A Garage and a few other things

Hi All,
For most of the year we've gone back and forth on when to build our garage / shop. Do it now or put it off until next year? We decided to do it now, we need the storage and work space. So here are a few pictures of how it progressed.

Last Monday at 8:30 AM and the first wall is up

By Tuesday afternoon it is framed, has siding and a roof

Friday spray in foam insulation was done

Besides the garage we did a few things in the house...

The mantle is finally up

We liked the interior brick wall so much we decided to turn the corner and do another

That's all for now. Take care.

Brian

Progress Report

Hi all,
It's past time for me to post on our progress so this should get you caught up.

The kitchen cabinets are all in as well as the appliances. We have a fully functional kitchen! Our countertops are plywood until we figure out what we want. The mudroom is finished and things are starting to take up residence there. The powder room has a door, toilet and a sink, not to mention about half of its walls.  The guest bathroom has a tub / shower with tile. The great room has a ceiling fan, as does the kitchen and the master bedroom. All the ceilings are panted. The back porch (facing the pond) has lights and ceiling fans.

Susan and I have done all the tile work. I run the tile saw and she does all the hard work of putting it down (or up in the case of the guest bath). There is tile around the tub in the guest bath, on the floor of the powder room and the floor of the mudroom. All the rest of the floors are bare concrete at the moment.

On to the pictures...

We moved a bed into the bedroom last weekend so we could start sleeping in the house.

Ceiling fan in the kitchen and great room

Tub / Shower in the guest bathroom

Kitchen appliances are in!

But it is still a construction zone.

The mud room

Powder room with walls from a barn we tore down in LA (Lower Alabama)

From across the lake at night

That's all for now. Take care.

Brian