House addition

[Al Smith]

Well this is what I've been doing for the past few months .She took 169 pics so far .I won't put them all on here of course .Couple posts with 3 or four a piece .

 

[TreeDimensional]

I really like that step! Awesome!

 

[Al Smith]

A few more.The stone work at the rear entrance which took a skidloader to set the stone .My garage that looks like a bomb hit it .Kelley the vampires "foo painting ".

 

[MasterBlaster]

Bring em on!!!

 

[Widow Shooter]

looking good so far! bossman has a big bandwidth now, so yeah, show 'em!

 

[SkwerI]

Al, the 'foo painting' I think is actually called 'faux finish'. The x is silent.

 

[Al Smith]

She did it with a feather duster .The little cutie has some talent now .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Looking good Al.. I think you are doing yourself proud sir!

 

[dandandatreeman]

Awesome! I don't want to let my wife see your kitchen.....She may get some ideas.

 

[Al Smith]

A few more .The 'puter is running slow so it takes forever to downsize them small enough for forum use .

Toms' lady Donna who did most of the basic painting . Tom and I after installing the last of the formica counter top.What pain in the butt that is . Me doing what I do best,sitting on a chair drinking beer .

 

[Al Smith]

More . The outside at completion .One of the window ledges I built out of white ash .Of course it needs stained and varnished .

 

[Al Smith]

Awesome! I don't want to let my wife see your kitchen.....She may get some ideas.

Well whatever you do ,do not encourage her to watch home improvement channels on the TV else you might get to work your ass off like me .

 

[TreeDimensional]

Al, at least she wasn't watching "Love it Or List it"!

 

[dandandatreeman]

Good thing I rent then!

 

[Al Smith]

Oh it's not that I mind doing it but more so trying to get it completed before bad weather sits in . I have the knowledge ,tools , money etc but time is one thing that's not on my side . Plus the fact it's a total pain in the ass disruption to remodel a house while you are living in it .

The finish work should be done in about a week .Then comes the joy of approximently 800 square feet of hardwood and tile floors .That should be a real picnic ---not ---

 

[rskybiz]

Looking good Al

 

[Che]

Wow, Al! That looks wonderful! Think you'll have it all ready by Christmas?

 

[squisher]

Looking good Al. I laid unfinished hardood in my place about 750'. Never, ever again.

 

[vharrison]

Great work Al, thanks for sharing. You guys are awesome!

 

[Al Smith]

It's iffy if the floor gets down before Yule time . The young lady hasn't made up her mind yet what she wants .I suggested we paint the plywood sub floor and call it a day but that idea got over ruled .

Raw unfinished hardwood is a lot of work to finish in place,I went down that road on another house of which I didn't own .

There's a lot of options ,real 3/4" hardwood ,lamenites,engineered .So far I've not been impressed with anything except the real McCoy thick hardwood .

Same with tile,a zillion options .Vinyl is out though .I'll be damned if I'm going to spent all this time and money then cheap out on the finish .About like putting recaps on a new Cadillac .Besides that at 62 years of age ,if it's done right I'll never have to fool with it again .

 

[woodworkingboy]

Looks real nice, Al, but kind of an obscene gesture with the paint roller.

Your house always has good vibes.

 

[Al Smith]

Today the rest of the trim with luck will get installed . I was a little concerned about matching the white ash to the pine trim but it looks good so far .

I wished that time wouldn't have been a factor because I'd have made all the trim from oak or ash .That however would have taken a month of Sundays to do .

Ash I might add is a pleasure to work with it's just a damned shame that eventually none will be left I'm afraid .

 

[canadiantreeman]

Nice lookin place, Al. The wife loves your kitchen.