A Place to Call Home
18 мая 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
Roxanne purchases an original tiny house 2 blocks away from Pioneer Park. This will be a fun renovation project and, once completed, a great way to stay close to family and have a comfortable homeЧитать далее
A New Sewer Line
18 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The sewer line was attached to the neighbors. The City of Billings recommends separating to avoid issues. The little house gets its own sewer line and a required clean out feature.
Demo Part #1
18 октября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
To ready for the renovation, first out with the old. The walls and old carpeting are pulled up. Old wiring and plumbing is removed. Appliances and kitchen is removed.
Demo Part #2
18 ноября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
The first demo revealed a concrete pour was used inside the house to level the floor. We removed all of that concrete. We may need to jack the house in some places in order to level up the floors. IfЧитать далее
Planning and Prep
20 ноября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Brice did a bit more clean up and then we planned and measured for beam support both temporary and permanent to allow the ceilings to be lofted throughout the house. We measured window and door spaceЧитать далее
Cross Beam Install
21 ноября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌬 55 °F
Brice installs a cross beam the entire length of the house to get ready to vault the ceiling.
Opening Up the Ceiling Space
22 ноября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
With the header support beam in place and standing on two solid upright support beams the ceiling cross boards are ready to be removed. About 90% as open as it will eventually be. Just a few cuts leftЧитать далее
Opening up the ceilings more
24 ноября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 blockingЧитать далее
Taking out the old floor
24 ноября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 27 °F
Removed most of the old floor, getting access to the crawl space.
The Crawl Space - Underbelly
10 февраля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 goingЧитать далее
Planning and Drawing
12 февраля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
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Haha! Not my house. But I really like the color on this one. I am going to attempt copy this color scheme.
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Not the final design. I had Lowe’s kitchen designer take it from here.
Doors off / Doors on
18 марта 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Wrapping the crawlspace
2 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 andЧитать далее
One woman's trash is another one's patio
29 апреля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 talkedЧитать далее
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I joke that after laying the patio, Brice will look like this fella.
Plumbing, electrical and gas lines
3 августа 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Subflooring and Spray on Insulation
14 августа 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Exterior Siding
22 августа 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 excitedЧитать далее
Flooring the house
3 декабря 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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.Читать далее
Kitchen Cabinet Installation
12 января 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 34 °F
The Little House gets its cabinets today. The kitchen is coming together.
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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.
Taping the Drywall, installing bathtub
31 января 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F
The long and tedious process of taping the drywall seams and preparing for floating the mud surface and texture onto the drywall.
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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.
Wood Ceiling Accents
31 января 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 riskЧитать далее
Appliances and fixtures
31 января 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Drywall Taping and Mudding
23 февраля 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 heЧитать далее
Painting
13 марта 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 andЧитать далее
Some Assembly Required
20 марта 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌬 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 doorsЧитать далее
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This backdoor went directly into the only bedroom. Since this door is closes to the garage and driveway Roxanne wanted to change this to enter the kitchen. Much more convenient for unloading groceries from the car. The bedroom was placed on the opposite side of the house.