Status Report – Details

Hello!

That’s been a while, again..  We’re still here and keep working on things but really we’re down to details and progress is pretty slow.  We got baseboard and more trim, all fir and all of it needing a few coats of Benite and polyurethane so it takes a bit of time to get it ready.  We also built our garden boxes to start growing our own veggies, wish us luck on that one..  Otherwise, we’re slowly working on details like lighting, shelving and other things that make a house a home 🙂

We’re also making sure to find time to enjoy the spring weather and sunsets in nearby Golden Gardens!

On to pictures, all taken with our 35mm manual focus “oldie” lens, enjoy!

Snapshot

Like I said in my previous post, the Holidays and weeks after gave us a well-needed break and some time to recover, take walks around nearby parks or the city and play with our camera.  

Update – Long Overdue!

Wow, over a month with no posting, guess we were hit with some renovation fatigue..  We didn’t do that much over the Holidays and slowly started picking things up again in January.  Mostly finishing trim, cleaning up, unpacking, organizing and cleaning up some more..

Snapshot

Just a quick one, we’ve been taking some time to enjoy our home as opposed to building it 🙂  We found out that we like our kitchen, a lot!  And that the house makes a great home!

Oh yeah, we also got doors, shiny new colorful barn doors!  

Status – Week 10/11

Another bi-weekly post.  We haven’t been super-busy at the house since the drywallers have taken over and we’re just waiting for them to finish but we did have to move out of our rental and since Dibble isn’t move-in ready, we had to find another temporary place..

Status – Week 8/9

Well, it looks like we’re not going to keep up on our weekly updates so this will be a (quick) summary of the activities of the past 10 days or so.  First and foremost, we have completed insulation which only took a day and have started sheetrock!

Status – Week 5

Lots of progress this week! I was getting worried about holding up Mike’s progress and wanted to make sure we can start insulation and sheetrock next week so I got some help from a plumber and electrician to get everything roughed in and up to code.

Status – Week 4

Whew, time flies when you’re keeping busy!  A lot has happened since our last posts, but in all honesty there is not a lot that makes for interesting visual progress..  As we mentioned in our previous post, Mike is spending a good amount of time trying to line up the perfectly level and plane new frames with the not-so-perfect existing structure. Without going into too much detail, a lot of it ultimately comes down to, lots of shimming, compromising, a little give and take, and that is something we expected with a house of this age, it’s “quirky” 🙂

Snapshot – Camping!

Not much progress on our end this week, I ended up straining my knee or hamstring or both during our adventure in the attic so decided to take it easy (and we should have enough time to finish our part before the contractors are done anyway).

Since the weather here in Seattle has been awesome for the past 2 months and we know it’s just a matter of time before the big grey clouds come rolling in, we decided to go out for a quick camping trip and enjoy the last sunny days!

Meet The Crew!

Here’s Libby (Jobs: mental support, squirrel guard)

Melissa (Jobs: clean-up, catering, design, being awesome throughout this whole thing):

Michel (Jobs: anything not covered above or by paid contractors):