New Look

The new addition is taking shape and is giving the house an entirely new look. Well, I guess I should say, the whole renovation is giving both the inside and outside of the house a new look. Every room in the house has changed. Today Ricky and Sam continued working on the dining room and also put new boards for the porch to replace those that had rotted. While Ricky and Sam were outside working, the painter was putting primer on door frames, window frames, and molding and Chet, an awesome electrician, was replacing receptacles and switches. Chet has basically had to rewire the whole house and I will no longer have to live in a poorly lit or poorly wired house. I now have recessed lighting in all the rooms except the laundry room, closets, and upstairs bath.

Inside view of dining room with the oriented strand boards
(OSB) and single windows (windows look out the west side).

Inside view of dining room with the OSB
and double windows (looking out the south side).

Inside view of beams and OSB in dining room.

View from south side of new addition. House wrap and tar paper
on roof were added.

View of south side of house with the new addition. Also look at
the beautiful blue sky!

Another view of new addition showing both
single and double windows and roof.

View from west side (or back) of house.

Moving on around to the north  side of the house.
Boards that had rotted around the bottom of the
house had to be replaced.

View looking into the dining room from the north side.
Double doors will go in the opening.

View of the house from north side.

Tinted primer is being used to prime the frames.
The paint will be white!

Molding, around the great room opening, that
got a coat of primer today.

I was so excited to see this light switch today. Its the one that
is at the top of the stairwell but has been
covered up with sheetrock mud. Now we can turn the light
on at the top of the stairs and not have to walk down in the dark!

All the outlets are covered in blue painters tape.

New light switches in masterbath