Round Two

Well...we finished round two of the kitchen cabinets Sunday evening. We are so thankful for Brent and family who have laid in there and helped us knock this out. We got all the boxes hung, face frames installed, drawers built, and doors built. I got the half wall separating the dining area form the kitchen done and things are really shaping up nicely. The Chestnut and White Oak contrast so well together and we feel so fortunate to have access to such beautiful material. We worked well into the evenings Friday, Saturday and Sunday but when the weekend is all you got it is the only choice. Maranda has been a champ hanging out with our God daughter Harper...especially now that she is expecting one of our own and not feeling to well. Guess the time is now to finish this project. A special thanks to PBR and a stereo for getting Brent and I through another long weekend.

8.10.09 (More Pictures)

8.9.09

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Well after an exhausting weekend Brent and I were able to build all of the cabinet boxes for the kitchen. We worked until 2:3am on Friday night. I got up with Maranda at 6:00am and sanded and finished the interiors so we could begin assembly at 9:00. Brent showed up about the Saturday morning and we worked until about 8:00pm assembling and hanging cabinets. We ran into only a couple snags but with a little on site modification things went very smoothly. We built a wine rack and incorporated some wormy Chestnut to match the hardwoods in the rest of the kitchen. It s such a wild feeling knowing that one day we are actually going to be able to use them.

8.6.09

It has been a little while since the last entry so I hope there are some out there who are still waiting for an update. I have been working on all sorts of little projects none of which I think are picture worthy until after it is said and done. Chad finished up the slate on the back porch entry and grouted all that was left. I built a door for the storage area under the stairs for our old bedroom door. ..Yes another solid chestnut door I sawed in half. I will sand it down and probably paint it back the color of the living room. I used up the rest of the pine T&G in the guest bedroom and fell al ittle short in the closet so I will have to make another run to Shoun lumber to finish. I used all the scrap around doors so ther wasn't any waste. For those of you wondering about the dog picture...Chewy's still got it!

Its Been Awhile

Sorry for such a delayed update but the simple fact is I have only worked on the house 2 days in the last 4 weeks. Maranda and Mom have had a field day in the painting world but I have been a little distracted. It has been a good break and yes even better to draw a pay check. I got all the doors hung downstairs...three closets and one bedroom door. They have had the first coat of sealer on them and are awaiting varnish. The living room, hallway, and kitchen are now painted in Honeysuckle Bloom and Patina...whatever colors those are. I have been chipping away at the stairway putting the treads and risers on the top section. The landing is almost done as well. I laid the rest of the Durock for the slate entry this evening...I would have kept working but I got offered a ride to the store on the golf cart for ice cream so you get the idea. My favorite moment of the week was realizing that I yes I framed a closet door 3 inches to narrow so I got to do a little remodeling no the remodel.

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I got the barn wood ran on the ceiling above the wood stove Friday morning. Dad helped me hang the OSB on the kitchen ceiling which Mom later painted. We are going to cover that ceiling with a collection of old signs so there was no reason to waste money on material if it will just be covered. I also had enough barn wood to cover the wall facing the stove from the kitchen and I tried to jazz it up with running the boards on an angle breaking over a post just like you would see it in a field somewhere. That wood has a mostly gray color with some black and green mixed in from the sun and a little moss. It made the house smell like a garden so hopefully that will cook out after I burn the stove a few times. Things are moving quite well and each new day makes the check off list even shorter.

6.13.09

Maranda finally took a day off from work last week and we were able to prime all the sheetrock downstairs. We ran out of paint of course so on Friday Mom helped finish up the primer and gave me a hand one some other tasks. I used the roofing boards from the barn to do the wainscoting in the living room which have a rustic and brown appearance. I did not have enough gray ones for the living room so we decided brown colored wood would be alright as well. It only took a half day to run those pieces because the blocking was done right and the material was nominally straight. I was taken aback when the primer was done because it occured to me after 2 1/2 years the living room was almost finished...I am going to miss living in open framing.