So the floors were finished and totally gorgeous, the trim work was going in and we were looking at being finished in another week or two. That was where we were the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Since we could not get away for Turkey Day, we spent the weekend puttering around the house, putting face plates Read More …
Here’s my mostly IKEA kitchen: Lower open shelves are custom built from red oak. They match better than is shown in the pictures. They will stay open and have adjustable shelves in them. I particularly love the backsplash. Most of it is Georgia white marble salvaged from the old Florida Capitol Building when it was Read More …
OK, so I haven’t posted here in a long time. August and September, I was busy assembling IKEA cabinets for the kitchen and the bathrooms and other places. October I had jury duty which wore out my knees and I’ve simply been tired from the pain. But the house has been progressing – slowly. Trim Read More …
I’ve decided to do a Waterlox finish on our pine floors. Despite the name, Waterlox is NOT a waterbased finish. Instead, it is a modified tung oil finish that gives more of that old floor look. And to add to that old floor look, I wanted to stain the floors to deepen the color right Read More …
A while back I talked Ralph out of the Craftsman style tapered columns on brick piers, but we both wanted something to make the front of the house look less boxy. The framers made some sample arches and we liked this shape best. Then I photoshopped it to repeat across the front of the house Read More …
Wow! I did not realize it had been so long since I had posted on my blog!There has been lots of progress on the house – in fact we are on the downhill side now that the exterior is nearly finished. The roof was completed last week, the final window went in Thursday so the Read More …
Since I am in the mode of taking lots of photos, but not in writing about them, here is a link to the house build photo pages at my web site. There are tons of photos there which will be updated at irregular intervals.
Today we went in to check out a sale at Sears and ended up buying most of our appliances. The winners are: Kenmore Elite All Refrigerator and All Freezer pair. They are the same as the Frigidaire Twins, just rebranded for Sears. Frigidaire 27 in. Electric Single Self-Clean Convection Wall Oven. This model has a Read More …
I’ve revised the plan for the “Prep” wall in the kitchen. Mostly I changed the upper cabinets and the drawers in the cabinet that will hold all the flatware. I’ve started a new kitchen blog over on the IkeaFans Forum since my kitchen is all Ikea cabinets and the people over there will be interested Read More …
First day of excavating – March 29, 2007 Second day of excavating – March 30, 2007 First day of concrete forms – April 3, 2007 Another shot of the forms on the same day.