Building Our Dream Home: July 2021

The month of July brought more fun and exciting things for the new Barker Bungalow!

July 5th

Mudding the drywall has began

Outdoor lights up!

July 12th

I started staining the front porch.  A lot more time consuming than expected.  It's also a good arm workout!

More dead flies - so nasty!

July 15th

Finished staining the front porch tongue and groove and spray painted the recessed lighting matte black to match the house.  

July 17th

Gutters started!  Im in love with these cute little "bird boxes" that we chose to use!  Adds that cute farmhouse flair!

Paint was delivered!!!!

We chose Gray Owl for the whole house except for Liam's room.  His is Peppercorn!

Jult 19th

Our painters primed the whole house in one day!

July 20th

Started the color! The fireplace will be shiplap.

And I continued to work on finishing the stain on the front porch ...

Front porch beams are complete!

July 21st

Finally coming together!

Working on getting the top beam and eaves done.  At this point I am so over it!!!!

July 22th

Teo, our plumber had to break up some of the concrete to get the plumbing right for our tub.

Making our "eyebrows" pretty with metal roofing - ugh ... I still have to stain those too!

Our tankless water heater!!!

July 23rd

Prior to heading to Dollywood for the weekend we stopped in Mills Flooring and picked out all our flooring!!! Eeekkk!!

The tile is our half bath, the wood is our main flooring throughout the whole house!

Master bath - black tile floor, white subway tile shower, black hex for the shower floor and black penny tile for the shower niche

Boys bathroom - gray tile and while subway tile

July 26th

Painting continues...

The hearth on the fireplaces are finished!

Ceiling fans going up in all rooms!

July 30th

Doors delivered and ready for painting!

We had to change out the initial fans we chose due to not being able to turn them on with the switches on the walls.  We kept them and will place them outside our shop whenever we build one.  

Light above the desk area on the boys side of the house. 

Started staining the back porch beams too!  I found my groove doing the front porch and was able to knock out the beams in the back pretty quickly.  Now for the back porch tongue and groove and I'm already dreading it!!!