Fike's Lives

Here are some more updated picutres of the house, now that we are a little more finished.

We dry walled over the plaster walls, to help insulate better. There is no insulation, just two solid pieces of wood for the exterior wall. The windows are new as well as the cabinets, stove, and refridgerator. The floor will be the next thing done, I am not a hundred percent sure what color it will be, but it will be something new.

I need to do a new comparison shot with this room in particular. When we bought the place, this room had a tub and toilet. You could see the outside walls, and there was nothing on the floor. We have since tiled, installed a new toilet, insulated and hung drywall, add the towel bar and hook, as well as put that giantic hole in the wall.

Oh and as a present for Valentine's day, the gift of a door, kind of seen in the picture, was installed. This may seem kind of lame, but this is easily the best present I have received in a long time. PRIVACY!!! from little boy, plus no more random opening of the toilet to discover what recent toy he decided just had to go in. His current favorite is to get the dirty diapers from the trash and throw them in. Luckily, the toilet handle has to be turned up to flush, not down. He hasn't figured that part out yet.

Better view of bedroom completed. New drywall, and fresh paint can do wonders.

You can see in the mirror the big hole that was put in, it is there on purpose. The laundry room is on the other side, and when we get the cabinets ordered, they will be installed in the hole and I will have a built in laundry shute, and the cabinet will be dual side opening. This is going to make laundry so much easier.

Another shot of the bedroom.

Ethan grouted the tile for the fireplace as well for Valentine's Day. And no, that is not the normal use for the treadmill, we threw a family birthday party last night and wanted to make sure there was enough room for everyone, and that little kids didn't try to play on it, so on the toys went.

I am trying to show how cool the black granite tiles really are, when the fireplace is going, you can see the reflection of the flames on it.

Voila' that is the end of today tour, come again, and we will show you more someday!