It’s starting to look like a house! (BH #62)
Josh got me drywallers for Christmas. I am soooo ready for this project to be over – such a huge feeling of relief washed over me when we decided that I wouldn’t have to do the drywall myself. This’ll save me at least a month of labor, I imagine, and I probably wouldn’t do it as well as the guys will. I can’t believe how fast they are – look what they’ve done in just one day!
The living room, looking out towards the water:
The old kitchen, now the TV room:
Come Monday, the plumber promises we’ll have a working faucet hooked up in the basement so that the drywall guys can do their first mudding. I can’t wait! Once all the mudding is done I can put up the doors and we’ll have actual rooms.
After that there remains:
- bathroom tiling
- the TV room floor
- kitchen cabinets
- closet doors and shelves
- painting
- trim, windows and baseboards and attic access
- bathroom fixtures, toilets, towel bars, etc.
- the fence in front, to prevent parking on the septic field
- the driveway
- the back porch laundry room and wooden door refinishing
- refinishing the floors
- hooking up some sort of filtration system to the well (we have a drinking filtration system for the kitchen sink already).
- put up blinds
- and undoubtedly some things I have forgotten.
And then of course we still have to actually get renters… Ugh! Every time I think the list is getting shorter, I realize how long it still is! Someone tell me it will be over soon!
February 6th, 2018 at 10:44 am
Ahhh, this is so exciting! You really are getting close! I know it’s a lot of work, but it’s amazing!! You basically built a house, woman!! <3
February 14th, 2018 at 11:03 pm
You are so sweet
It IS getting closer and I’m getting excited. I even have a schedule written out now, which makes it really real!