Month: July 2015

I took last week off my real job to do some trim work around the house.  Really pleased how it turned out.

The brick has been going in over the last several days .  We weren’t sure when it was wrapped up that it had enough variance, but now that it’s going in, it’s beautiful.

The house I grew up in had a pine front porch–the gapless stuff, not the 5in pressure treated we use on back porches. My parents always said they wished they’d done a brick floor so they didn’t have to worry about painting the wood. We did it here, and it’s really amazing.

  

I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before but I’m a hobbiest carpenter and have committed to building the built-ins and the fireplace mantle. For the last several weeks I’ve been spending the evenings over there and it’s coming along slowly.  I am enjoying putting my stamp on it, and I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product in.   

The floors are going in this week and cabinets next.  We’re back to moving quickly!

  

One the great folks over at Houzz/GardenWeb asked me about the floor plan today, so I thought I’d post.  It was inspired by a local builder’s neighborhood, but we’ve made several changes to make it ours.

It’s a great house, and we’re having a great time building it.  The sheetrock folks were there tonight when I left (about 8pm), and I think they were sanding the last coat.  We’re ready for priming and floors!