Day 118 | Accident

January 25, 2014January 25, 2015Leave a comment

Day 118

The past few days Kevin has been prepping all of the floors on the raised foundation for new subfloor. There have been a lot of rotted boards that Kevin has had to replace. We are going to add a new layer of plywood subfloor to the entire front of the house before laying the wood.

Kevin laid new plywood down to go underneath the wood flooring.

Today on the way to Lowe’s someone backed out of their driveway and into the red truck! Ugh!

Later we picked up the sink and Jason helped Kevin screw down all of the plywood.

HELPER: Jason

Day 116 | Family Room Floor Finished!

January 23, 2014January 25, 2015Leave a comment

Day 116

After five days of struggling with gluing the wood floor onto the slab, we finally finished! It looks great. Even though our backs ache, our knees are raw, and our fingers are throbbing… it was worth it!

Blue tape is a MUST when installing wood floor that requires glue.

Day 114 | Farmhouse Sink

January 21, 2014January 25, 2015Leave a comment

Day 114

OK installing wood floors on a slab foundation is MUCH harder than nailing them directly to the subfloor of a raised foundation. The glue is messy, the boards begin to separate, and it takes A LOT longer! I’ll let you in on a little tip…use painters tape! As you go along tape the boards together after they have been glued, this will keep them from separating and it will save you the heartache from finding gaps between boards that cannot be pushed together. Ugh!

On a positive note, we ordered our kitchen sink HERE from Pacific Sales. This was one feature that I didn’t want to skimp on. I truly believe that an apron-front, farmhouse sink can help sell a house! Women, don’t you agree? Can’t wait to see how it will pull the kitchen together.

Mmmhmm… an apron front sink is just the ticket. KOHLER

Day 112 | Wood Floor!

January 19, 2014January 25, 2015Leave a comment

Day 112

We are finally ready for flooring! After sanding, painting, installing moldings, cleaning, and removing tack strip the family room is ready for floor. We purchased dark brown, engineered hard wood HERE and we are going to install it ourselves! We have installed wood floors before on a raised foundation, but never directly on slab. We shall see what it’s like to have to use glue…

Sample of the wood we chose next to the kitchen cabinets.

Always make sure to leave the boxes of wood inside the area where they will be installed 2 days prior to installation. It allows them to acclimate to the temperature so that you don't have them expanding or contracting once they are in place.

Always leave the boxes of wood inside the area where they will be installed 2 days prior to installation. It allows them to acclimate to the temperature so that they won’t expand or contract once they are in place.

Day 111 | Hood Vent Cover

January 18, 2014January 21, 2015Leave a comment

Day 111

Kevin constructed a box to hide the vent that goes above the microwave. It blends in great with the cabinets!

Day 105 | Hardware

January 12, 2014January 24, 2015Leave a comment

Day 105

Hurray! The cabinets are in!

Just missing the fridge… and counter tops… oh and flooring… BUT it’s coming together!

Shaker style cabinets from Ikea!

We installed all of the hardware on the doors and drawers, we hung the microwave, and added plywood to all of the counter tops in preparation for eventual granite.

Nice new microwave hood.

Plywood laid for the granite to be installed and hardware put on all cabinetry!

This afternoon we drove down to Anaheim and checked out all of the granite wholesalers. Got a lot of prices, now we just have to decide. Black? Dark Gray? Marble?

Day 101 | Cabinet Install

January 8, 2014November 12, 2016Leave a comment

Day 101

Over the past few days more drywall in the kitchen has been put up and more cabinets have been installed. It’s finally beginning to look like a kitchen. Excited is an understatement. Does this mean we get to move out of our parents’ house soon?