Saturday, August 28, 2021

Building Our Dream Home: May 2021

May 1st - We have stairs!


Bonus room is taking shape!




Attic space


May 5th - Yay! We have windows!!!!



Expect for the kitchen window .. it will be in soon!


Outdoor fireplace is framed in


Big beautiful great room windows >insert heart eyes<


Its looking like a house!!!!!


May 6th - My dream front doors


Awnings above the windows are up


Framed out Ref's room under the stairs


Back doors in


May 7th- I put the first coat of stain on the doors - Dark Walnut






May 9th - 2nd coat on and ready for urethane finish


May 10th - Plumbing rough in 


Final coat of urethane.


May 12th - Outdoor fireplace insert put in ...


Water bottle filler is up in the pantry ...


Pocket door inserts in ...


Shower starting to look like shower!


Arch put up and ready for brick


Tongue and groove delivered and ready to go up on the porch ceilings


The sink is delivered and no where near ready to be put in - Ha!


Indoor fireplace insert in


May 13th - Indoor brick going up


Shower niches put in


Looking in from the front door into where the dining room table will be


May 16th - Indoor brick columns and arch completed!




May 20th - Electrical pulled and can lights being placed throughout the house



May 22nd - We were warned that the delivery time for furniture was outrageous and months out so we went ahead and picked out our new living room couch and recliner,



First bonfire at the house to burn some of the scrap wood laying around




May 25th - More electrical and plumbing work being done






Front and back porch cedar beams delivered


Septic dug and tanks in the ground



We got the boys a trampoline for their birthday to go ahead and put out on the property so they when we go out there they have something to play on. 


Outdoor fireplace chimney up


Excited about the sunset I get to look at everyday.  Every time I drive by the house I say "Dang that's a good looking house!" Haha!


May 27th - Outdoor fireplace brick being put up




May 28th - closer to being finished - just missing the hearth


Tongue and groove up and ready to be stained




It's hard to tell in this picture but the flies are ridiculous!  They are everywhere and their poop stains are everywhere.  Also, this window is a perfect view of where Mark & Maggies house will be. 


That's a wrap for May!




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