Getting Close

The trim carpenters are almost finished and the house is really starting to shape up.  I would say the only downside to this is that time is now officially creeping by second-by-second.  We are thinking we will move in by the end of October, with the garage tear down and rebuild completing after we have already moved in.

You can see we now have all the doorways cased.  This is the laundry room looking in to the kitchen.

Cabinet doors!  This is the built in pantry.

Range to slide in.

Crown molding and new window trim in Hattie's room.

Master bathroom vanity.

Trimming Away

The trim carpenters have been on site for quite a while now and we are really starting to see the fruits of their labor.  When I see someone who actually creates something with their profession like these guys do, I start to wonder exactly what it is I accomplish as a lawyer...

These pictures are kind of a mid-way update of the trim carpenters' work.

A floor shot of the table saw to see our living room turned in to a millworks shop.

The stove will go in the middle here, with a hood vent built in above.

This is a shot of our pantry.  I pulled the roll outs all the way out to show off the full extension mechanisms.  You will also see our smallest employee taking care of the most difficult items in the house.  She is very volatile and if disturbed, is liable to lay face down on the ground without saying a word.  Artists...

Another shot of the cabinets surrounding the stove, this time with drawers installed.  Doors are on their way...

Cabinets in the utility room.  The washer and drawer will go below the upper cabinets.  Above the lower cabinets we decided to do exposed floating shelves, which are yet to be installed.

This is our coatrack/mudroom piece in the utility room.

Fridge goes on the left, sink below the windows.  More cabinets to come in a couple of days.

A Little Bit of Paint Goes a Long Way

So much of the recent work has been on the inside of the house, but we finally saw vast improvement outside.  The past couple of weeks we have seen the house undergo an extreme makeover with the simple addition of new paint.  Not too many words needed for this before and after.

BEFORE

BEFORE MINUS TREES

MIDWAY WITH PRIMER

AFTER!  Note the Porch is also completed!