Hooray for Sunshine!

Today was a beautiful day. We got a lot of the grading done yesterday morning and this morning while the mud was still kinda frozen and stiff. Here is a picture of what is done between the garage and the house and one showing what is left of the big pile of dirt from the basement.



The interior swinging doors are all hung, and the closet doors are started. Oops, no photos of those yet.

The kitchen cabinets are coming along - further along than this picture shows. Trim will start soon. The countdown is on - about 8 days left...

Flooring Progress

The flooring is almost done. All that is left is the transition strips and carpet in the NE bedroom. The carpet for that last bedroom was given to us, and we'll pick it up this weekend. Let us know if you know a good carpet guy who wouldn't mind a quick side job.

Here's a picture of the stairway carpet, bedroom, and master bedroom.

2 Weeks Left... ?

A lot happened today. Not as much as I wanted, but there are only so many hours in the day.

The garage is ready for the roofing, siding, and overhead doors.

The laminate wood flooring is probably 20 minutes away from done in the Dining/Living Rooms, in the small hall in the corner. There is probably about 1-2 hours left in the Master Bedroom/Closet.

We even got 3 door frames set.

Thanks to all of the help today. Everyone who worked in (approximate) order of appearance:

Brett
Zach
Michele
Jon
Dad
Mom
Justin
The Bakers
Steve
Matt

One task at a time...

Some things happened today, but it started out pretty foggy.

More garage framing happened, and the roof is about half sheeted.

We cleaned in preparation for flooring tomorrow.

Stained the exterior doors.

And set the West countertop.

Progress

The progress has been very visible lately. All of the tile is set, and only the Master Bathroom needs to be grouted. Picked up the Kitchen countertops this afternoon. It is Formica, and the color is Jamocha Granite.

All Tile Set

The tile is now set in the bathrooms as well. It really is done in the Master Bath, just no photo yet. Not sure why the tile looks so dark in the bottom photo, it is nearly white.

Grouting in the North Entry tomorrow night.

North Entry Tile

The tile is now set in the North entry. Bathroom(s) tomorrow night...

How do you think the pink looks with the tile?

I'll put up a voting thing when I figure out how.

Garage, etc.

After a week of prep work, we poured the garage floor on Saturday morning. Most of the work was hired, but I helped some.

Then, one of my cousins came with help this morning to start framing the walls. All 4 walls are up, and 2 are sheeted.

Michele and I have been working on the tile for the North entryway. The backerboard is down and almost all of the tile cuts have been made. We should set it tomorrow night.

Quite a bit of backfill has happened, and a lot of topsoil has been spread in place. Those pictures are hard to show anything.

Fast and Furious (Somewhat)

Since the last posting, the wall painting is basically done, other than some touchups and the trim, which has started. Light fixtures followed the ceiling paint. Floor tile is in the kitchen, and ready to be done in the bathrooms. Cabinet lowers have been delivered and set, and countertops ordered. Outside, the garage is coming along and so is the backfill. Even the massive pile of dirt is going away.

This weekend, the garage floor should be poured and the garage wall framing should be well under way. And, more flooring. Wanna help tile? Laminate wood flooring next weekend.