Delightful Drywall!

Sunday morning Ross, Chris, and friends worked hard to put in the insulation and drywall. It looks great and now the house has that "new house smell." Which, if you had visited when we first bought it, know that it is a very welcome change!!

This week, Bob will be doing all the finish work and on Sunday the process of replacing and refinishing the hardwood floors will begin. It is almost unbelievable to think about all that has been accomplished! Again, we are SO grateful to all of our friends that have helped to make this big dream a reality. We have been working with an electrician friend of Ross' to make decisions about the lights for the kitchen. We have to be creative now that we have added the cathderal ceiling. We will be putting in three pendant lights over the sink (my idea...*smile*), ceiling fan, and a good bit of track lighting.

I've posted some pictures of the most recent updates! Enjoy!

Weekend Warriors in the Kitchen!

The before picture of the kitchen... all the appliances and cabinets are resting in the basement!And after a few LONG hours of work... We found a window! The view...the inside of our siding. I think we'll keep the window that actually looks outside! *Smile*

Back Door Guests are Best!

This was our back door entrance. Note the black and white subway tile...

The after picture of the back entrance. There was a good bit of plastic black and white subway tile on the wall next to the door. Directly across from the back door is the door into our basement.

Everything but the kitchen sink...I mean ceiling!

You can see the open ceiling and beams in the kitchen. We're tempted to try vaulting the ceiling. We'll keep you posted...

This picture shows the kitchen ceiling before.

Kitchen Before and After Shots

This shot shows the removal of the plaster down to our block walls. Who knew we had a window hiding behind our walls. The window looks out into our white siding! *Sigh*

This is a quick peek into the kitchen before the removal of the plaster. As you can see, the temporary walls are down, because the beam is up!

Busy Weekend!

After a busy weekend, we have some before and after pictures to share! The beam is officially up in the kitchen and Ross spent the weekend ripping out all of the plaster in the kitchen. We are taking full advantage of the fact that the town of Bel Air will let you use a dumpster on the weekends, so all of the old plaster was able to be disposed of immediately! This week, Ross and friends will put up the beam in the great room and then we'll start the process of putting up sheet rock and drywalling in the kitchen. I say "we," but three cheers and much appreciation goes out to Ross and dear, dear friends who have so willingly committed time and energy to help us out. We love you guys and owe you BIG time! Enjoy the pictures!

Turn up the volume!

We've added some of our favorite tunes to the blog. Turn on your speakers and enjoy!