Big Time Update

What? Aw, c'mon it's only been 6 months. Give a girl a break! In all reality, it's been a VERY busy 6 months!

 Here is an update from where we left off!

Enjoy.

Trimwork and doors enameled. Thanks, Dad!

The cabinets were a HUGE project. We had three sets of cabinets through out the original house and guest house. Rather than build new or buy new, Greg took the three cabinet sets, cut them apart and spliced them together so they would fit in our kitchen. So, our kitchen is literally three different cabinet sets!

Progress after the first day. This was tiring stuff.

The next day, Mom, Elisa, Brianna and I meandered over to Menards to pick out everything needed to finish our hut. We brought the paint samples to match everything. That was one hefty bill. Kudos to Mom for driving Greg's truck and trailer!

While we were busy shopping, the guys were busy installing the flooring, enamelling the cabinets and prepping the living room for carpet.

Nice flood pants, Dad! :)

Greg designed the window trim himself.  We custom cut everything.  Here's what all the windows look like:

End of a long weekend. Progress: obtained.  Sleep: not so much.  A tired bunch we were. 

Greg taking a much needed nap while the enamel dries.

The final touches were taken care of the following week, which also happened to be the week of Christmas.  Enamelling was completed (thanks Dad), carpet was installed by Greg and his brother, paint touch ups, kitchen hardware, and the final cleaning (thanks Mom, Brian and Brianna!).  It all came together in the end, and we were able to move in on December 26 in the midst of a snow storm!

Stay tuned for the final product!

Van·i·ty (ˈva-nə-tē): inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance

No, no, no. Not that kind of vanity. The bathroom variety!

The big project last Saturday was getting the bathroom vanity installed and starting the trim work. As usual, Greg has worked tirelessly to ensure every last detail of our custom vanity was perfect.

Once we're ready to work on the main house, we know we're going to want to do some tiling. Neither of us have much experience in this area, so we thought the guest house bathroom would be a good place to practice. The vanity counter seemed like the perfect project.

Installing the upper cabinet.

Almost finished! Just in need of the drawers, faucet and a mirror and we're set.

Then it was on to the trim.

Earlier last week, Greg stopped out to the house to do some additional finishing. The closet is ready and the ceiling fans are in!

The closet and patio door after trim. The trim will be painted white.
Yesterday, we picked out carpet and vinyl. Assuming the trim will be complete, we'll be flooring this weekend, as well as finishing up the vanity. Ugh, we are getting so close! Our move-in date of 12/19 is now going to be 12/26.
All WE want for Christmas is to be HOME!
I may not be back for posting until after the holidays pass, so cheers to you and yours this holiday season!

Mini-Projects

I thought I'd post some more photos of the colors we painted, since it was tough to see them in the previous post.

There's the accent wall!

Bedroom Patio Door: Installed!

So this weekend was all about projects. Not much to do in the hut at this point.

Winter hit with a vengeance this past week. I always find it so amusing how cold 30-degrees feels. That is, until it hits single- and sub-zero digits!

We brought the workshop into the main house for our projects this weekend. Greg built a couple makeshift workbenches out of a couple of our many interior doors we salvaged. Man, those extra doors are handy!

Posch stopped down Saturday to help. He took on the dirty job of sanding and refinishing the base heaters for the hut.

Greg worked tirelessly on designing a bathroom vanity. After searching at the big box stores, we determined that the standard sizes for bathroom vanities wouldn't work in our bathroom. They'd either be 2-3 inches too large or 10 inches too small. Either way, not a good use of space. So we're making our own.

After Chris left I took over painting the base heaters.

I'm slowly learning my way around power tools. I especially enjoy this power sander.

Later, we put the first coating of stain on the vanity doors and I reassembled the base heaters. We're about ready to go!

Up next, Tom will be coming back to install the base heat, we'll finish the vanity and start on trim work and window casing.

Two weeks to go!

Color Makes Everything Happy

This past week was paint week! We've both been rather busy during the week, so we didn't make the decision to paint this weekend until Friday night.

So, Saturday morning, while Greg and Mark worked on installing the new water heater, I headed out to Hirschfields to meet Mom and Elisa to pick out paint colors. Initially I thought it would be fun to go with some bold color schemes (think greens or blues). In the end, however, our time crunch proved to be too much and I decided neutral colors will just have to do. I went with a couple of browntones - light tan for the whole place, and a darker brown for accent walls in the living space and bedroom.

Later Saturday, Mom and I headed to Menards to pick up some ceiling paint (FREE!) and check out carpet, tile and bathroom vanities. Lots of choices still coming up!

Sunday was D-Day. Dad, our household professional, showed up with all the equipment necessary for a successful day of painting. Mom and Brian, as well as Nancy and Shaun, all showed up to help.

Nancy and I hard at work in the bedroom.

Mom, our skilled cutter! Those edges are perfect!

First coat in the bathroom.

Dad cutting the accent wall in the bedroom.

Brother and sister!

Ugh! No wonder Greg's lost weight! Someone is hogging all the food!

The finished product!

The lighting is not the best since our lights aren't installed yet, but you get the idea.

Accent wall. Again, hard to tell due to the lighting.