Starting the Kitchen

Tom finished up the ceiling and I have gotten the walls painted. So Ronnie has started putting in the cupboards, countertop and sink.  Here's a look at the progress so far....

The walls going up in the kitchen with insulation.
















The walls are all up and painted and the ceiling is going up.

The cupboards

Almost there!

Now it needs a coat of paint!

The Ceiling-updated

Here are a few more pics, the ceiling is almost finished in the livingroom. The kitchen is complete. We are heading for the home stretch!!!

 Tom putting in the last kitchen light in the main cooking area.

The finished product.

Working on finishing up the living room.

The Ceiling

Tom and Ronnie have gotten the walls up and I've painted them. White, because I want all the reflection I can get into the other rooms.  Tom has started putting up the ceiling tile.  We are getting there, finally!  Seemed slow going there at times, but the weather has settled down a bit, it is reasonably cooler than the plus 100 degrees we were having, so things are getting down again.

Finishing up the Walls

The rails for the ceiling tiles

Ceiling tiles going up in the kitchen

Finishing the Bathroom

We've finally managed to get the bathroom all painted and the sink, toilet and shower are in place. All that is left is a few finishing touches, like putting up the mirror and shower curtain.

The Livingroom

Tom has also started on the livingroom while Ronnie is finishing off the bath. Although, Ronnie did build the edge of the wall at an angle which will accommodate the television. The angle is to allow access to the tv from throughout the room and keep the reflections from the light coming through the windows onto the television to a minimum. Ronnie has also wired the room for several outlets. Next will come the finish work of filling in the seams and covering the screws, called taping and texturing by the guys.  When all of that work is finished, we can start painting the walls.

Sheet rock up

My pot-bellied stove

The shower is in place

Ronnie got the shower in place which leaves the rest of the walls, the vanity/mirror and the toilet to install. We've used a water/damp resistant sheet rock for the bath.  It requires about 3 coats of paint after the seams have been finished off. I've decided to go with white walls throughout because of the darkness of the rooms which don't have access to direct light.

Bath Update

As many of you know, most of the country east of the Rockies is suffering from a major heat wave and we have not been spared either. So the work is moving along slowly, a few hours in the mornings and then it's back to the safety of an air conditioned house. However, I thought I would update you on the bathroom, it is getting there. But Tom and Ronnie have been jumping around the house, doing some of this and some of that, mostly because it's been easier. Today they are working on putting in the shower, I'll go take pictures of that later today. In the meantime, this is were we are as of this morning.