After photos
29 kwietnia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
I’ll be working on making the garage interior a working space, but the house is complete and I am loving it! So proud of Brice’s construction skills. I couldn’t be happier with my little house.
Lots of Progress and Move In Day
22 kwietnia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
Brice has been working so hard to get all the finishing touches complete. I moved in 3 days ago since my bed was set up and each day it feels more and more settled and like a home.
This week has Czytaj więcej
Appliance installation
13 kwietnia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 43 °F
Fridge, microwave, range/oven, dishwasher, sinks, faucets, mini split heating and air conditioning unit, washer/dryer combo and on demand hot water heater. Lots of parts and pieces!
Tile, tile and more tile
6 kwietnia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 50 °F
So many days of tiling. I got to put up some white subway tile, which gradually went out of level and had to be torn out, Brice took over that job and I took over the pebble trim around the outside of Czytaj więcej
Wet Sanding Countertops
5 kwietnia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 28 °F
Brice sands the countertop to smooth using a heavy disc and water. A Spring snow on April 4th makes everything white for a day. Brice reused an antique outdoor sconce that was on the house to put into Czytaj więcej
More progress
28 marca 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Waiting for an apparatus to arrive that captures dust while grinding and sanding the countertops. Got some of the tile work done in the front entry. Had to stop to order more black pebble tiles. Czytaj więcej
Concrete Countertop
25 marca 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Brice frames up the countertop shape and pours 1-1/2” of concrete into the forms. He will grind down the rough surface to smooth then polish. Here is the surface in its rough form.
Some Assembly Required
20 marca 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌬 50 °F
Today we put together the bathroom vanity, got some fittings for the fireplace to make room for the mantle, got the on demand hot water heater attached to the wall. The dark colored interior doors Czytaj więcej
Painting
13 marca 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
We picked grey trim, off white walls, dark beams (the same color as exterior siding) and doors of the same. Many days and many coats later, we are ready to move on to installing electrical outlets and Czytaj więcej
Drywall Taping and Mudding
23 lutego 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
These progress photos don't really show how much work went into putting drywall, tape and mud in all the tight spaces and all the unusual angles. Brice had to have cussed this ceiling often when he Czytaj więcej
Appliances and fixtures
31 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Wood Ceiling Accents
31 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F
The fir wood treatment doesn't cover 100% of the ceiling and serves as an accent to the drywall..
I'll say it again - I love the vaulted ceilings. It was such a big IF to do them, but the risk Czytaj więcej
Taping the Drywall, installing bathtub
31 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F
The long and tedious process of taping the drywall seams and preparing for floating the mud surface and texture onto the drywall.
Podróżnik
The picture makes the tub look like it takes the entire bathroom, but really it is only slightly larger than standard tubs. I love a soaking tub, it is one of my few "must haves". I've ordered a bathroom vanity and sink, found a faucet set at an Amazon bin store. Getting so excited now that we're down to the nitty gritty of making this a home.
Kitchen Cabinet Installation
12 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 34 °F
The Little House gets its cabinets today. The kitchen is coming together.
Podróżnik
Soft close drawers and doors on the cabinets. Lee is standing next to the pantry. This goes to the ceiling and has lots of shelves.
Flooring the house
3 grudnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
The vinyl tile plank flooring. This is the type that is rubbery and comes in tiles that are 4” x 3ft. It was are installed throughout the whole house. It has a wood look and has grays and browns. Czytaj więcej
Exterior Siding
22 sierpnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
The siding is board and baton style. It will require a vertical installation. Brice started taking off boards to get ready for new surface. The new siding comes pre- painted in a dark grey. So excited Czytaj więcej
Subflooring and Spray on Insulation
14 sierpnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
The spray foam will add sound buffering and insulation at the same time. Once the spray is sprayed in it grows and expands into all the crevices making it very air tight to the outside.
Plumbing, electrical and gas lines
3 sierpnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 100 °F
The old plumbing and electrical was out of date and patched together after several remodels on the old house. Brice installs all new Pex pipe and relocates the lines where they will be needed in the Czytaj więcej
One woman's trash is another one's patio
29 kwietnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
One day the neighbor was getting a new driveway poured. The old driveway was put in front of the little house on the street. Brice being the resourceful and out of the box thinker that he is talked Czytaj więcej
Wrapping the crawlspace
2 kwietnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
This heavy plastic sheeting with reinforced nylon webbing inside the plastic makes a strong vapor, dust and moisture barrier and less dusty area to complete the rest of the plumbing, electrical and Czytaj więcej
Doors off / Doors on
18 marca 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Brice gets the Lowe’s front door and patio door installed. Windows arrived finally. Brice got those installed. Some new siding should hide all her blemishes.
Planning and Drawing
12 lutego 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
The Crawl Space - Underbelly
10 lutego 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
This is the rough and unglamorous part of a remodel. The dirt crawl space and the shoring and leveling of an old crooked house isn’t where the ooos and aaahs are at, but it a vital part for going Czytaj więcej
Taking out the old floor
24 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 27 °F
Removed most of the old floor, getting access to the crawl space.
Opening up the ceilings more
24 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 23 °F
There are parts of the old roof that aren’t giving any support. When the addition was added the carpenter didn’t take out any old parts. These parts were adding unnecessary weight and blocking Czytaj więcej