Lots of updates!

So, I haven't posted since August- Take a look at what's going on at our house:
Kitchen!
This is what the kitchen looked like the day we started to take it apart:


First was the demo of the cabinets- Goodbye, purple!


Then Dan cut into the ceiling to wire electricity for light fixtures

The kitchen floor was half tile, have wood. So, we started with smashing up the tile

This is what our kitchen looked like after breaking it apart- good times.


Elaine and Jim peeled up the rest of the floor- which was wood, and hauled it away-Thank you!!


It was time to finish electrical, mud and prime walls, and make the flourescent orange disappear. Here's a picture showing the walls before they are done, and will be the last of orange wall!


With the walls done, the wood floors were next to be installed. After this, the cabinets are next!

Ryder Truck Weekend, with Special Guests

Dan was extremely pleased with the Ryder truck's flat steering wheel. The whole weekend, he made comments of wanting to become a professional driver.


My cousin Chris offered to drop off some cabinets from Fullerton ND, for Dan and me, and my Dad joined him so we got to see them both! Then, we went to Dan's dad (another truck), for a pick up- we got a monster taco mattress! Aaaagh! Taco Mattress invading our house!!


Thanks Chris, Ken and Jim!

Jenn's Closet: A Peek Inside

Dan's obsession: The Ceiling Fan, the Conclusion!

Well, he did it. Dan tossed and turned, trying to come up with a pretty solution to installing a ceiling fan onto a peaked ceiling. Here's what he did:

First, he crafted then attached this little piece of sheet rock:




THEN! He did this:

And then he did a bunch of other things, including a lot of swearing, but this was the end result!

She's a beaut, isn't she? And, so quiet! Thanks Danny, I love the new fan!

Master Bedroom: Closets!

Closets in our master bedroom are complete! Ken came over and was a BIG help:


Here's Dan putting the final touches on Jenn's amazing closet:


Here's Diego, supervising how to organize our clothes in our closets:


And here's Dan's closet, which we built just to hold one glass of wine:

CHECK! Master Bath Completed

We finished a room! We finished a room! Here is the master bath before:


...and Dan describing what he's gonna do to install lights in the bathroom:

And after!

Current July Projects: Too Many to List

Back to work. I was going to make this all neat and organized, but, truthfully, this blog will reflect the state of construction in our house- we are ALL OVER THE PLACE! Dan and Ken performed an emergency replacement of our water heater this week. So, in addition to that:

Dan is painting the master bedroom, master bathroom and second bedroom, simultaneously. Here he is next to the skylight in the master bedroom:

What color? Well, for now, Dan's painting closets, ceilings, and the bathrooms all a brilliant, beautiful white.

I made Dan pose for this picture in the second bathroom. I wanted the world to see his painter man image reflected in the mirror:


Jenn is staining and poly-ing sliding wood doors for the master closet:


Dan ordered some vines that he had shipped from California- I think it's a cab franc. He planted the roots in our front yard. We'll now have three different grapes (can't remember one of them, but we have Cab Franc, and Thompson Seedless)


Here is that same root after planted. Within a few weeks, we had buds!


We are headed to Texas on Friday, so again, the projects will pause for a week of SERIOUS sun!