DIning Room Floor

We removed the old wood floor in the dining room because of termite damage and found a few pieces of subfloor that we had to replace also. Now we have the boards repaired and the new floor is going in fairly easily.

Repair + Refinishing Wood Floors

Now the task of preparing and assesing the damage from the termites on the wood floors. We are already planning on completely replacing a 100 sq ft area with new T+G red oak in the dining room due to the damage. THe plan is to patch this corner though since it is nearly a 225 sq ft wood floor in this room.

Concrete Countertops

This is a great place to take the steps towards concrete countertops.
Cheng Concrete

Kitchen Progress

Not Finished by any means with the kitchen, however, it is now a fully functional kitchen.

Kitchen Progress

Making some progress in the kitchen now. The floor is not quite what we are going for but I think at this point it is what it is for now. I tstill needs to be buffed and possible waxed, but we are calling it finished for now.

Kitchen Progress

Only took us the entire weekend to install the sink - the plumbing and the new faucet only took a couple of hours, but the custom countertops may have caused most of the grief since the sink was made to be easily inserted into a laminate counter.

Bathroom Progress

One step closer with the built-in cedar closet infill. At this point the bathroom seems to have used more material than any other space in the house per sq. ft.

Bathroom Progress

Made some progress towards completing the bathroom over the holiday weekend. Its going to take more cedar and tung oil than I had anticipated which will likely drag this little project out even longer.

Kitchen Progress

We have the countertops installed now. I just finished grinding out about 1/4" of one of teh countertops to get the sink to sit in place. We also go the wax for the counters delivered and put it on. It is a great resource for concrete countertop materials if you don't want to attempt the completely from scratch method I've been using. Cheng also has done some great houses from concrete.

Kitchen Progress

Have the countertops mostly shimmed and installed. Now We need to get or wax for the counters som we can finish them and get the sink front and back figured out so we can install it.

Kitchen Progress

Countertops are being finished in the garage still. We had Elisha's Family come by and do a great painting job. Got a start on the floor as well, and put up a few of the side panels on the cabinets.

Kitchen Progress

Step by step. Dry fit on the unfinished countertops.

Kitchen Progress

The concrete countertops being formed up and curing in the garage.

Kitchen Progress

Kitchen Counter and Floor

Bathroom Progress

Process

Bathroom Progress

We have all the cedar and tile put up now on the sink wall now. Almost Done with the bathroom now. We just have to build the closet piece now on the opposite wall.

Bathroom Progress

Getter closer to completion on the bathroom. Progress is happening at a slow pace...

Bathroom Progress

The plywood baking for the cedar is up and painted now. The hope is that once the cedar is attached with the exposed stainless steel fasteners to the plywood that it will have a floating effect.

In the end I hope to acheive contrast by having the lighter, warmer, rough materiality of cedar act as an accent off of the heavier solid grey materials.

Bathroom Progress

I purchased almost all my cedar for the additional layer of bathroom material. I finished applying 2 coats of a great product I was lured to - Tung Oil. I thought polyurethane was the only way to get a great finish, but this solvent really brings out a more natural look of the wood without as much sheen. Now to just wait on the tile we ordered for the backsplash so I can put that on the wall then install the Cedar and the Mirror.

Bathroom Progress

We now have the bathroom floor coated nicely with an epoxy and I got the new bathfan/light on 2 seperate switches and moved my old wall sconce into a series of mini can lights with a switch. I also moved the switch box to actually be inside of the bathroom rather than the single switch for the single light that was oddly placed in the hallway. Now just the final layer needs to be developed.