Building a House

So, what else have I been up to since returning home from Long Island? You know, other than having fun with Caleb! Putting the finishing touches on our house! During my first week back I’ve met with and received prices from 4 pavement contractors, lined up our earthwork Read More

Today marks a very big day; The end of a 6+ month project, over 2 years’ worth of planning, and a whole lot of elbow grease, sleepless nights, and endless decisions. The Michaud boys showed up this morning with their coffee cups, a random assortment of stuff to tiddy up loose Read More

Insulation, count em something like 80 bags total of the fluffy white stuff to blow on top of the 6 inch batts we’ve already got lining the ceiling. They blew an additional 12+ inches of insulation into all the attic spaces, sealing everything up and making a very energy Read More

A lot can happen in three weeks, especially at this point in the game. Let’s see… All the flooring has been laid, the walls repainted, electrical in the house all finished, and as I type this I can hear the hum of the insulation machine in the background. Oh yeah… and… this Read More

I know… I know… promised you all the kitchen way back on Wednesday, but the appliances didn’t get completely installed until Thursday, and well, I had a little trick up my sleeve for this weekend. We threw the first annual Chasse eat lots of hot dogs and beans family party Read More

I had a pretty cool conversation with an old friend that I’ve known since before high school at the bar New Year’s evening that turned into the most awesome countertop I could have ever wished for! Funny how casual conversation can lead to a few pictures via e-mail, Read More

Probably one of the coolest/most technically challenging rooms in the whole house is my roll-in shower. I honestly can’t say I understand why anyone would want to have a shower in their house any other way. Forget about the wheelchair/accessibility challenges and it just Read More

Judging from my previous, very wimpy post, you’ve probably figured out that my living room is almost all finished, my bathroom is well on its way to being finished, and the kitchen granite countertops have been installed, and most of the electrical is all done. Now on to Read More

Lousy excuse I know, but I’m finding is so impossible to keep myself away from the new house (especially when the guys are there working), that by the time I get home at night I’ve got an inbox full of e-mails and the rest of my regular life to catch up on that I’m Read More

My family room is almost all tiled up… and… Wow! What a dang big/fine job. I really wanted to go with something different, out of the ordinary with my family room and decided to go with a very cool 6 x 24″ color body porcelain tile from American Olean. It’s dark lines Read More