Playing Catch Up

What was supposed to be a daily ritual of documenting the progress on our house,

has slipped to a weekly bi-monthly adventure. Plus to be honest, after the initial dramatic

destruction, there are days when little seems to be happening. Sure, we might be

 installing controversial new outlet covers, but is the audience really ready for that??

So here are some catch-up snipets of the latest goings on around the homestead:

TILE:

What would a wet place be without tile? Here are views of the outside patio and Master Bathroom.

We also tiled the Laundry Room, Office Bath, and Guest bath.

Master Bath undergoing tile

Nearing completion -  save for the window details

Also with standing shower, sink and vanity.

Here is the main patio off the Master bedroom -

sizing up the pattern for the tile.

Mind you these are special tiles for outdoor use;

They have a rough finish to them ...

...otherwise one drop of water on them,

and you'd go skating off into the grass!

 The final product.

OLD  VENTS:

One distinctive feature of the "Old House" was the attic venting. Of course

when it came time to redo the exterior of the house, we wanted to

keep these signature pieces.

The third vent came to surprise us. It had been hidden all these years by

a fake front added to the garage. We never even new it existed

until the workers were tearing down the garage. I rescued it from

the trash pile and set it aside with the other vents.

It took some cosmetic surgery, but I was able to patch the two main vents up easily enough.

The former garage vent was a different story - the house vents had access holes to slide neatly in .

We didn't want to cut a hole in the garage - so I had to take it apart and redesign it.

The initial garage vent was probably 10 inches thick.  In order

to keep the profile slim, I had to get that down to a max of 3 inches!

Complete with the knob and tube insulators.

It took so figuring - but it worked out well. As a bonus cheat, we

installed some black plastic waterproof liner behind it -

to give the illusion of depth. It was great to be able to

keep these details from the original house!

I could show you how the House Vents turned out -

But that would spoil the surprise!

KIDS BORED AT LOWE'S:

Honestly, they would read just about anywhere!

WINDOWS PAINTED - WITH TRIM COLOR:

After all the fuss and set-backs, the final windows.

So we are essentially on the home stretch - interior and exterior almost complete.

Our goal is to be able to move back in by the end of the month.

(Hopefully!)