Weekend of March 6th

This weekend we finished hanging the cabinets in the laundry room / half bath. We also added a mirrored medicine cabinet over the sink.


Then we removed the cardboard that was protecting the vinyl. What a difference that made!!

Weekend of February 27

This weekend we decided to hang the cabinets in the laundry room and install the sink base and drawer base. We also cut the laminate counter for the sink and got the sink set into it. The plumbing will have to wait until next weekend along with one cabinet because it was damaged when we unpacked it.

The Weekend of February 20th

I'm switching to only posting what we accomplish on the weekends because that is when we are finding time to work on the house. Everything is finished that the contractors where supposed to do with the exception of a door that needs to be replaced and the rough and final grading of the yard (which won't happen until Spring).

I was out of town this weekend so Forrest took the opportunity to get caught up on work that he brought home from the office. He did find time to hang the ceiling fan in the living room and put the door knobs on several doors.

The Week of February 9th

This week they came back to figure out what to do with this strange small ledge on the stairway that was caused because of the original exterior wall. Hand rails where also hung in the stairway. The trimming out of the ledge of course means more painting for me.



We found a spa about a year ago that we really liked but at that time we would have had to put it outside. After building the Three Season Room we decided to go ahead and order it. It was delivered on February 12th.




For Valentines Day we went shopping and found an area rug for the living room. Hershey and Denver really like it. Of course we had them in mind when we picked it out.


Forrest also got the bar stools put together that we purchased before Christmas and hung the coat racks by the kitchen door.


The lower coat rack is for the boys raincoats!!!!



I almost forgot - we also removed the cardboard that was covering the kitchen floor - we hadn't been able to see the actual floor since it was installed - what a surprise it was!!!!

Week of February 2nd

I know, I know - those of you that have been following the blog have wondered - "what's happening... there haven't been any posts" so here goes. The week of Feb. 2nd was a busy one!!!

With the Living Room finished we moved all of the furniture we had moved into the Dining Room into the Living Room so that the Dining Room floor and carpet on the stairs could be installed during the week.




Our first priority for the weekend was to give the boys haircuts and boy were they happy to get them. Here you can see their "before" and "after" photos.


Hershey - before and after. He is our little guy only weighing about 12 pounds.


Denver - before and after. Our big boy weighing 18 pounds.
Aren't they handsome boys!!!!

Now that the boys have their haircuts Forrest and I get to work. We got the vinyl in the three season room down and the baseboards in.





Since we already had the saw out we put the baseboards up in the Dining Room too.




Of course the boys supervise the work and Hershey said you never know when you might need a toy break, so he always has one close by.

Week of January 26th

It was another busy week at the Troutman house!!!
Monday the flooring was installed in the living room.


The boys approve of the new wood laminate (which is one of the reasons we picked it).


I forgot to mention that last week we got one coat of paint on the walls of the Three Season Room. The walls are T-111 and for those of you not familiar with it - it is typically used as an exterior wood and has grooves - which means this week I had to go back with a paint brush and paint all of the grooves.

During the week I also touched up the crown molding in the living room from the nail holes when we put it up.

The weekend was busy - we installed the baseboards in the living room and I puttied and caulked them.


Of course the Boys provided moral support while we worked.


After that we moved down to the Three Season Room and put a second coat of paint on.


Then we proceeded to put insulation in the ceiling.


Hershey slept in a bed in the new lower room outside the Three Season Room door - just in case we needed him.


After the insulation was in we started on the ceiling. The ceiling we are installing is called "Ceiling Max", unlike traditional drop ceilings the grid attaches to the ceiling joists so you don't loose much height. The grid goes up first - which calls for lots of measuring.



We decided to put in dimensional ceiling tiles with a "sand" type texture.



Because we are putting in dimensional tiles we had an extra step of cutting all of the perimeter tile edges so they would drop down - once again more measuring. By the time Forrest had cut the 20th tile he was getting really good at it.


Thankfully we finished the ceiling Sunday evening.



Next weekend we hope to get the flooring and baseboards installed.