Finishing Touches

The past couple of weeks have been chaotic over here as we prepared for the final inspections. Dad came up again to help complete the short list required for occupancy. While searching through the pile of leftover framing lumber for a 2 x 4, we found, and then exploited this little guy--a baby posssum.

Dad helped glue and clamp the douglas fir front door that I made.

This is the finished product--hung, with 2 of 3 coats of poly applied.

This is the fir back door we bought to match the front.

This is a photo of the kitchen cabinets with most of the drawer and door hardware attached. We cut the cobra soapstone to fit around the old sink, then sanded it and applied mineral oil to the top which turned it a rich dark black color.

Me setting a few nail heads deeper before the wood floor people showed up.

Short handrail sections were added to meet code requirements.

A close up of the handrail and newel post cap I made (doug fir as well)

The rooster came today.

A short video of the floor finishing crew in action.

Oh yeah, and we passed our final building inspection yesterday!

-Greg

more July photos

Greg has some shows up in Canada and I am holding down the fort, kind of. I've had a few meltdowns along the way.

The plumbers have come and gone- with only a couple walls torn up, one cracked pipe and our tile ripped out of the floor. The good news, we did eventually get water flowing, toilets and sinks in place and our old clawfoot tub in it's new home. Our tile was fixed too.

Greg's dad, Clark, also came up and helped us get the walkway completed and put the tongue and groove flooring in on the front porch. We are so thankful. He did so much and I hated seeing him leave today.

Happy 4th of July y'all

Time to relax, cook-out with friends and watch some fireworks at the fairground...eventually.

We are still working over here on the house and hope to finish up the front walkway in time to catch some 4th festivities. We are using up the rest of the old brick Greg's dad salvaged from a demolished home in Charlotte. We also passed our electrical inspection yesterday and now have running water! Tiling is finally finished too.

Getting so much closer everyday.