Now with furniture…
last update: 09/19 @ 23:21

Our couch came in a couple weeks ago. And now the remodel/addition is pretty much complete. Maybe another chair; maybe a new dining room table. Both to come later.

We’re enjoying being back, being comfortable and feeling settled. Come visit!

Uh… Hmm….
last update: 07/21 @ 11:00

Where have I heard about this sort of thing before?

It was late so Robert and I built the new grill in house. Something in the back of my mind made me think there may be some issue with that.

Something about building boats in garages. Oh, and smokers on back porches — way back in the last century (thank you SZap).

But this time, we have French doors to the porch so all is right with the world, or will be once it’s actually connected.

The new kitchen!
last update: 06/06 @ 19:11

More photos in the personal section. And probably a few more to add there over time…

It’s like this…
last update: 04/04 @ 22:45

So we tend to eat out or order in more than we used to. (And more than we will.) This time there was some extra foil that Robert turned into a hat. Sarah posted it to Facebook and then the comments came in.

And then Robert was inspired to up his game.

And Sarah commanded a princess hat.

And Robert wanted to see how it looks on me.

And there you have it.

Now you see it …
last update: 03/11 @ 11:29

They took down the wall between dining room and kitchen, the original back wall and the downstairs back wall of the 1976 addition. That really opens it up.

It also really creates a lot of dust. I was less aware of the dust when we did work on our house in Richmond when I was growing up. I remember my mom complaining about how it got everywhere. I completely get it now.

The general plan is to add a counter between dining room and kitchen, open on the right and keep the kitchen open to the expanded addition in the back.

The stove will go along the exterior wall between where the windows used to be (topped with an exhaust fan).

The windows have been roughed into the addition but are still covered. The skylights in the addition have been cut out, but the roof is still tarp covered.

And on the right, you can see the framing for the new, downstairs powder room.

Something seems different….
last update: 02/24 @ 19:27

We’re making great strides on our efforts to get an exhaust fan for the kitchen.

Because…

If you’re going to put in a fan, you may as well…

Add on to the house while remodeling the kitchen.

Which we’re doing.

It’s going to be great when it’s done. But we have a while yet before we can call it complete.

We do know about most of what will go into the the new kitchen (it was fun to look as giant slabs available as counter tops (we settled on Virginia Mist — but it’s not really from Virginia).

And I’m sure we’ll celebrate when we have a kitchen again. I’m less sure when that will be.

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