My son reminded me I was past due for an update. I thought things were going quite slowly, but after reviewing the blog, we have made progress. The peach trees look better with new growth. Had the pasture (property) sprayed for weeds (goat weed is especially a problem here). That is goat weed growing in the grass around the peach tree picture. Those areas have to be hand sprayed in order not to get any herbicide on tree. Kitchen cabinets arrived and have been installed. They are really nice. This past weekend Reg and I removed all the doors and drawers to prep them for paint. Big job ahead. Trim guy had some health issues and was out for a week, but a new guy was assigned last week and he finished base boards and is doing crown molding now. Probably the biggest change visually from the exterior is I finished building, installing and painting the porch railings. Grand kids were up for the weekend a couple of weeks ago..... Have seen some good musicians in Ben Wheeler. My buddy and old friend Bob Williams (RS) from New Hampshire comes in for a visit on Friday.. He is a wood shop teacher and boy do I have a list of projects for him.
Finished porch railings. Still need to do stair railings
That center section will be a screened in porch. The end section closest is the porch off the master bedroom. The steps lead into the kitchen.
Peach trees
New cabinets... unfortunately I didn't get pictures yet with doors on. But you get the idea, They are made of poplar for a paint grade finish with bead boards insert panels, but a quite beautiful in plain wood. You can see the two step crown molding in the first pic.
Cabinets arriving from Rob Pitre's cabinet shop in Mineola, TX
Bookcase in den
Dining room trim and crown molding
More cabinet pics
Mudroom
Kitchen desk with many cubbies
I've got reeded glass for upper doors
Chloe and Aidan doing a bit of archery
Tommy Alverson in Ben Wheeler
Our new addition to the family. This a Madeleine, Maddy for short. She is now a 12 week old Great Pyrenees.
A weird bug/beetle I found in the garage... note the real gold color and iridescent green and red.
One foggy morning
Next update should show some painted cabinets and more I hope!
