Apron Sink!!

The first glimpse of our new sink....cannot wait to see what this looks like with the new cabinets!! That project to start in the next couple weeks....

Newest Changes

New Open staircase and pantry 

Made from very nice, thick, native Indiana lumber

Handrails in and new pantry drywalled

Pantry from inside the kitchen

 Entryway all opened up

New Barn beam header

 Much more open when you walk in now

Fireplace mantle up and looking so cool!! Ted's design, nice job!!

 

Future Fireplace Mantle, native Indiana lumber

Dorian's room

BEFORE...Dorian's new bedroom

DURING...new green paint, still need carpet and take down that horrible red blind

BEFORE...Double closets

DURING...hello nice clean green paint

Tristan's Room

BEFORE...Tristan's new room

DURING...all painted, but still need carpet

BEFORE...Double closets

DURING...goodbye yucky double doors, hello nice painted closet

Siding coming off....

This is one of the biggest, most exciting changes we are having done to the house, so we are VERY excited to see this one underway!! It involves a complete re-siding, installation of a door and a window, and just a complete overhaul of the exterior. YAH!

Back view without siding

Back now all wrapped and one door filled in by the workshop door

Goodbye "passive" solar heat panels. Filling those in and siding over top.

 

Chimney minus siding

Chimney all fixed and wrapped up

Sunroom with siding off

Welcome to the neighborhood...with our 40 cubic feet dumpster in the lawn!

The yard...it's all about the yard...

The house will be awesome when we are done, but the land, the views....that is the reason we LOVE this house!! 1.69 acres of a beautiful wooded lot...thought you might want to know the real reason we decided to embark on this journey!!

 

The front yard....although overgrown will be wooded & beautiful

Our backyard bridge over our stream, leading to our huge garden

Backyard view from the deck

View from the basement great room to the backyard

The boys already LOVE our new neighbors too who have 3 kids and a sweet playground or "ship" as they like to call it!

 

Pulling out 30 year old bushes...

This is no small task, let me tell you!!! Two days of hard work, squealing wheels, and some sore hands & bodies later, this is what we have...

 a clear view to the front of our house.

 and thanks to my parents for letting us use the old mini-van who left a bit of rubber on the driveway

 

Ted & my dad finished pulling all of the bushes out...he looks tired huh? It's a rough job!!!

Thank you to Dad and Mark for helping!!!

All the Yew bushes gone lining the entire driveway

and the dream begins....

The outside before....during....and...

BEFORE...Front View

DURING...Goodbye Yew bushes!!!!  A lot of sweat & tears went into removing over 20 bushes lining the entire driveway!!

BEFORE...Front door

DURING...Front door, goodbye bushes!

BEFORE...Right side of house

DURING...

BEFORE...Back of house

BEFORE...Left side of house

DURING...

BEFORE...Left side of house

BEFORE...Sunroom

BEFORE...Right side of house

DURING...