It's been awhile since we've added new pictures, but lots has been going on. We did a whole lot of finish work to the space above the garage in the spring. It got painted and mostly trimmed out. A friend of ours is living up there for a few months, so no pictures for now. We've also been working on other things as you can see. The house has got more siding up and also has been stained (at least more of it has, no thanks to me) Eben has been more willing to hire some hands to help around here and I am more than willing to hand over the paintbrush.
We've got the "new front" all stained, and have begun replacing all the windows in the old house. It's so great to get rid of the old aluminum frame windows. The kids have been watching and helping out and enjoying the process, espcially Zeb who is always willing to run out with his hammer to help out Daddy.
Can't you see that smile. Give the boy a power tool and he is so stoked.
The biggest undertaking of the summer has been the 8 ft extension of our living room space. Note the nice plywood wall that I had to live with while the demo of the old wall took place. Nice and aesthetically pleasing. Zeb was in heaven though with the ability to bang anything he liked.
So the old wall came down without a hitch, and more wood than you can ever imagine is now supporting what was once a 2 x 4 wall that had a very large untempered piece of glass in it. Thanks goodness that is now gone! I had a great plywood backdoor which I had to screw in and out every time we wanted to go outside. At least it kept out the bears!
The walls went up quickly. Eben never ceases to amaze me, orchestrating the building of about 4 custom homes all day and then coming home and working on our house in the evening and on the weekends. The guy has a lot of energy, thankfully!
And so here's what we have so far. A whole lot more living space and a soon to be amazing deck off of our master bedroom.
That window upstairs will soon be replaced by french doors. Eben and I are pretty excited about having a new deck up there. Good motivation, because there is still a lot of more work to be done.
And so the plywood wall came down and we are getting a feel for how great our new living space is going to be. Right now it's a tyvek tent, but it will soon have a built in dining nook, a couch, and well, just a lot of play space. (Maybe I shouldn't have put the word "soon" in there).
The ceiling of the new addition matches the old house with rafters and decking. It looks really nice.
I'm having fun planning our new kitchen and living room area, though who knows when all those plans will become a reality. It's just nice to see our house changing into something we have created. A lot of work though!
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