Category Archives: House Project

The guys were hard at work today putting in miscellaneous details. For example, they have started putting in the mantel for the fireplace. They have also been working in the bathrooms. The vanity tops, faucets, and bowls are in. Well, … Continue reading →

The upper cabinets were installed today. Here is the stove end of the kitchen. The range hood goes between the two upper cabinets. The refrigerator side. And the peninsula side. The cabinet over the peninsula will have glass doors and … Continue reading →

The lower cabinets have been installed. We now have the peninsula legs in place. The top is just a piece of plywood right now, cut to the proper size so we can see what it will look like. When it … Continue reading →

The kitchen cabinets are out of their boxes and sitting in the kitchen. These should be installed by next week, ready for the counter top guys to make a template for the counters. Moving left to right, here are some … Continue reading →

Since I did not get any good photos of the house today, I thought I would show you an interesting photo I took in the Fallapartment. The dresser on the right side of the photo we call our “Titanic Dresser”. … Continue reading →

They put down the loam today and raked it into a real lawn. Here is a photo of our Loam Arranger, hard at work. When they got done, we had a lawn. Um. With leaves on it to rake. There … Continue reading →

They started putting in the walkway from the driveway to the front door today. Here is how they did it. First they dug out the hole for it about 8″ deep. You can see in the photo above that the … Continue reading →

Just for grins, we rendered an image of the computerized house model again, this time from a vantage point that is outside of the house. In the model, we have colored the siding and shutters the same colors that we … Continue reading →

From hardscape to hardwood. Most of the hardwood floors went in yesterday. We are having traditional oak floors put in. They are made of strips of oak that are tongue-and-grooved and stapled to the floor with 2″ staples. Here is … Continue reading →