Construction Update - Primer and Paint!

This was one of the harder set of pictures to take because my lungs were burning almost the whole time. It was really hard to breathe with all the fumes from the paint, but I made it through. :)

We have a garage door!:

Inside the garage you can see that the ceiling is painted (maybe primed?), as well as the trim, and the walls have started their first coat of paint:

More ceiling paint, trim paint, and wall paint:

Here's the view up the stairs, the board behind the railing getting a coat:

Dishwasher and microwave; we must be close:

The loft with everything painted:

Another view of the loft (this corresponds with another picture in the next set to demonstrate progress):

Um ... more to come. I guess I'll keep saying that.

-- Sean

Construction Update - Trim!

This set of pictures shows that all the trim and doors are now being installed. Every step makes it feel more like a home. I was so surprised because they were able to trim out the entire house in a day!

Garage with some leftovers (I think from the trim above the fireplace):

Here is the hallway to the garage (door on the left). The door straight ahead is the laundry room and the door to the right is the 1/2 bathroom:

Standing in front of the front door looking at the fireplace, dining room, then kitchen:

Here's the other direction standing in the kitchen. Notice the crown molding. Nice!:

Here is a picture from the loft again, noticing the trim an doors, and the railing has been installed at the stairs:

More to come! Stay tuned.

-- Sean

Construction Update - Drywall!

So, I'm actually behind on pictures, so the next few posts will kinda run together. It's been very cool to see the progress on the house and I'm hopeful we'll be able to move in early so that we can be in the house when Fiona starts school.

Here we go:

Here is the view into the house from the garage:

Here is the view from the kitchen back towards the dining room, living room and front door. You can see the stairs are there in the middle of the walls on the right, and our master bedroom is immediately off the kitchen/dining room to the right.

This is the loft where we will be lazy:

This is a view from the loft looking at the upstairs bedrooms. There are 4 bedrooms upstairs, one which has a private bathroom (behind the wall on the right).

More to come!

-- Sean

Construction Update - Insulation!

So, as requested, below are more pictures of the inside as progress is made on the house.

Garage with insulation:

Insulation all around the downstairs.

The loft, insulated:

Looking out from one of the 4 bedrooms upstairs; notice the sheetrock already in preparation:

The outside where some workers are putting on the stone work where the scaffolding is:

I think the house is making progress. Still a lot to do, but I think things are going okay. More pictures to come!

-- Sean

Quilt show Tradition

This was our rental for the week. Don't you just love the front porch.
Sisters Quilt show is our special family tradition. I've gone for the last 9 years in row.
(http://www.stitchinpost.com/) It was started by Jean Wells and has just grown into something special. The last six years I've done the Quilters Affair class and ended with big outdoor Quilt show. Sean made a special trip out from Tennessee so that he and girls could be their at the end of the week. Fiona and Aida have gone every year of their life.

I took a hand applique class from Tony Phillips. She was great. This is her with one of her quilts. We worked on sample and then she talked about her design method which is a lot like mine and then we got to start our design......

This was one of her class samples also in her book. Hand-Appliqued Quilts
Whimsical Designs and Simple Techniques


My hand applique sample I did in class.

Wednesday we took a class from a Velma Newman. It was basic class using media on fabric. The painting was the best part. This is one of her quilts. It was pretty amazing. Although, she was selling it for $30,000!

Construction Update

To keep folks up-to-date on the progress of our new house in Nolensville, TN, Julie has graciously asked that I post some pictures.

Here we go:

This is the house before the stone was put on
(I believe that was the previous post):

I've taken several pictures of the garage during the progression. I think it really captures what is happening at every step:

This is the view from the kitchen looking back at the dining room, followed by the living room, and you can see the stairs. We love how the stairs will be hidden as people enter the front door:

This is the view of the upstairs master suite (our master is downstairs). And everyone knows what this means ... we can have guests, and they have their own space in the house:

So, we hope you enjoy looking at these pictures with us. We're very, very excited to have everything moving towards us all being together soon. And this house will make things easier. No more house fixing for a while!

Love to all!
-- Sean

In progress......

Our new home.

A side view. We are so excited, a Brand new house in Nolensville, TN. We can't wait. It will be done in the end of August. Guess I'll have to change my blog name soon...... Maybe I'll run a contest. What do you guys think?
We are going to be a half a mile from a brand new school. Fiona is very excited. They offer music, PE, and art as separate classes and school doesn't start till 8:30 instead of 7:50. The school days are about 45 minutes longer also. The school has big playground, but just down from the school is Nolensville Park which has a very nice playground and ball fields.(This made Sean very happy)

It has been a little crazy this last month, going house hunting in Tennessee, my mom's knee surgery and our annual Sisters quilt trip. More on these later this week, as I'm still traveling and thanks to Sean I have a internet connection. We are sad, though that Sean is leaving this morning. We can't wait to be together as family, soon.