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I am so happy that drywall is finished and the rooms are finally defined! I can't see from one end of the house to the other, which is pretty amazing. This has been a major step and we are so excited! The drywall house progress update is one of my favorites so far. :) For the below picture I was standing in the door that leads into the house from the garage. At the end of this hallway you can ...
So much exterior progress last week! The gutters and downspouts were completed as well as garage doors! I will let the pictures do the talking for this update. I can't wait to see the screened porch fireplace start coming together on this back view. If you missed the previous updates check these out! #12, #11 or #10. ...
Siding work continues on the house and the first floor is almost complete! The board and batten and trim will be painted white after all the work is completed. The garage doors have been ordered and should be here in a few weeks. I also ordered the barn lights for over each garage bay. They should start the second floor siding at the end of this week and pretty soon the roof and ...
The house has moved along nicely these past few weeks! We are now at the point where we are seeing both inside and outside progress. The plumber came and started placing pipes, the HVAC system is being installed as we speak and we have a meeting tonight with the electrician. I've thought about lighting a lot so it will be nice to see the recommendations of the electrician on where to place ...
Is it already Thursday?! I usually like to post the house progress update earlier in the week, but time got away from me. Last week was all about the window installation! I am so happy with how all the windows turned out. This post is going to be pretty picture heavy because they really speak for themselves. Now, I don't wish for snow, but I can imagine us sitting in this room in January watching ...
We are officially out of our old house! Many late nights last week packing up our things but we made it out and are living with the in-laws for the next few months. We are so lucky to have such great parents to let us live at their house! The countdown is on and I'm hoping we stay on our timeline of completion around Thanksgiving. Last week was all about the front and back porch! It was so ...
Last week was all about the roof! We are so lucky the rain held off and they were able to make great progress on the house. They are at the stage where the roof is waterproof! So exciting that when it rains, our floors won't be super drenched and have to dry out. With the black waterproofing material it gave some dimension and the pictures really don't do it justice. There will be more roof over ...
The roof is going on! This past week we had a ton of activity at our new house and the progress is so fun. The entry way got the first layer of siding, but the door and side lights have not been cut out yet. So happy to see the roof trusses over our master bedroom, master bathroom and closet. Some of the siding has also been put on. They used the crane to place the trusses on the second ...
Wow, these last few weeks have flown by. The new build process is so amazing to watch! We listed our current house for sale in the middle of June and after only 3 days on the market we had two offers! One offer fell through but we accepted the other one and we have to be out of hour house by July 30th. If you need me I'll be buried in boxes for the next 3 weeks! We went to Northern Michigan for ...
Last Monday, we looked at the weather forecast and it looked like rain Tuesday-Friday which did not make us happy! We were hoping we'd at least get in two full days of work, but we were pleasantly surprised that we got Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in without any rain! Thursday was lost to a downpour but Friday morning we were able to have our kitchen design meeting. The first floor is completely ...
