Sept. 23rd...Wiring, can lights, attic fan

Our plumber has finished his work for now and has everything "stubbed up". (aka...he's finished until we get drywall and cabinets). Ty's tub/shower unit is in place and ready to have a minor blemish fixed. There's a guy in Russellville who does this and we'll never be able to tell it was there. I'll try to remember to take a before and after picture to show how good of a job he does. Now it is the electrician's turn. He started installing can lights and running all of the wiring throughout the house for future lights, plug-ins, and fans. Our attic fan is also in place. Our trim and soffits around the house are now finished and look great. They started putting up the ceiling of the front porch, but I forgot to take a picture of it. Here's a picture of the soffit and trim work. The picture doesn't really show off the details...it looks better in person. I know I took these pictures on Wednesday, and I'm posting them several days later (It is now Saturday...) but I just haven't had the time to post due to football season. I'll try to better next week, but I can't promise. Anyway, we went out to the house today to clean up and check progress and the electrician was there working on a Saturday. I was glad he was there because I had a few extra plug-ins that I wanted that he was able to add while he was there.

Sept. 15th...plumbing and porch ceiling stuff(?)

We met with our contractor this weekend and walked through the house to decide where we want lights and what kind we want. It was soooo exciting! I get to have accent lights on the outside of the house to make it light up pretty at night! The plumber came and installed a couple of outside faucets and started some inside things. I know that these things are not going to excite anyone like it did me, but part of the reason I'm doing this blog is to document when things happen. So, if you don't particularly find this fascinating, (I can't imagine!) then just come back another time to see if something else tickles your fancy.
Anway...pic of an outside faucet:One of the vanities in our bath:Plumbing for the shower and for the tub: The shower is the area behind the studs and the tub will be on this side of the wall.More exciting plumbing stuff...COFFEE!!!! Doyle and I really enjoy coffee, so we decided to get a plumbed coffee maker that is installed in the wall in the kitchen. Here's a picture of what it looks like:I know I called this ceiling stuff, but for the life of me I can't think of the real name. So, ceiling stuff it stays. Anyway, this is a picture of the front porch ceiling, or the bracing that the ceiling will attach to. I only took a picture of the front porch, but the back porch looks the same. Oh, the soffits around the house are coming along nicely and it was really nice to have the roof completely on this week because of all of the rain. We didn't have to worry about sweeping water out! I think that the electrician is getting his bid in after a walk-through with our contractor, so I guess he'll start working sometime soon. I need to decide where I want brick, rock, and the cedar on the exterior. By the way, I picked out my brick (with the help of my very patient sister-in-law...thanks Amanda!). Here's a picture of the brick, but we'll be using a chocolate mortar instead of this gray.

Sept. 7...Windows, Tyvek, Pocket Doors....

I have lots of stuff to write about and I am soooooo excited about it. Last week we went out to the house and took some pictures, but I never posted them, so I'm going to today. Okay, first of all can you say "windows"? YES!!! They are installed and look great. I really like the cream color. You can also see the Tyvek house wrap in these pics, too.Ty got his bathtub/shower unit in and it is exactly what I wanted. Easy to clean and one piece.
Soffits are next on the list. Approximately 1/4 of the house has them, and we went up there today (Labor Day) and we found Mr. Price and his son working on them! Wow...I was pretty impressed with that. It was also really nice to see them again. We talked about doors and rock and how good the house is looking. Man I like him! Anyway...soffit pictures:Next we have pocket doors. We have two pocket doors in our house and the frames for those are up. I really think I will like the way they work. I have one in the workout room so that I won't have to save room for the door swinging open and shut. I can have equipment right next to the door which lets me squeeze in more exercise stuff! The other door connects our bathroom with our bedroom. Same type of idea there...I didn't want to have to worry about swinging doors getting in the way.Shingles! Okay, I didn't take pictures of shingles, but we now have more shingles in so that the roofers can come and finish the roof sometime this week (hopefully!). Totally excited about that....

Cleanup, cleanup, everybody do your share...we cleaned up a lot last weekend and some more tonight. I just wish it would have been a little cooler 'cause I'm a sucker for a bonfire. I couldn't resist putting a cute picture of Ty up. For some reason he loves to play in the sawdust and put it on top of his head.