how the house was originally designed when we bought it) but we decided to close in one of the doors (the back door) and place a laundry room and linen closet in that space. And the side door now is a beautiful sliding glass door that will open to a small deck outside, with one stair step down to ground level outside.



This was the open space in the dining room from the old big huge window. Also to the far right of this picture is the old side door. Matt is working on the threshold for the Sliding Glass Door to be placed in the big space where that big window was.




This is the view of the Sliding Glass door from the inside of the Dining Room. :)


This is the outside of the house, and Matt and Dad framed in the old door space.

And now... for the other outside wall of the Dining Room...

We opted for a smaller window to close in the space. I believe it was 5feetX3feet. (I will get back to you guys on that because I am not sure.) I really like how the wall turned out.






Both Matt and Dad worked on this wall and closed in the old back door. It looks great now. And soon... you will see the beginnings of a closet space where that old back door was. :)

Dining Room!

This is the Dining Room. Matt and Dad put in the entire subfloor in, and after that they worked on the fireplace and the laundry outlets. (We will have a laundry closet where Dad was working on the laundry hot and cold pipes.)



This is what the old fireplace looked like.


Taking out that iron fireplace was a HEAVY job!



Dad working on the hot and cold pipes for the washer and dryer.











Mocha and Matt were "moral support" for Dad when he was working on our hot and cold pipes for the washer and dryer. :) Everyone needs a loyal lab to help them with their work! :)