Another Big Step...

Is ready to begin! All of the drywall material was delivered today! The drywall sheets are so long! The inside of our house is going to look completely different in a few days...I can't wait!

Ryan finished framing the inset in the wall over my sink and blocked in where the fireplace is.... and other little stuff before they start putting up drywall.

Moving/Adding Gas Line

In order to get a can light in the right spot in the kitchen the gas pipe needed to move just a bit up. While they had the pipes undone they decided they should run a pipe to the upstairs...you know just in case we ever wanted to have a fireplace or stove at some point up there.

After the gas line was all put in place, Ryan was able to finish installing the last can light.

Insulation and Framing

The insulation guys came today…

Apparently, it looked like it was snowing in our house while they were here.

Ryan also started framing upstairs at about 9:45 PM even though we are not finishing it yet. Yes, I said PM….some of our lights he has hooked up. So now he can work even when it is dark outside. It definitely makes for a little cooler working environment when the sun goes down!

We were just going to have a door at the top of the stairs, but the inspector said we had to have a three-foot landing so Ryan moved the doorframe. I love where it is at with a little cubby area on the side, but how are we supposed to ever get furniture up there? Trust me Ryan thought of this also, but there is no other way to do it and be able to open up the door. I am sure this will change eventually…probably when we finish it.

Fireplace…

We were going to wait to put in the fireplace since the only ones Ryan will use are EXPENSIVE! He is a little biased when it comes to them since he installed them for a few years. Any who, Gary, the man that always finds a great deal, found us one for $50.00. That’s right and all it needed was a good cleaning and a few small parts. It is a little older model so it will actually put out more heat than the new ones do. It actually makes me excited to have it cold outside, so I can flip the switch and cuddle up by the fire!

My mom and dad are so nice…they decided to come down and pick sticker weeds. We have so many!!! They are free if anyone would like some…you can have as many as you would like. I am certainly not looking forward to dealing with the stickers for several years to come. Oh well!

They picked five black bags full and there is still a lot to pick! Ugh! Thanks for helping pick those darn weeds!!!

Floor Picking...

My mom and I went today to decide on what flooring options we have. What we really want is real hardwood...you know the stuff that gets nailed and every few years you have to sand and refinish. However, right now on our budget that is NOT even an option. Over $3000.00 just to do the kitchen and little living room. Ryan said if he laid tile it was not ever coming up, so we really do not want that. So we have decided that for now we will do the kitchen in vinyl. Nowadays, it actually looks really good! And in a few years when we can afford our wood floor it will be very easy to pull up. We brought a few books home and I am so glad we did. I sat down with all my samples of the ones I liked, both carpet and vinyl. I went through them all and decided which ones I liked the best and then showed Ryan when he got home. He liked them all that I had chosen. What can I say great minds think alike! We decided we should take our samples down to the house to see what they would look like in our lighting. My choices were confirmed...

As we were walking out the door I thought we should see what the vinyl looks like with our cabinets. I am so glad that we did...the vinyl I liked the best looked AWFUL with our cabinets! Even my dad said it looked bad, which means it looks horrible! So, we decided on another few.... now we just need to decide which one we like better...

Upstairs Windows...

We received the rest of our windows for upstairs a few weeks ago and today Ryan installed them. It looks so, so much better!

More Cable Wiring...

Like we need a television everywhere...Ryan thinks we do! Whatever! I just love the peace and quiet of a house, but I don't think our house will be quiet by any means. I quess I will have to take advantage of that when Ryan is at work!

All of the black wires are for cable...I don't think we have enough! :) Hey, atleast they are all in an organized fashion, right?