Non House related post

I couldn't resist posting some pics from Kate and Alex's wedding this past weekend. It was so incredibly fun and they are such an amazingly awesome duo. Not to mention the band "Mega 80s" was the best wedding band ever! If you're getting married in Ann Arbor anytime soon and I'm invited, please, please have this band at your reception!

Here are the highlights:

Naked House Pics

Our house is officially 'naked' - stripped down to the original siding (about 4 layers deep). The siding is a yellowish tan with pink trim - mucho curb appeal.



Yesterday was way too nice to work on the house so we took some friends out on Sweet Caroline instead. Nice weather doesn't come all that often in Seattle outside of July and August but when it does it's absolutely fantastic. This is Lake Washington where we spent most Saturday.

Trim and other new stuff

Here's how we (Craig really) spent April 2008. The exposed beams in the main room are now covered with primed trim, the front door and windows are in and trimmed and two interior doors (closet and 2nd bedroom) are installed and trimmed. This weekend we're going to buy a lawn mower and clean up the lawn a bit and then put our boat in the water for the season. Our boat that's slightly more livable then our house... :)

windows and curtains

Too enthralled in Kite Runner right now to write much, but the story about installing the windows is too precious not to tell. So, expect the full story in the next post. For now, here are the photos!




more to come soon!

March Update

This month has definitely been a turning point for the house because it's actually beginning to resemble a house! At least the main room. The walls are insulated, drywalled, mudded, sanded, and primed. Craig has been working around the clock. Today we also ripped out the wall for the kitchen pass-through. It really opens up the space and is going to look fantastic once it's finished.


Before/ After


Insulation/ Drywall/ Walls Primed and Pass-through Cut Out




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End of an Era

Yesterday, on a whim, we decided to drive over to our old stomping grounds on Eastlake for breakfast at 14 Carrot. While we were over there, we walked by the beloved Sara Michelle, our former apartment building. We knew right around the time that we moved out that it had been bought and would be converted into condos. It worked out well for us actually since at the time we got our entire security deposit back since they were redoing the units anyway. At the time, though, we heard they were just renovating the inside. Looks like their plans changed. There's just a tad of water damage under there it looks like. Guess we got out at the right time!

The project this past weekend and continuing into this week is drywalling the ceiling on the main floor. First Craig tore out a channel in the old ceiling where the can lights will go. Then I installed some RC channel (resilient channel to the layman) in order to have enough room for the can lights to fit. Since that's about the extent of my technical knowledge on the subject, feel free to read more about installing RC and sound-proofing here.
Fascinating stuff really.

Today, after work, we finished installing the sheet rock. This involved Craig hoisting up large pieces of drywall while climbing up a ladder and then me helping to support it with a 'T' made out of 2x4s while he screwed it in. Very professional and scientific I assure you.

You can tell by the photos that my camera has begun to succumb to the dust like the rest of us...