1/2 Bathroom Floor Is Down

I realize it has been quite awhile since I have posted anything on the new house.

We are working on the 1/2 bath in the main part of the house right now.

Big Ran and I decided to go with black and white for the color scheme.

The floor is made up of 2 inch black hexagon tiles with white grout.

Since my breast cancer diagnosis, we have slowed down a lot on the house project, we have been spending many hours at doctors appointments.

I have also spent many hours recovering from the surgery and chemotherapy.

We are very determined people though!

What do you think about the tile?

I AM LOVING IT!!!!

More later.....................................Sally

Master Bedroom Flooring

We have been working on the flooring in the Master Bedroom.

Well, actually I haven't been helping too much.

I have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Last Friday I had a mastectomy on my right breast.

We go to the doctor tomorrow and find out what happens next.

Sooooooooooooooo  Big Ran got a couple of smaller helpers to help him for a while.

This is a picture of our two little grandsons, Michael and Hudson.



He has much better help now.

     

They are doing a great job!!!

More later...................................................Sally

Here Is An Update On The New House

We are still working on the upstairs.  

This is a sneak peek at the tile in the bathroom.

This is a picture of the light in the stairway from the first stair.

It's pretty cool!

Well, I better get back to work!!

Lots more to do!

Let me know what you think.


More later..............................Sally

How Do You Like Gray?

The master bedroom is painted!

I painted the ceiling white and the walls gray.

This is what is left of the lighting that I had planned for this room.

There was an accident.

Lucky for me, I found this replacement on eBay!  

It's all coming together.

More later.........................Sally

Update On The New House

I made a new video of our progress.

WOW!!!  These videos take a long time to download!


I hope you enjoy this one.


More later...............................................Sally

More Lighting

I had to have some of these lights!

I have two of them.

I'm not sure where I'm going to put them yet, but, I just couldn't resist.

Do you like them?

Where do you think they should go?

I love all of your ideas!

More later....................Sally

Lighting For The Garage

I have finally got the lighting for the outside of the garage.

I ordered two of these.

One for each side of the garage door.

What do you think of them!!!?

As soon as Big Ran gets them up and connected, I will show you a picture of them.

More later..............................Sally

Madison's Room

Here is a picture of the lighting.

We have got all of the sheet rock up.

It is taped and sanded.

I have been cleaning and now we are painting.

We have started in Madison's room and we are going to work our way down the hallway and eventually the stairway and the downstairs.

Here are some pictures of where we are in her room so far.

PURPLE!!!!

Now we have two helpers.

Today I am going to finish the painting in this room and order the flooring.

More pictures to come!

Hey, the house that we are living at now is officially for sale.

Come and get it!!!

Here is my email address srgoin@yahoo.com.

Just email me if you are interested.

More later............................Sally

  

Lighting Redo

I bought this old light on eBay about a year ago for $12.00 including shipping.

Not much to look at.

Big Ran and I have been working on polishing this baby up on and off for about six months.

Here it is all torn apart after it was scrubbed and polished up.

This light was patented in May of 1910.

I can't believe we found a date on it.

This was a labor of love.

It's not perfect, but it is perfect for our house.

I can't wait to get this put up in the new house.

I'm thinking maybe the half bath room. 

More later............................Sally

New Rug

I just ordered this new rug.

It's made of jute.

I just love the colors of it.

How do you like it??

More later.........................Sally

Capiz Shell Lighting Love

Yes!!!

These are mine!

One of these big ones.
It is called a Capiz  Shell Artichoke Pendant.
It's vintage from 1910-1950.
Pretty cool, huh?   

I also got two of these small ones.

They are called capiz shell pendants.

It is vintage from the 1960s.

What do you think???

I am in love............

More later...........Sally 

Brick is Going Up

They have finally started putting some brick up.

We are having stone put around the windows to match our massive stone walls at the basement walk out.

I am loving it.

I can't wait to see the final product.

We are getting ready to put our house up for sale that we are living in now.

I am getting it ready room by room.

I'll be posting some pictures on here pretty soon.

If you are interested in it, let me know.

  More later..............................................Sally

Chandeliers

I spotted these chandeliers in a restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The first one is kind of blurry.

 I hope you can tell how cool it is.

It has electric candles on it, topped with upside down empty wine bottles.  

The blue and the purple crystal chandeliers just took my breath away.

G E O R G O U S 

Wouldn't any of these chandys look great in my new house??

I think they would, too. 

More later................................Sally

Bible Verses on The Shell of the New House

I read a lot of other peoples blogs and I found this on one and I had to do it.

I wrote some Bible verses on the sheet rock and studs in the new house.

Oh yes, without the Lord this house would have never been started!

This is my favorite verse since I watched the movie Courageous.

                 Maybe someday when we are long gone the new owners of this home will want to change the house around, take out a wall or two and find some of these verses.  

Wouldn't that be cool?!

More later............................Sally

Insulstion

The  house is on the first round of two of the foam insulation.

I have seen this done on television before, as we watch HGTV a lot, but this is very cool to watch in person.

I highly recommend it. 

It feels warmer in there already!!

Now Big Ran can finish putting up the rest of the sheet rock. 

More later...............................Sally

Upstairs Tub and Shower Install

Big Ran has been working on the bath tub and shower surround for the upstairs bathroom. 

Things like this need to be done before we get too many walls of sheet rock up.

He can do it all!

What a lucky woman I am!
 

More later...................Sally

Bricks and Stone

The bricks and stone have arrived.

I am very excited to see them actually put into place.

The plan is to put the stone around the windows.

I think it is going to look great!

This is a picture of the stone.

Bring it on!

More later......................Sally

Dining Table

This dining table has caught my eye.

The top is made of zinc.

I am in love.

As you can see, I don't want my dining room to be too formal that you can't live in it.

I hope you love it, too!

Do you??

 

More later.......................Sally

Floor Tile

I am loving this floor tile.

How could you go wrong with this, it is the color of dirt, PERFECT!!!

What do you think???

More later..........................Sally

Truckloads

We have been doing a lot of trucking for the new house lately.
 

Big Ran is getting the load all tied up for the ride home.

In this load is a bunch of plumbing supplies, a bathtub, and surround for the bathtub, for the upstairs bathroom.

Getting closer............

More later.....................Sally

Video Post On The Upstairs

Here's another video of the progress of the new house.

As I walk in the front door, I walk upstairs and give you a glance of the 2nd story of this house. 

I hope you like it.

No one was hurt in the filming of this post, even though it sounds like it!

More later........................Sally

Geo Thermal Heating and Cooling

They have started on the geo thermal heating and cooling.

They dug a huge race track in the back yard. 

These pictures are of the pipes they laid in the ground that will have the water pumping through them.

This is what it looks like coming in the basement.

Those pipes come all the way across the basement ceiling and hook up to these massive machines.

Slowly but surely we are getting things done!




More later.........................Sally