We Have a Mantle!

Day Thirty-Four

The finish carpenter started today. We are going to have bead board around the walls in the living room and a rock fireplace.

There is Jim getting the pantry ready for painting! He's become quite the handyman.

Here is the mantle. It's hard to see the detail up close, but it looks amazing!

It's Almost Finished - Addition Days Twenty-two through Thirty-three

So I don't know how I managed to go that long with out updating my construction project. The month has flown by and so has the addition. This time I'll go newest to oldest....Here's where we are today

Day Thirty-three
The texture is completely finished. The ceiling has been stamped and sanded and the walls are ready for paint!

Days Twenty-eight through Thirty-two
A whole lotta mud! They taped the drywall in three different days allowing each one to dry before they could get started on the next one. What a messy bit!

Day Twenty-Seven
This was probably our busiest day of the entire project. We had a follow-up framing inspection followed by the insulation, the insulation inspection and the drywall installation. I'm happy to say that we don't have any more insepctions until we are finished. Whew!

Days Twenty-One through Twenty-seven

I'll make this quick as there aren't any pictures. HVAC inspection. Electrical installtion & electrical inspection and the walls are ready to get covered. Framing inspection...They found a few minor hand ups with the framing inspection so we need to get those fixed and get on with the project. The roofing is complete!

Addition - Days Sixteen through Twenty-One

Day Sixteen - We have walls
Man those framers are fast! From concrete to walls in just a few hours. It's amazing to see the rooms take shape after seeing the concrete looking so drab.

Brenden takes the opportunity to put some wood in the fire pit

Days Seventeen & Eighteen

They finished the walls and the roof is on. The windows are in. The kids set up their tent and attempted to sleep in the addition on Saturday night. When the thunder started shaking our house we decided it was time to bring them in. Nonetheless on Sunday they slept out there and had a great time.

Jim has become quite the handy man through it all...

Day Nineteen

Sunday - peace and quiet~

Day Twenty

HVAC gets finished and the fireplace is installed

Day Twenty-One
In just three weeks...

The kitchen is now opened up to the addition. They did an awesome job on the arch. It flows along nicely with the rest of the openings in the house. The large opening is not a window, but where the bar will eventually be. The electrician comes tomorrow and we should be ready to sheet rock by the weekend!