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Here they are!!!!!!

Here they are!!!!!!

We are very excited to share these images with you of the final product. We could not be happier with the way it turned out. Enjoy!

A long time coming!

A long time coming!

What happened to the steps?

I was trying to document this entire process in steps but towards then end, things started happening fast and I was so busy I didn’t get the best pictures of everything in process. So for clarification sake Step 17 was the installation of all the interior trim and doors. Step 18 was the installation of […]

Painting Trim and Doors

Painting Trim and Doors

We have been so busy painting trim and doors and finishing up other odds and ins that I have had very little time to take pictures or update this blog. Painting the trim is a much bigger job than I ever realized because I did not know that caulking and filling the nail holes is […]

Wow, things are really happening!

Wow, things are really happening!

A lot happened this week and our house is starting to feel like our home. Things are moving quickly. So quickly in fact that I haven’t really had time to take good pictures. The kitchen and bathrooms are almost done. The stair railings are in but not yet stained. Also many of the lighting and […]

Light at the End of the Tunnel

We are definitely getting close. We have had some minor delays with the weather even though the work is all indoors now, but the end is near. This is a very exciting time as our vision is now coming together. Things I have seen only in my mind are now materializing into real tactile details […]

Retaining Wall

Retaining Wall

Here is a little project I’ve personally been working on. We got some warm weather this weekend and I was able to finish it up. Well, almost. I will have to wait for them to finish the excavation before I completely finish it, but you can get a pretty good idea of what it will […]

Gas Fireplace and Suround

Gas Fireplace and Suround

The mantel is a reclaimed barn beam. A raised hearth would have been pretty but we decided against it because of the floor space it takes up. We set the fire box up about a foot off the floor so that if we have a coffee table or ottoman, the fire will still be visible. […]

Hardwood Floors Finished, but Dirty

Hardwood Floors Finished, but Dirty

The floors are white oak character grade 7 and a quarter inches wide. The stain color is Minwax Special Walnut with 2 coats of Satin Polyurethane. I think we achieved the old wide plank wood floor look we were going for.

Step Sixteen, Hardwood Floors

Step Sixteen, Hardwood Floors

I like to make new posts when things are finished so I can put all the pictures in one post, but now that we are down to the detail stuff, things tend to take a while to get done. So here are a few pictures of the hardwood floors installed but unfinished. I will post […]