Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Windows are In!

We finally got some the new windows put in! We still have some boards up, but those are the old windows that we have to fix. This shows the three windows in the dining room, one in the front living room and one in a bedroom upstairs. It's so nice to have sunlight in the house! It's hard to tell, but the windows have six panels at the top and one big one on the bottom. Mom, Courtney and I painted the grids dark green last weekend. Around the windows is going to be a really light green, almost white. We haven't painted that color yet.
This is the view from the inside of one of the upstairs bedrooms. Check out all that sunlight!
Here's the front of the house. Amanda stripped the two columns while she was in Paducah for rotations. I went ahead and primed them so they weren't exposed to the winter weather, they'll look better when they are the actual color! You can kind of see the future color selections in the downstairs windows on the porch. The dark green with surrounding light green. The windows in the dormer look so much better than a big piece of wood!

Beams, Stairs, Windows, Yay!

It's been a long time since I've put any pictures on here. A LOT has been happening at the house. Kyle has moved to Paducah and has spent a lot of time with the framing and now has started on the plumbing.
This is a picture of the kitchen. Kyle is standing about where the fridge will go. He and his dad put up all the beams. They will have molding on them after the dry wall goes up.
This is the beam in the front living room. There are similar ones in the dining room and master bedroom. We thought the roof was going to fall in when this one was going up! The floors above are very nice and level! These beams won't show after the dry wall goes up.
This is one huge accomplishment! We can now go upstairs without climbing a ladder (which means I can get downstairs without feeling like I'm going to fall off a ladder!) This is what you see when you walk in the front door.
We got our windows in! We are pretty excited about them!
I think this sacrifice needs to be documented. Pulling nails out of floor boards is maybe not such a good job for me. Two days before we were scheduled for engagement pictures. Great.