The Vision

The Vision

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

October 22nd 2013

Well, 11 months after breaking ground I can say it looks like we are finally done!  It's been quite an arduous task, a bit surreal and certainly satisfying to have accomplished this build.  Below are pics of the pine floors before and after finishing, room pics requested by my sister and other stuff.  Thanks to all for following and the kind thoughts and encouragement you have passed along.

Here are the finished floors.  We elected to go with a custom stain, sealer and paste wax finish, very old school!


Breakfast area


Living room and front hall


Master Bedroom



Dining room



One of the upstairs rooms
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Hallway

Propane guys showed up and installed 250 gal tank. Powers kitchen range, water heater, furnace and garage heater,



Back splash I installed, you can see the pot filler we found, also Italian as is the stove.



My " utility pole".  for my phone company friends, you can see my network interface mounted.. We have Verizon landline service.  Will eventually also relocate the Hughes Internet satellite dish there.



OK, now some room pics.  Still need to build a chimney cover for the exhaust duct.





Living room and Maddy.  Still need to stain beams.


Den which also doubles as a four bedroom.


Also den... door to bath.


Hall to master bedroom



Master bedroom with door to back porch



View from master BR to bath.


Master bath... tub with out feet (had to reorder)



Pocket door on water closet



Master closet with built-ins.


Den shower - We used slate tile in all showers.



Butler's pantry between kitchen and dining room.


Mudroom with door to front porch.  This week I am putting down slate floor tile


Utility room






Second floor hallway.


Second floor bedroom.


Installed shower doors this past week.




Vanity sink I built from an old wash stand, leftover soapstone and a neat sink and faucet.  It sits in powder room off kitchen.




Old farm table we found.



rooms with some furniture.



Maddy and some local friends who come over to play.


Not supposed to be a water dog, but she loves to go in one of the ponds and then roll in the garden.


another Great Pyrenees.  He is a male, thanks we got Maddy neutered recently.




Prepping the front yard area for a little drainage work,


Installed some drip irrigation for peaches... since then we have had tons of rain. :)



Monday, September 30, 2013

Late September

We're getting close to move in.  Late October if all goes well.  Electricians have finished, the floors have been installed and the floor finishers have started today.  We're going to have an old fashion stain and wax finish on the yellow pine tongue and groove floors.  We had thought about a tung oil finish but decide on the wax.  As you may remember I bought the flooring back in December and had stored it wrapped in plastic behind the travel trailer outside... risky, but everything worked out.

Now for the pictures.

Finally put in some irrigation for the peach trees.. it had been hot and dry for some time and watering by hand with three 100 foot hoses got old.



Barn light at night



Finally got satellite TV installed whoohoo!  Trailer antenna only gave me two local channels Plan to move the internet dish to H pole as well.



Wood floor installed


Den


Master bedroom



A nice shot in the morning showing peach orchard and house



Fireplace surround that I built


Note hidden door for gas valve and shotgun, it is Texas after all :)


Brought the Porsche up a couple of weeks ago.. garage at home was getting crowded with moving boxes, etc.



Repeat picture I like





 More floor install pics



Garage lights, lottsa light!