Author Archives: Margo
Counters and window frames
I promised an update a while ago and I apologize for taking so long to get it done. We’ve only been working on the kitchen on weekends so it’s taking longer than it normally would. We have all of the cabinet in the kitchen, just not all the drawers and doors. We had the granite … Continue reading
Back in the Kitchen as well
So, we are back into the kitchen again and I’m excited to say I have some cabinets. I was seriously beginning to wonder if I was going to be forever camping in my own home. Here is a finished picture of the floor. The picture doesn’t do it justice. … Continue reading
Pathway Finished up
So I was later than spring before we got back to the pathway in the back yard and around the house. It was more like Labor Day. 🙂 But we did it. So on Labor Day weekend Dwayne and I started leveling out the sand and laying out pavers to finish our path. The pavers … Continue reading
Putting the Floor down
Dwayne had a co-worker come in to help move us along on finishing the drywall in the kitchen. I can not say how much I appreciate the help because now we can continue on with the rest of the kitchen. So here is the kitchen with the drywall mud finally put on the walls and … Continue reading
Getting back into the kitchen
So the kitchen was also placed on hold for the Holiday season. We are still trying to get motivated to get back into it. We did finished putting drywall on all the walls and ceiling (that wasn’t fun). We still have a plywood floor. Dwayne hooked up my oven, microwave, the hood for the cooktop … Continue reading
Livingroom finished up for Christmas (sort of)
We decided we wanted to put the insulation in the living room wall and closed up so I could decorate for Christmas. With that in mind we proceeded to tear the fireplace apart. We removed the concrete mantle, all the brick that surrounded the fire place and the concrete hearth slab. Then … Continue reading
Progress again on the Kitchen
There hasn’t been much to update on the kitchen. Both Dwayne and I have been fighting off colds so work has been moving at a snails pace. We did however make some progress over the weekend. We got drywall put up on the ceiling and on two walls. … Continue reading
Projects I forgot to list
It was brought to my attention today by a co-worker reading this that there are a couple of other projects that I forgot to list that are also in the works. Just in case anyone thinks that we don’t already have enough going on around this house. LOL Our downstairs bathroom is currently down to … Continue reading
Over view of kitchen project
Thought I would just give an over view of what we have actually done on the kitchen in the last year. Yup, you read that right. The last year. We are slow to really get moving. =) Here is a picture of what the kitchen looked like when we first started. … Continue reading
Finished up the patio cover
Thursday was spent finishing putting up the walls on the patio and sealing the roof. This year we decided to take the panels off the cover wash them all up and put them back and put sealant between each of the cover pieces to help seal it, keep some heat in and to keep it … Continue reading