More Ceilings

These may seem redundant, it's sheet rock, and more sheet rock, but it's progress all the same. Here is a view of the new kitchen area looking toward the front of the house.



This is another view of the kitchen, facing the side of the house, that's the wall the oven will be located on.



Here is the area by the back door, looking off into the new kitchen. This is where the old kitchen was.


Now here is another view of the room, facing the side of the house.



And now the other side facing the back door, and basement stairs. The larger bump out will be a 1/2 bath, and the smaller one will be a new coat closet.




I know I didn't put up photos last time, I sort of forgot to pack the camera. I think everything was pretty much covered as to what he managed to get finished on the weekend. Hubby spent Sunday, replacing a bathroom sink and vanity for his sister, as long as he was up there. It took away some work time on the house, but she feeds him super every other Saturday, so he was happy to do it for her.

No house photos

BUT I have a photo of the new pantry cabinet. Just finished, well unpainted, but just put together! It was too tall for a nice look at it, cause I had to keep it in the garage, it was dark out by the time the hardware was installed.

So here is a photo of the whole pantry...




And here is a close-up photo of just the top half.

Work, and views

I was gonna show off the work process first, but, I seemed to have loaded the photos in backwards, sooo...

Here is a view of the town from the Cemetery on top of the hill.

Here is another view, but on this one, if you click on it, you can see my house! I placed and arrow to show it off...sweet!



Here is just another view of the Cemetery, with some background of the town..it's a huge hill to climb, not keen on walking it. Luckily the road was just opened from the snow. They don't plow it..the Cemetery closes in the snow weather..



Now, here is a photo of the front stairs, with all the spindles removed. It was a big process to remove them. We stripped all the spindles that rest on the top landing, now we just have to strip the remainder. Seems there are 6 missing, we have to fabricate.



This is the second bedroom, Spackling is started, looking up!


Well, so much for now, I do have a photo of what's left of the snow, but I think you can see in the Cemetery, there isn't much left. It's a shame the sun wasn't shining today, the photos would have been gorgeous! Next week!

second floor complete

All the drywall was installed on the second floor! It still needs spackling, but at least it's all hung. Have some corner protectors to install yet, but that's quick. Here is a pic of the finished hallway, facing the front of the house.


And here is the hallway, facing the back of the house! Looks the same huh? Well almost.



And the final photo is of one of the closets. The photo is deceiving, it looks tiny, but it isn't.


Now for just a little bit of plumbing left, and on to drywall for the first floor! However, I believe, the phone and cable lines are to be installed first! it's starting to look like a house again!

no work in the house this weekend

Hubby isn't feeling well....

So this weekend, while he moans and groans about how sick he is, he'll probably work in the garage, finishing that pantry cabinet. It's been started, but still a lot to do on it. I'll post pics when I can.

More next weekend then!

more sheet rock

Oh my..sheetrock! The hall is looking so good now..I know it's not done..but a big improvement.


Here's another photo of the hall...the sheet rock gun died..so he had to stop. Brought the gun home to repair.. but it's looking good!


Yes, the wall is a purple shade..it's the bathroom..which has a mold resistant, water resistant paper. Looks good doesn't it?

an I helped...................

Frist some photos of the remaining snow.... this one is out my front parlor window....

Here is a photo from the rear of the house looking toward the sun porch....

Here is a view off to the neighbors yard..you can see there is still a lot hanging around, even with the rain we had this weekend!

Now..we got a new delivery of sheet rock for the first floor..not yet ready to install it, have to finish upstairs first, but now that we finished the upstairs plumbing, and the tub and shower surrounds are in, that can be done! These are the 8 footers, and ten footers (sheet rock)



Here is a photo of the living room...it's our work station, only because the wood stove is in the room :) We had to adhere the wood support strips to the tub surround, before applying it to the wall, so it's sitting there drying a bit..



Ahh yes, the 16 foot sheet rock boards :) they don't look like much sitting there, but they are heavy! We had to split up the rooms to store the stuuff, so there was no great load in one spot.


Here is a photo of the installed shower stall..only needs the glass and door installed..but that can wait till after the walls are insulated, and sheetrocked, this had to be applied direct to studs.


Same with the tub surround..direct to studs..this one was a bit harder to install, something somewhere was not completely level, so we had to trim the bottom of the wall panels a bit..came out nice though..you can't see the trimmed area.

So...I spent my evening playing go-for gal..and instruction reader..I believe I helped quite a it though...I am pretty good at problem solving.....I was also able to check things over, and make sure all the places I want towels holders in the baths, had supports for the screws to install them..once the walls go up..it's too late to change my mind..so I had to put my seal of approval on everything.