Week 5 - Wires, Wires, Everywhere!

Sorry, I've been a bit behind on the blog, I was born 24 years ago this week, so give me a break.

Billy told us that the electricians would be in now, so I found evidence of their presence, as you'll see below.


- Wire pieces...


- The two lights on the outside of the garage...


- The marking for the outside outlet near the basement walkout...


- Plugs on the front porch...


- A plug on the outside of the garage...


- and plugs in the garage and one on the ceiling for the garage door opener.

We Need Coffee
On Veteran's Day (I know, I know, it's been awhile since the blog update, I GET IT!), Billy needed us to come down and figure out where to put coaxial cable and telephone jacks. The catch: Be at the house at 7:30am.


- Cable jack on the wall entering the living room, where the wall meets the coat closet.


- Cable and phone jack in the "Office". The UFO-looking icon is where a ceiling fan will be mounted.


- Ceiling fan and cable jack in the "Nursery/Workout Room"

More Spraypaintin' Fun

- No, it's not a basketball-player version of Twister...


- It's places for our recessed lights!


- Hose outlet for the opposite side of the house for the side/frontyard and...


- Another hose bib near the kitchen for the backyard. The "METER" is where the electric meter will go. Billy also mentioned that this is where the generator plug will be.

That's all for now!

- Joey

Week 5 - What A Nice Day

Well, here's the house as of this past Sunday:

- Shingles are all done, siding is yet to be put up.

Talked to Billy, the trades are still in, and the electrician should be in this week.


- Framing for the basement is all done. The basement will be unfinished, so this is the final status of the basement (as far as I know) minus the drywall. The door is so that the stairway looks decent instead of a walkway downstairs to a unfinished basement.


- YAY! Jacuzzi tub!

- 10 jets?! Good grief, I guess I'll never see Stephanie again. Oh well, more time in the living room for me! :)


- Master bedroom stand-up shower. Looks like it'll be big enough for me. :)


- Spare bathroom upstairs.


- It's hard to see, but the master closet has swing-on doors that open to the crawlspaces / aka "Timeout Room".


- Joey's vanity; 36 inch vanity, 12 inches for pull-out drawers.


- Stephanie's vanity; 30-inch vanity, 36-inch make-up drawer, and the extra space is pull-out drawers.


- House is looking good! Can't wait to see the siding next!

Haven't posted a video in a while, but I shot one for the kitchen layout, take a look:

• Camera starts out at the back of the kitchen near the double doors.
• DB16 - 16 inches of space, I believe it is for drawer/cabinet space.
• DW - Dish washer
• SB36 - 36 inches of space, I think it's the "sink base"
• Lazy - Lazy Susan; A2442 and W1242 - not sure..
• Range - Microwave area above the oven/range
• B15 - another 15 inches for cabinet space

Next time on ICanHasAHouse, I'll try and snap a few pics of the location of the recessed lights and the different jacks for cable, phone, and power and the outside locations of the hose locations and the power generator/electric meter.

- Joey

Week 4 - Daylight Saving Stinks

Went to the farm Monday, and realized it was getting rather dark, so expect pictures like this from now on. Unfortunately, no more videos. :(

Yay! Windows!






- Got the door moved to the left of the garage. The idea is to not make the steps in the garage stick out, but become nice corner steps.


- The kitchen; notice the French doors that will open to a deck (later on).


- Upstairs bathroom, pretty sure the hole is for the sink or drain.


- Now the Spare Bedroom closet is visible on the left here.


- Joey's Office aka Master Toilet Room, complete with breathing window


- Standing shower drain, the corner on the left shows the back corner of the washer/dryer room.


- The bathtub window in the master bedroom. It was assumed that the entire square was the window, but after talking to Billy, it was easier for Billy to figure out where inside the square we wanted the window instead of placing it and us disagreeing, making it hard for him to move it.





Siding
We got a siding book that showed us beaded siding sample. We did decide to go with the beaded siding, as it adds a nice look in our opinion.


- Front cover of the sample book. See the house? That's beaded siding. Nice looking, isn't it?


- The actual beaded siding with the exact color we want, Savannah Wicker.





Wood and Rock

- New Venetian Gold, Level 2... wonder what this is?


- It's our granite countertops! This sample is the example of what the countertops of the kitchen and upstairs bathroom.


- Alder is the type of cabinet we are going to put in the kitchen, the stain will make the cabinet shine.


- Here's the color on the granite.



An Early Christmas Present, From Us to You (We Have a House To Pay For!!)

- I made a collage using Google's Pisaca program, a program I've been using to work with the blog. This can be used as your computer background, since most computers nowadays have widescreen monitors.

Enjoy!

- J