Exterior

Here is some temporary work we are doing on the front of the house so it isnt such an eyesore for everyone. WE eventually plan on putting on a front porch - but eventually is never a gaurantee unfortunately.

Progress

There are still handfuls of projects around to do, and many that will not be completed or even started for some time, but at least we now have functional space.

Repair + Refinishing Wood Floors

The floors are finished now finally. stripped and sanded the floors and applied 2 coats of poly.

Refinishing the Floors

Refinishing the Floors

DIning Room Floor

New floor in the dining room is installed. The next step is to finish the 2 patches in the living room so that we can sand and poly them soon.

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