COMPLETED FRONT PORCH

I continued to work on the tile in the master shower today... didn't get as much done as yesterday but Tommy helped me out and got some of the more difficult parts done. I installed the tumbled stone on the curving top ledge and he cut some intricate pieces for the swoosh at the top.

Tom's dad finished up the front porch... He made a ring to cover the hole where the light fixture went, sealed it, and then later in the day he installed it.

Tommy worked some more on trimwork. He built the tops for the two windows in the master bathroom and installed crown molding in the skylight area of the master bathroom and finished the rest of the crown in the bathroom.

MASTER SHOWER and CROWN

I tiled today until all I saw were tiles... The small 3"x3" tiles that we cut a few months ago were on my to do list today... I got all the walls tiled by the end of the day... they only parts I didn't do were the pieces that needed some funkier cuts along the tumbled stone... The tiles worked really well on the curved walls....

Tommy was all over today doing trim work. His dad made the keystone for over the front door and that got installed. He finished up the trimwork on the eyebrow over the center garage door. He installed some crown molding in the master bathroom and put the crown molding on either side of the fireplace.

Tom's dad worked on the front porch... finishing up the siding and making the azek corbel pieces for the front door.

CROWN LIGHITING

Tom's parents were here today. They worked on the siding on the front porch (unfortunately I did not get a picture)... and Tom's mom cleaned up around the house... this morning the master bedroom looked like a tornado went thru, but when I walked in tonight it was soooo CLEAN!!! yay!

Tommy worked on the floating crown in the master bedroom tray ceiling. We had wedges cut at the spring angle of the crown a long time ago that he nailed up and then he nailed the crown to that... turned out really great... and of course he couldn't go to sleep without putting the rope light in and checking it out... It came out perfect.

I worked in the master bathroom some more. I put the little pencil molding around as the basemolding and then I put the crown type tile going up the curved wall... need lots of tape to hold them up...

WORK WORK WORK

Tommy finished the molding on the front porch today. He bent a lot more pieces of azek for around the large window over the front door. He put all the molding on the front triangular part and finished up with some moldings on the curve. It came out awesome.

Tom's dad finished up the front stairs... They also look awesome.

I grouted the fireplace where I added the stone on Thursday. And then I grouted the rest of the walls in the master bathroom...

We got a lot done today!

This morning there as was a REMAX hot air balloon in the backyard... seemed pretty low... I love it how Hooper is scared of them. The "dragon" sound they make from the propane torch scares the crap out of him and he runs in the house and all the way upstairs... my poor baby...

VETERANS DAY

We had the day off for Veteran's Day and we made some good use of it.

Tommy worked on some more of the trim on the front porch and also helped his dad with the stair railing.

Tom's mom was picking rocks from the backyard from where the propane trench was dug.

I gut and glued with construction adhesive some stone veneer for the short edges of the fireplace. I didn't think I was going to put them, but it didn't look good without them so we decided to add them. I also painted caulked and painted the crown molding on the side porch...

STAIR RAILING, FIREPLACE GROUT & CROWN MOLDING

Yesterday, Tom and his dad were able to use the quick drying concrete to put the stainless tubes in place. I didn't get a picture until this morning.

I started first thing in the morning on cleaning out the mortar from between the stones on the fireplace. Most of it was clean already but some of the corners needed some work.

Hooper enjoyed the newly sealed side porch. The sealer worked great to brighten up the colors of the slate.



LaMar came by today to give us a hand. Tommy and him worked on the crown molding on the side porch. We have had this material for a long time but never put it up. They finally did today. We did base molding on both the ceiling and the side wall area and then they put the crown on top.



I grouted the fireplace today. It took a bit longer than I expected, but I also didn't think the grout would dry as fast as it did. As soon as I had everything grouted it was ready for me to go back and tool it.


Tom's dad was out on the front porch working on the railing. He got some pressure treated 4x4's and wedged them in the plastic sleeves. They are pretty darn stiff.



The finished side porch crown molding!



The finished fireplace! I left off the grout on the bottom though because we will need to do it after the hardwood floor goes in.



It won't be as dark as it looks in the picture. It dries much much lighter.

FRONT RAILING POSTS

Today Tom and his dad worked on the stair railing on the front porch. They drilled holes in the stairs with the hilti drill. Then they took stainless steel tubing and put it into the holes with the quick drying concrete.


Tommy got a little bit more work done on the front porch this morning and here is finally a picture of the front porch with the corbels.

I worked on the fireplace. I finished the rest of the rock that we didn't finish last night. Then Tom's mom took the rest of the rock outside and put it in the boxes to clean up the family room floor. Meanwhile I laid some of the tile in the master bathroom shower.

ARCHWORK

Today I painted and cleaned up the crown molding for the side porch. Tom's dad worked on the Corbels for the front porch which turned out pretty good. Tom finished up the window's in the front of the house. He did the trimwork on the dining room window and we bent the azek for over the arched windows and Tom's dad made the keystone for those. We then bent some more azek molding for the inside curve of the arched ceiling. We put the top piece over the front door and trimmed out the front door with the azek molding. we even left a space behind the molding so that we could forgo the J-channed... Then I caulked the front door to get it ready for painting.