Okay, this isn’t really from July—I think most of these pictures are from June—but I’m posting it now. Deal with it. You may familiarize yourself with changes from March’s posting before continuing on, if you like.
Biggest changes: we have drywall! And stucco! And lots of canned lighting installed in the ceiling!
And here is the front of our house, all nicely stuccoed, although not as of yet plastered. (Last week they put up two sample plaster patches for us to choose, and one was clearly the right one. Of course, I do not have a picture of this.) I myself don’t care for the roof tile arrangement, but I’ve been told that I’ll come to enjoy that as one of the key features of the remodel.
A closeup of the front steps—concrete and stucco oh my! Those red bars sticking out are going to connect with the wrought iron railing that’s going to be installed. The bit of wiring sticking out at the lower left will be for lighting that will be installed.
The front door. Isn’t that molding cool? Also, the rafter tails above it? Well, we certainly think so, and we’re paying quite handsomely for them, so I certainly hope we like the look.
More of the front of the house, with a detail of the porch railing. Again, wrought iron will be installed in the middle of the U.
The kitchen. If this were a more recent picture, you’d see a gigantic crate on the right hand side, underneath the stove ventilation hood (and doesn’t that look like it’s going to be cute!), and that gigantic crate contains my new stove. Which weighs 700 pounds, so I don’t think you should try to steal it.
The living room, not yet drywalled like the rest of the house. That large white rectangle marked “TV” (actually marked “Clay’s TV,” after Clay, who’s been working on the project almost a year) is a mockup of the TV we’re going to have hanging there…in all three dimensions. The architect didn’t believe we could have a TV that is that thin; we told him that living in the future is really cool and he’ll like it a lot. The fireplace chimney frame has also been installed, but I don’t have a pic of that.
What posting would be complete without a look at the stairs? Well, actually, the stairs haven’t changed too much from last time (except there’s drywall!). Those wooden railings are going to be replaced by wrought iron…but other stuff has to happen first, like the floors need to be installed.
And that’s it for this month in our house remodel!