Now that's what I'm talking about

Can't wait to have a party now!

What's left: some electrical fixture installation, install the cabinet doors, some door and closet painting, speaker install, and approx 1,000,000 little details.

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Not sure but something does not look quite right

Are they supposed to be installed this way!

:-)

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Furniture delivery is underway

Have waited a long time for this. Soon I will have a place to sit in the new room!

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Fridge is in!

After five attempts - fridge number six is installed and looking good.

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More trim and stove backsplash

Yesterday the backsplash was installed behind the stove. Grout is not in yet. We think it turned out pretty cool. Electrician starting to install fixtures and finish the wiring too. The construction/finish part should be done this week or early next week. We hope. Then the painter starts for final color application.

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Ovens today

The ovens were set today - not wired in yet.

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Mud room tile

Monday - tile set in the mud room.

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First appliance is in

The first appliance is in. The fridge arrived today. The rest of the appliances should be here Monday, barring a big snowstorm or something this weekend.

There is still more trim work to complete. It seems like this phase will never end.

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Night time shot

Here is a night time shot of the new front door which was installed yesterday.

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Close up of mud room sink and counter

Still more visible progress.

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Countertops in today

Sure is neat to see progress. Lots of the past week has been spent with trim etc that is hard to see daily progress. No tile floors till next week.

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New front door

Photo of our new front door.

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Progress update

Lots of little things completed last week. The floors were refinished, all cabinets received and mostly installed. Trim getting installed. Also new outside doors completed yesterday. This week is scheduled for tile with painting and electrical next week. The appliances should start arriving on friday and monday next week. We are down to the last few weeks. And so far still reasonably sane!

The photo is of the lockers which go in the mudroom.

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Cabinet update

Progress.

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Cabinets

Today is cabinet install day and wood trim.

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Cabinets arrived today

Cabinets arrived today. Installation this week. Also trim arrived (and was sent back) and tile dude got started.

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Stucco

Stucco completed yesterday. It was 64 snd sunny yesterday. The stucco guys said it is probably their last job this year (though you never know with global climate change!)

Sure is nice to have the scaffolding gone. So far all is on schedule.

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Warm enough for stucco

So the stucco dudes are here and going for it on one of the last warm days this year!

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Mike was our big helper

Actually he did do lots of the painting! The 3 boys spent a couple of hours today removing the border from the upstairs bedroom too. Busy day at the Toth

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The "finished" side of the new family room

The unpainted area above where the desk will go is a direct result of a "doug special addition" to the project. More on this soon.
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Painting the drywall sealer

So... Sue and I today painted the living room with drywall sealer. Tomorrow we will at least get the rest of it done. Possibly put the final coat on the ceilings too. We are trying to decide between a "ceiling white" and an off white. Not sure which way to go. Any comments?

-DT

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Wood floors!!!

Wowee. Wood floors going in today and tomorrow. Also more drywall mud upstairs. Heard that tile is scheduled for next week. Lots of progress.

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Wood floors being installed...

Too bad this is the mud room that is supposed to get tile instead of wood floors!

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Drywall still getting sanded

Not much of an update. The drywall folks are still putting down mud and smoothing out the seams. Rumor has it the hardwood floors will be installed yet this week. No photo since it is mostly unchanged.

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Stucco brown coat

Done!!

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Stucco today

The crew arrived this am to apply the stucco.

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Drywall mudding and taping underway

Yow what a mess from all the dust!

No sign of the stucco brown coat yet.

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Stucco mesh is up

Looks like the stucco mesh is up on the outside. Next step: "brown coat" for the outside. Although it has been warm this week - I imagine the weather will turn cold sooner than they can get the final coat on. That will probably wait for next spring.
Sue took the day off today and we had lots of fun finalizing countertops, tile and furniture shopping. Can't wait to be done! Still looking like we will be in for mid-December.

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Drywall up - main floor

Over the past 2 days the drywall was hung. Still need drywall in new bedroom and basement ceiling. Everyone said that it would look smaller once the drywall was installed - but I think it still looks like I expected.

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Interior insulation completed today

Interior insulation done today. Also got the sliding door in yesterday so now the house is toasty warm and cozy. Drywall hanging next week, which should last a week or two.

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Getting ready for stucco and drywall

Looks like the stucco crew arrived this morning. It will take a couple of days to put up the wire mesh. Lots of pounding! Then the "brown coat" will be applied.

I talked to Tim the drywall man and he is also expecting to start next week.

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Windows in!

Monday -

Windows are in, except for the sliding door (which should be in on the truck on Tuesday). Much of the electrical and plumbing is roughed in too.

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New upstairs room

The new upstairs bedroom is taking shape too

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Roof and roofers

Yikes the roof is steep!

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Electrical and hvac this week

Monday and Tuesday were big days. HVAC guys came and put in the duct work for the new addition. Also, we now have another room and closet in the main floor that are ripped up from the work. Always something! At least the main floor is uniformly heated and cooled now.

The electrician has been here roughing in the wiring. He has made his own special kind of mess too!

Ok. Looks like a red van just pulled up with a van full of characters. If I had to bet, I will bet they are roofers. So we may have our roof completed today too!

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Interior construction underway

90% of interior demolition is completed. Danny and Mike moved out of their upstairs room last night in preparation for the windows and door work on their "new" room. We cleaned up their room last night in preparation. The exterior windows from their room are moving to the new exterior wall. They will get a pocket door between the two rooms. Sue and I were wondering why we didn't think to move OUR room there - it will be nice and sunny with big closets.

Once they start the upstairs work - we will have construction and dust ON ALL THREE FLOORS. Yee hah.

No new photos today as it looks pretty much the same. The guys are starting to put up some new interior walls and finished most of the demo. Check back again soon!

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Amazing what you find at the end of the day

You just never know what you are going to find at the end of a long day!

- DT

Interior Demolition Day 1

Guess what Sue did all weekend? Moved the entire kitchen downstairs into our
old laundry room. Joe and the boys were a great help also.

There was lots of banging around today, with many saw-zall blades getting
worn out. The workmen are tryint to fill up the large dumpster with
demolition debris. Hey -- that used to be my wall! Here are two shots of our
new interior -- one looking toward what used to be the kitchen across the
old dining room, and one looking from the kitchen, across the dining room
and into what used to be the guest room.

Sure am glad I have noise-reduction headphones. I usually sit upstairs all
day, listen to music, read a little, watch a movie, and try to rest &
recover.

- Doug

The Plans

Here's a quick preview of the plans. Basically, we are adding on a great
room in the back of the house, taking up where some of the current deck
sits. Then we are moving the kitchen over to the old guest room, turning the
dining room and keeping part of the old kitchen as a mud room. Upstairs
above the great room will be a new bedroom for the two boys. We can't wait
for it to be done (hopefully by Christmas)!

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Roof rafters going up!

Photo from this afternoon, October 3, 2007. Roof rafters are being installed
-- upper floor is starting to take shape!! Gosh these guys work hard.

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From yesterday, October 2, 2007. Roof rafters arrive, and finished removing the old stucco from the second floor. - DT

Framing and new space roughed in. September 29, 2007.

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THE OLD PORCH IS GONE!

Catching up on the demolition -- this photo was from September 19, 2007.

DT

Because we are nuts, and don't have enough to worry about -- we started a construction project last week on our house. We're moving the kitchen over to the other side of the house, turning the dining room, and adding a family room off the back. Check back for photos and pictures. I will keep this up to date every day or two. - Doug