Ruby Sipes

Well I am calling it done. I am sure things will change over time but for now we are done. Look a finished kitchen. Interior Temp New Sill Cool Faucet Stuff Newish art? OK an old painting cut up and framed. Same doggie door cleaned up. I know but it is funny. He Smiles.

The kitchen is 97% done and should be complete this week. Tile finished and grouted and now all we need is the molding finished and the final coat of paint. Just a reminder of how bad it was... I will post the final pictures when complete.

We had a productive weekend. Doug And Stephen got the roof finished. No leaks so far. Shane has a Shower and the backsplash in the kitchen is almost done. Ignore the mess it is hard living in a construction zone. Just needs grout. Stephen did a lovely job creating my new window sill. New molding around the windows and doors in kitchen just need the baseboards and cabinet kick-plates installed and the final coat of paint and the kitchen will be done. See I told you Shane has a shower. We have a sink too. Look accent tiles. List of things needed to be done in the bathroom. Door wall still needs Sheetrock. Tape and mud the walls. Paint walls. Install chair molding, crown molding and baseboards. Complete tile to crown molding. And the heat lamp needs to be installed. Wiring still needs to be finished

So our 4 days off to do the bathroom was not enough. We have one of the three fixtures working but there is a floor and we do have the trailer. *Day 1: Gut the room. Remove cast iron piping. Find out the floor was not stable. Doug and Stephen repair the floor. *Day 2: Plumbing installed and the floor gets tiled. *Day 3: Tub gets fixed in place. *Day 4: Shane's Birthday. Trying to rest but obsessing and the walls start coming down and start getting replaced. *Day 5: We have a toilet. Indoor plumbing is the way to go really. *Day 6: Floor finally grouted. Gray grout with white tiles. I do think this floor is what most people remove from their bathrooms but I like it.

So we have started the bathroom. It is gutted and we found our first problem. As problems go it really isn't that bad. The people who built the house didn't care that the floor could fall in around the toilet. No floor support, and the last time the toilet was replaced the toilet wasn't bolted down so it leaked... MMM delicious. Here are a couple of before and during shots. hoping buy Monday to show you a more or less finished bathroom. Before Toilet rot... The new plumbing getting installed is cool. It it tubing that feels like a hula hoop. Vent hole no support from below...Danger What I am envisioning...We will see how close we get.

So it is slow work but it does look good when it gets finished. We are still not real sure on the backsplash hence the lack of one. It is a little more country than I like but we are on a budget. Painting is cheaper than replacement. The same with the butcher block counter. Ooooo shiny knobs. Creating Shane's hot drink station. Going to add a mug shelf. We are probably going to do a white subway tile back splash.

I have a good feeling about this year. 2010 was a bit rough but we have high hopes for this year. Main goal for the year is to finish the house. At least to a comfortable level. Take a few trips and see more of our dear friends and family.