House contest finalists!

I just found out that our house was chosen as a finalist in a contest I entered back in October at Repair-Home! I can't believe we made the the final round.

So, now I'm here shamelessly asking for your help! Click the button below to vote for our house project (the middle one) in this final round that ends December 15th!

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Thanks! So exciting and couldn't have happened at a better time for us!

Thanksgiving 2009

Greg has been working soooo hard and finished out the back porch, built our butcher block kitchen island and got the woodstove installed and running all before my family arrived from PA for Thanksgiving.

We had a house full of people and dogs- and it was so nice to actually have plenty of room. Next year though, we promise to have doors up (at least in the bathrooms, ok?).

Here are some pics of what we have been working on since my last post.

the back porch

my brother and Greg loving the 70 degree weather

pretty door Greg made with a flap just for Ferlin

leftover roof slate we used on the porch wall

it took all of us to install this crazy chandelier

Greg made the butcher block top out of maple. It turned out really pretty and I don't want to actually cut anything on it now. Sorry Greg.

We scored these bar seats from the 42nd Street Oyster Bar years ago right before they were headed to the dumpster- they cleaned up pretty good.

pretty!

I am sad to say we lost our husky dog the weekend before Thanksgiving. That old girl was a trooper through all the construction and moving- we are so happy she got to enjoy the new house these past few months. We will miss you sweet Ferlin, the house is so empty without you.