The Bedroom door is in

Today I built a wall and put the bedroom door in. Now all I have to do is build out the walls ceiling and drywall them.

This reminds me so much of my wife.

Click here and watch this little movie.

She is so beautiful

How to cut a hole in the wall

It is in, we are through the other side.

Remember when you were a kid

My wife has to work today and yesterday it took me a lot longer than expected to get a light hung in the studio, so I never was able to knock a hole in the wall. Well today with my bride working away I decided to draw a bit on the walls. Now I know taking a marker and drawing on the walls isn't something you are suppose to do but I wanted you to see which way things are in relation to the dining room. Plus all you kids out there while Mom & Dad are away let your creative juices flow and draw a bit on the walls. Perhaps copy what I did, or make a sign that points to your bedroom, because when you are finished you will be spending a bit of time there I imagine. :)

One of those before and after shots

Fix this old house

Just for fun. It's a movie, click on the little arrow below the foot to play.

A hole in the wall

Today I want to put a new door way into a wall. Here is the front and back views of the wall before the hole.

Redneck Bathtub Removal...Day or Night 3 days a week.

This morning I had to remove the old bathtub. The thing is about 200lbs so I didn't want to drag it through the house, messing everything up. So I dropped her in the basement, which has outside stairs going to it. The basement is also our redneck dumpster service as you can see. Don't ask me how the bathtub made it all the way over there, it just sort of bounced just missing the water heater. So for all of you needing your cast iron bathtub removed don't hesitate to call. I might show up and then again I might not. I know you will be happy with the service and if ya ain't it's yer fault! You might have a plumber, an electrician and maybe the fire department at the job site just in case you mess up.

Birthday Tear Out

So today I have taken out a few walls and opened up the space that is going to be the bedroom. I still need to take the cast iron tub and closet on the side out.

bye bye old bathroom

Friday night, something so cool happened. We showered in our new bathroom. We also used our new sink and our new toilet. The toilet is the best part as all we have to do is push the lever and everything goes away. Before with the old one we would run the kitchen sink, a little bit of the tub, hold the lever down for about 20 seconds, jiggle it and then come back a few minutes later to make sure the thing stopped running. The new toilet is done in less then three seconds. Now what will we do with all this new found time. :) Pictures of the new bath will follow shortly once I finish the built in wall cabinets. My wife found the perfect shower curtain, towels and rug for the bath. She just puts things together so well. On top of all this excitement we started the demo of the old bath, hall and closet. That little hall closet was the only closet in the whole house. Right now the back porch, the future second bedroom is a walk in closet for us. Tearing off old plaster is kind of fun. Everything is being torn out, the walls, closet and such. The space will then be big enough for a master bedroom. Before my wife gets home today I would like it to be all the way torn out so off I go. It's my birthday too! I am building us a bedroom for my birthday, which is really kind of cool.

A sink and toilet

Grouted up the tile yesterday and put toilet & sink in this morning. How about them apples!

Flooring too!

We just put the floor down. So nice.

some paint on the walls

Things are progressing nicely in the bath. We put some paint on the walls this morning. I can't wait to install the fixtures.

Tile has begun

Today the tile has begun in the bath. Hopefully it will go fast.

Franklin TN

Last night we returned from a visit to Franklin, TN. Pictured here is my wife and her awesome children, granddaughter, Boo Boo and me. It was a nice break in our Summer Vacation in Missouri to get to see everyone.