Exterior Before and After....

This is before siding, before a new roof, before the front porch, before the decks, before new windows... and fence, and refaced the wall....before we hacked down a couple trees, before we got a dog, might even be before we got kids, or before we got married.... You get it by now I bet.

And this is after...

The Wall Outside....

Here are some pics of the wall out front of the house, it was a slow process but it is finally done. I will add more as I can remember where I put them. The wall and the wall topper have deterred our late night visitors.... which was the point of the wrought iron wall topper!

'Finished' Pics

Here are some pics of the bathroom and kitchen since they have been 'officially' done. It's hard to getr good pics of the bathroom because of the size, but you'll get the jist OR you'll just have to come see it in person. The last pic is the front entrance, with the concrete partially stained and engraved, still waiting on this to be finished.
P.S. you can click on the pictures to enlarge them and see more detail.

First Christmas

Another long time since I posted! The kids and I are actually in BC at my moms and spent Christmas here. Scott stayed in Nova Scotia and hosted his first Christmas Dinner in our new dining room and Kitchen.
He has also been picking away at some stuff, mainly Sami's room and putting in new doors on the 2nd floor where our bedrooms are. He blasted through 2 different walls to give Sami her own door and also in our bedroom to prepare for our walk in closet. He took Sami's carpet up in her room and was going to lay more laminate but the wavy floors wouldn't take it. So after some frustration and thought, a beautiful lino was put down.
Here are some Pictures:

The attempt at laminate....


The Linoleum and the Pooh mural no one wants but doesn't want to paint over.


Another shot of the new flooring


Christmas Village on the dining room window sill


Wall Topper for the retaining wall out front, it's been primed and awaiting black.


All lit up for Christmas!!

Almost there!

Well,it's been a couple of weeks since I have had a chance to post on here. Not a ton is new, another round of waiting. But this weekend we are getting a lot done. The backsplash in the kitchen is being tiled, the floor in the bathroom and the foyer are baing stained. And Scott and Jason stripped the shingles and under lay off our front projection, it was leaking and they are going to put it back together 'properly' this time. When it was first put up it was temporary, more for looks than anything. We have gotten part of the stair rail up and the carpet runner on the stairs. We still need to order a turn for the bannister and pick out a newel post for the bottom step. Scott spent the better part of last weekend picking away at little things. He finished the trim in the kitchen, got most of the kick plate on the bottom of the cabinets. Sanded and repainted some bad spots that had been in the drywall. He also moved the TV again and got his surround sound speakers mounted. Tomorrow, both the tile guy and the concrete staining guy are coming back to finish up. On Monday the plumber is coming back to hook up the dishwasher, tub, sink and toilet. So we are hoping by the end of next week we should be 'officially' done. We have also been picking away upstairs where our bedrooms are, the wall in the stairway up to the third floor needed to be insulated and sured up. The kids rooms are pretty much organized as well. We hope to start working on our closet soon, so we have somewhere to put our stuff ;o)

Brian, the tile guy

Tile before the grout

Bathroom floor stain, not engraved yet

Stencil on the bathroom wall - I've been waiting to get this up there!

Stairs, runner and rail

Picking away....

We (meaning Scott mostly) have been picking away at the little things that need to be done. Duncan has finished all the wiring, he finished up on Saturday, there were a few things that needed tweaking. That included hooking up the hot water heater so we have had hot water the last few days - yay! Now the plumber needs to come back and hook up the dishwasher, tub, toilet and sink. But first the tile guy is going to tile the floor in the bathroom. That should hapapen this week, he is also going to do the backsplash in the kitchen and the tile around the tub too. The stained concrete guy should be coming soon to do the front entrance and the retaining well in front of the house. She has been held up by herniated discs in his back. We were going to have him do the bathroom floor as well, but the waiting for him is getting in the way of getting the bathroom done...so we went ahead and got tile and lined up a guy to do it.
Mike and Scott built the surround for the tub on Monday and on Tues. Scott painted the bathroom. On thursday Matthew from Home Depot returned to put in the tambour storage units, trim out the pantry and a few other little things that were left. He also replaced one of the cupboard doors that was damaged.
The blinds that we ordered also arrived on Thursday after a detour in Mississipi ;o)

Tub surround



Bathroom paint


Kitchen pantry



Blinds

On Tuesday the plumber was able to come and hook us up, so we have water flowing in the kitchen and the new hot water heater is all ready to go. Jason finished sanding the bathroom and got a coat of primer on it. Hopefully today we'll get it painted - I can't wait to see the color I picked out. So other than the bathroom and little picky things we are pretty much done...now we just need to plan a House Warming Party!!


Hooking the plumbing up!


I'm lovin' it!