Outdoor Lighting

I have been checking out some outdoor lighting online lately.

I think that either one of these would work nicely. 

One of these lights costs $160.00 less than the other one.

 Can you tell which one??  

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

Building a Home

The trusses for the roof have arrived!

Now let's raise the roof!!!

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

The Makings of a Porch

The cement for the porches has been poured today.
It made them look much larger.

One of the back porches.

And the other one.

This girl is getting excited!

Okay, now I'm looking for a porch swing.

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

Video of the New House Progress

Here is a video of the new house progress.

I hope you like it.

Shafer is helping me again!

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

Window Shipment is Here

Now we are getting somewhere!!

The windows and the front door have arrived. 

We ordered them from Lansing Building Products, they were the only company that had the transom that I wanted for the front door.
And I must tell you, it is awesome.

There are triple windows, double windows with transoms, and I think every window is a different size.

Some of these windows are very heavy.

But don't worry, I was out there to supervise!

Before long they will be installed and you will be the first to know!

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

We Have a Garage

So far this week we have a garage added on to the rest of the house.

I don't think that I have mentioned who our builder is, his name is JR Cabra.

He and his crew are doing a great job.

Big Ran is not around today and wanted me to post some pictures of it, so here they are.

This picture was taken from inside the garage.

This is the hallway, half bath, mudroom, laundryroom, and pantry.

This is getting pretty exciting for me!!

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

Master Bedroom Headboard

I have ordered my master bedroom headboard.

I found it at www.hautelook.com.

Here is what it looks like.

 

I was going to try to do a DIY headboard from scratch.

But I don't think I could have beat this price!

Do you like it???

I sure hope I like it when it comes in. 

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

This New House is Moving Right Along

We have walls!

I have been told that all the outside walls should be up today.

Yay!!

Putting the ceiling in the basement makes the basement seem much larger.

I had to get a picture of the guys in action.

Now I have to get the plans and figure out exactly where I want all of the inside walls to go.

No small task.

Wish me luck.

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

Progress, Progress, Progress

So far we have beams up in the basement.

The stairs are boxed in.

Some of the floor is being laid.

Doesn't look like a house to me yet.

Here is a view from the basement up.

I never had any idea how many tresses it takes to hold up a floor.

I will feel very safe walking across it.

Just taking you through every step of the way.

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

Doors and Windows

Well, today we went shopping for windows and doors for the outside of the house.

We are waiting for bids to come back in from 2 different companies.

Here is a picture of what the front door that I have picked out looks like.

		No, it is not green or red. It's the glass work that I am talking about. What do you think???? More later..........................Sally

Footings for the Basement

I first blogged this post last summer.

Yes, we have news on the progress of the new house.

Over the last few weeks we did get some things started. There is a hole dug for the basement.

The footings have been mapped out.

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And poured.

  WRONG!!

  Do you see all that space to the right of the picture here?

  The footings were supposed to go out 5 more feet.

So we had to break some of it up and pour some more!

We start pretty early around here!

The new correct footings are in and now the walls go up.

Now Big Ran and I get to tar the basement walls.

  We started this project after I got home from work around 3:00 pm in 100 degree heat.

Needless to say, I didn’t last very long!

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Shafer looks pretty tiny in there looking for a place to raise his leg and relieve himself.

That is our 15 foot walkout from the basement to add a little light down there.

It has been a productive summer, slow but sure.

Shafer is always helping.

 He doesn’t want to miss a thing.

The plumbing starts in a couple of weeks.

 Stay tuned for more exciting adventures!!

More later…………………Sally

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House plans

                                                 

Here are the house plans that we have finally decided on.       This is very exciting to me!    I can't wait! Those of you who have already built a home, can give me all the advice you can think of.     Who am I trying to kid, I'm open for all the advice you guys will hand out whether you have built a home or not.   Very, very nervous! Can you tell?   More later........................Sally