HaPpY NeW YeAr!!

I hope 2010 will be the year we finish off the flooring on the main floor and upstairs! Living with primarily subfloors for over 2 years has been hard. We have been under MAJOR renovation for just over 2 years! So now that most of our large remodel projects on the upper 2 floors are complete the house is starting to feel like a home. Our last and most expensive remodel will be the Kitchen. So we will have to save up for that expense. Bruce has been home on RNR from Kuwait and has been a big help to finish up some of our projects that were left undone prior to his departure.

Mantel

Bruce built this fireplace mantle- I was impressed! I didn't know that he was such a great woodworker :) It's hard to see... it needs a coat of paint. I told him when he gets back he will have to make us a new one for the living room. :)

Tile Work Grouted

Bathroom Floor Grouted. I need to upload a better picture. This will have to do for now.

Shower Grouted.

Fireplace Grouted

Jess learned an important lesson grouting, never grout with dry skin. The grout literally eats holes through your skin and has VERY sore fingers because of it!

Bathroom Floor Installed! YAY!! Bruce is becoming a pretty good little tile guy. But he hates doing tile work. He will love his "vacation" in Kuwait to get away from the tile work.

Dinning Room Floor installed and New Light is Hung

Today we installed the dinning room floor and Bruce hung the new light. Our house is starting to feel like a home.

GUEST BATHROOM TILE

Close Up Picture of the decroative tiles... in the shower.

Today Bruce put the tile on the shower walls in the Guest Bathroom.

We wish you a Merry Christmas! This is a very special Christmas at our house. It's the first year we have actually had a Christmas Tree up since we have been married. Second Bruce has been deployed to Kuwait and he was able to come for Christmas.
Jessica's Christmas wishes are coming true this Christmas. Bruce is home for the Holidays on RNR and he is even helping her put the house back together on his RNR. Bruce says "he gets a year long vacation in a sand box" so he is happy to work on the house when he is home. He has been a great worker!

BEST HUSBAND AWARD!!

I have the best husband. He has worked so hard on the house within the last 5 days he has been home. We have worked long days and late nights. He has not complained... he has worked really hard. THANKS HONEY FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!! Needless to say we are not bored over RNR. :)

Picture on the Marble Wall

Jess was showering the guest bathroom one day... and discoverd a "swirl" in the fake marble wall that looked like a "guine pig" with hair straight out of the movie grease.... winking at her. Look a the picture and see if you can see what Jess saw. Good enough reason to remodel the bathroom... when you can see pictures of animals staring at you in the bathroom. LOL

GUEST BATHROOM RENOVATION

GROSS!!! The previous owners tooth brush in the sink drain. We discovered this grusome discovery when we ripped out the sinks and vanity today. NASTY!!!

Remy is not happy that we started tearing his bathrooom apart. Remy loves to hang out just inside the door of this bathroom next to the heater.

Bruce made the comment today that we should go on Renovation Realites... and Jess joked that the show wouldn't have "what not to do" because Bruce knows how to do everything the right way 99% of the time. We have exactly 14 days while he is home on his RNR and we are tackling some big projects. Bruce decided we could get our upstairs guest bathroom done in the time he is home on RNR. Jess became a little hesitant about the bathroom and said "are you sure we are not getting in over our head?" So We started to take the engineered "plastic" marble tub surround off. If you know our experience with doing any project in this house... their is always a hidden mess. Sooo...hidding behind the plastic crap was rotten dry wall. So we ended up pulling it out. Tonight we are going to replace the dry wall with cement board and red guard the walls. It will have time to set for 24 hours.

Family Room Painted

Jess fixed the dry wall and painted the family room Spartan Green while Bruce was away. The house is coming together... and its really starting to feel like a home.

The New Fire Place

The Fireplace is nearing completion. The But its getting closer. It will be awesome when we complete it. All of the travertine on the wall is "scrap" from our masterbath travertine. Bruce figured out how we could get the most cuts out of the scrap and Jess ripped down the tiles.

Entry Painted and Travertine Installed

Jess fixed the drywall and painted the entry Spartan Green. Bruce being the awesome husband that he is layed 18x18 (walnut blend) travertine on his RNR. The house is really starting to come together!