What we did the last few months of 2014

In September, we spent time planing the wood that we removed from the house.

Clay didn't mind spending his birthday and Labor Day and several more days planing the old douglas fir wood.

The columns on the front of the house got repaired and the brick was reset by our friend and neighbor Ric. 

  The new subfloor got laid where the bathroom was torn out and everywhere else.

Flooring repaired with new 2x12's

 New subfloor

Clay came up with a revised floor plan that let me reuse the old tub and gave me space for a pantry as well.

 This picture is the boys caring my tub back into the house, getting it off the driveway where it had been a boxelder bug prison all summer.

We decided to cut a hole for a new back door while we were at it!

Grandma and Grandpa Allen came and visited.  We removed some of the old wallpaper from the dining room and all the electrical fixtures got taken down.

The plumber, electrician, and HVAC all made it to the house and have been doing a great job.


In October, we got our new roof.

I installed our solar tubes and Clay installed the old mantle in the new fireplace framing.

During the second week, we installed our windows.  They look amazing and it is so nice to have the house quiet from outside noises. 

We installed the cedar planks on the porch ceiling, and Clay began building the small room around our furnace. We also got insulation installed in our newly framed out exterior walls.

Early November was spent getting the house ready inside and out for the cold.  We cleaned up the yard and prepared for the winter storms that would be coming as well as the soffit that needed to be installed on the eaves.

The back of house after clean-up and raking.

We also cleaned up the interior and got it ready for drywall.  Part of this preparation meant getting the permanant power turned on in the house, getting the new gas meter and service working, and getting the furnace turned on.

Our brother-in-law came and built us some new stairs off the new back door.  He did a fantastic job! By the end of the month we had begun painting.

We also had a beautiful weather day on the last Saturday of the month, which allowed Clay to get the sidewalk poured and replaced where we had the sewer line torn out a few months earlier.

Shelving was built in all the closets in earlier December and we began preping for paint.  After we got the living room, kitchen and main areas painted, I moved out of the way and let Clay come in and start getting the flooring installed.

Girls room closet.

Built-in shelves where a door and window used to be.

Clay enjoying the fruits of his labors.

 Paint.

Laundry room, yellow.

 Flooring installed. 

 Ric also came and filled in brick under the kitchen window.

We are very exhausted and looking forward to getting our projects finished up this month.  Even though we will be able to move in in February, we have many more projects to do once we live in the house.