Sunday, August 30, 2009

House update!!!

The house is coming along. The siding was completed on Friday. The contractor needs to come back for 1 more day this week to wrap it all up. We ABSOLUTELY love it!!! The siding, windows and moulding are everything we wanted and were striving for. Our contractor is a family friend who worked with us down to every detail. And, we all know, Ralph is very detailed.... :)



New hardiplank on the back of the house
new white trim around all the windows, doors and corners of the house It is a product called Kleer, we love it.
Pool side- new windows and new french door from the master bedroom to the pools and hot tub.


Old front door
New front door (craftsman style!)


new house wrap


front of the house

Front of the house with the new HardiPlank! We chose iron gray with white trim. We removed an old light that was in the peak of the house and Ralph rewired for two sconces, which will be installed where the new light boxes are. Of cousre, the sconces are craftsman...and beautiful!


The pool side with the new hardiplank...I love it!

The inside is coming along too!! We have taken down all the paneling in the 2 back bedrooms and the exterior wall of the master bedroom, re-sheetrocked, spackled and Ralph re-wired all the outlets and added cable, internet and phone to all 3 bedrooms. They are now primed and today my mom and I cleaned out the closet in the baby's room. I then took all the shelves down and now we need to spackel and paint in there.
Then, we are ready to install the crown and floor moulding, paint everything, get the floors sanded and refinished, get the new heaters in ....and then we will finally decorate!!!
Ralph has been working very hard every minute he is home, his rest is when he is out of town working!! (He is in Chicago now)
We have had A LOT of help and really appreciate everyone's time and expertise.
It's exciting to see everything coming together...pics to follow soon!

2 comments:

  1. Wow! That hardi plank makes am amazing difference. Very cool look. I also like the rewirning for the sconces...the old one light on the top gave the place a garage type feel...the sconces will make it shine. I am very impressed.

    On another note: two more months and you will have little pea. That is very cool. I am glad our peas our out of the pod. :)

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  2. The house is coming along- it is going to be exciting to see the final product- Congrats:)

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