Archive for the ‘The House’ Category
Garage Update
Well, Stucco is on the walls and we’re very slowly making progress. The painters are supposed to be here today painting the trim, but of course they’re nowhere to be found. Anna’s over there doing some more priming; we’re supposed to paint the downstairs this weekend and she’ll do the upstairs next week while the [...]
Camera’s Fixed
Well, about $350 later, our camera has been fixed and I can get back to taking some good pictures of the new garage/office. While I was out of town last week, they finished framing the building, put on the roof and installed the windows. Here’s some update pictures: The plan for this week is to [...]
Watching the Walls Go Up
Well, after many (many, many) problems and delays, the walls are finally going up on my new garage/office/workshop. Half of the wood was delivered yesterday and the framers started framing early this morning. Two walls are up and the back wall is being built in place. They’ll have the front wall installed before lunch and [...]
The Big Dig: Pouring Concrete
Well, the big concrete trucks came today and poured the footers for the new garage/office. Take a look. //
The Big Dig: Day One
Well, we broke ground today on the new garage/office we’re building in the back yard. Of course the only variable was whether there was good dirt (clay) under the hill and of course our worse fears were realized. Waiting to hear from the contractor how much this is going to cost me. In the mean [...]
The Play Fort: Completed
Well, my brother and sister came up for the weekend to help with building the fort. We spent the whole day Saturday cutting and screwing in all of the parts and ended up with a play fort that Anna nicely said ‘this turned out much better than I thought it would – it looks like [...]
Building a Play Fort, Part One: The Post
Last fall we got a family friend to help me build a play house in the back yard for the kids. We couldn’t really afford it at the time, but we had an opportunity and, since we knew we were moving south, it would give me a chance to do a learner house before building [...]
20-Cups
My sister in law was driving home from a Family Reunion this afternoon and swung by to visit us. A little impromptu family play date, very nice. We decided to have dinner then she’d hit the road and put the kids to bed. Anna ordered pizza from Donatos and I went to pick it up. [...]
Breaking House…
OK, so we’ve been in this house for a whole 16 days. It’s a great house in a great neighborhood. It’s not fancy, but it’s…grand. Unfortunately, the builder didn’t do a great job on the finishing. It was a spec house and therefore doesn’t have ANY upgrades. That’s OK though, we love the house and [...]
Photos of the New House
The house inspector took some nice pictures of the outside of the house (front and back). I thought I’d share them with you. //