Family Room Pictures

The family room is about 98% done. There's just a few odds and ends to do - like a little bit of trim. Never mind the extra fridge, range, and tool chest! Soon we'll fill it with new furnishings! Oh, and if you know anybody that needs a fridge or a range, they're for sale.

Remodel Progress Pics and Other Things...

As of Friday, we now have a functioning kitchen. The kitchen is nearly complete - all that's left to do is trim (crown, base, door casing) and decorate. Amy and future baby are both happy. This project I'm proud of. I gutted the majority of the kitchen, fixed and changed wiring, changed the lighting, hung the new drywall, and matched texture to the existing texture. Our contractor Joe replaced the large window with a single French door and new window. My friend Bram laid out the cabinets, I made the doors, drawers, and face frames while he made the boxes, and I helped him with the install. Amy and I installed the granite tile countertop ourselves (never again) and laid the tile floor ourselves (first time).

The picture above that shows the floor partially finished floor (my camera ran out of battery before I could take the picture just now) was taken earlier this week. It shows out 5 ft wide pantry with huge drawers at the bottom. The empty space is obviously for our fridge.

On to the floor in our new family room and dining area... No rest for the wicked, er, I mean weary.

Our contractor also finished up our patio cover a couple of weeks ago. Below are pictures of that. Now, we are trying to salvage enough brick pavers to do the floor. So, if you know of anybody that has any they want to give away, let me know! We're looking for the ones that are about 2" thick, and are about 3x7 (roughly).

As far as everything on the baby front, things are looking normal. Still due around mid-June.

Oh, the cats have been bothering me to put up pictures of them on the blog. So here's a couple. Maverick trying to eat the camera and Annabelle (named after the characters in the movie Maverick) wishing she were in a tangle of briars.

Short Remodel Update

Compare these pictures to the 2 below. Color is on the walls, crown is up. Basically all is done with the exception of the floor, which will go in a bit later. The City of Phoenix is also done with their inspections. Note cats in the windowsills. They think they can do something about the birds in the grapefruit tree in the back yard, but truly all they're capable of is drooling over the thought of catching one. Besides, it might require exercise on their part.

Remodel Update (and other stuff)

For those of you that have been to our house, this picture is taken from about where our extra fridge used to sit. As you can see, the doorway from the kitchen out to the garage was enlarged, but the garage is no longer a garage. The space that was the garage and the separate laundry room to the back is now basically one large room. There is now a small laundry room (you can see a portion of the wall in the right side of the picture), a dining area, and a living room. The front living room will be used as a music/reading room. The picture below is of the new living room, which basically sits where the old laundry room was.

There really isn't all that much of an update on the baby, although we decided on a theme for the baby's room. Target has a line that's called "Classic Pooh". So, that's it. And, Amy will get an ultrasound in about 3 or 4 weeks.