French Doors Yeah

From here on out I think that I'll scale back the photos so I can sucker more people into coming to see the finished product. This week has been really productive. We have french doors in the living room, yeah! I am sure they will get lots of use and as Ron predicted the need for more projects is suddenly more pressing - an expanded deck & newly painted exterior would sure look good out there. I think that will have to wait.

All prep work should be done by Monday and the floors can start to go in. Unfortunately i'm not sure we can paint before they get started but I don't think we are too old to pull an all-nighter. We'll have lights installed by then so we should be good to go.

The house is still a mess but comparing progress of be before & after is pretty amazing. Money well spent.


Our former coat closet wall.

Our new drywall, don't worry the sliding glass door is not going to be covered permanently.

Our new french door, the light in our living room is great. Anyone have any ideas for moving a crazy heavy fridge?

Drywall Dust will not get me down

Sorry for the delay in posting, we have been busy busy. The contractor made good progress last week on the house and i'm ready for the finishing work to start. The house is a total mess between the removal of the popcorn ceiling and the trench that had to be cut in the slab to make room for electrical in the island. I love my shopvac but I have been abusing it severely. I think I need a new filter or a commercial size replacement (not in the budget).

Tomorrow we expect the plumbing work to be finished & the electrical to start. Drywall finishing should be done by the end of the week but that will depend on our duct work. Apparently we need to move a few things around so we need to call our friend Bill to come out and work on our A/C duct work (not budgeted for either - boo).

Here is our current view from the Living Room


& view from Kitchen


Emmie says hi & wants to know when her house will be fixed.