The man has an impressive skill set. I find myself asking him, “wait, YOU did that?” all the time. There are incredible perks when you marry a man like Matthew… I highly recommend it. But, this one’s taken.
Matthew sent me to pick up the tile in his truck this weekend… that is, after he stopped laughing when I said “Can’t I just put it in the trunk of my car?” Luckily, I had my dad with me to drive the monster Chevy. My mom stayed back at the house scrubbing floors [...]
The sheetrockers have one more day of sanding before the painters can begin. The rain and humidity last week slowed things down a lot, but the progress is still impressive. It looks like a real house now! I can’t wait to see it once the walls are painted white.
Matthew made a [...]
Matthew built a small door for our cats, and there was a little confusion with the pups. Sorry, no dogs allowed.
Sophie.
Peri.
The guys poured this concrete step (side door to the office) and let it set up overnight… and in the morning found a lovely trail of kitty paw-prints through it. I may have keys to the house… but apparently it belongs to the cat!
(Matthew managed to smooth out the step, so no harm done!)
Matthew passed the framing inspection (YAY!) which means that we get to put up sheetrock!! So the insulation is being installed quickly – because everyone knows that once the sheetrock goes up, everything really starts moving!
Maybe you’ve heard me say, “things are about to really start moving” a few times before… maybe you’re [...]
i decided to scrap the plan i had for using off the shelf doors and fabricate my own. you know, because i like to make things difficult. the good news is that it will allow the window and door system to be more seamless, and let us have glass in the door [...]
Bye bye red, hello white… actually, white dove. After what felt like years staring at that dingy red brick (ok, ok it WAS years) this paint job has given our house an exciting transformation.
An even more dramatic change took place on our ceiling! Matthew and Will kept saying, “trust us, once it’s [...]
This diamond in the rough originally belonged to
Birmingham Water Works and was used as a filtration plant for drinking water.
Our plan is to completely remodel this vintage building into our dream house.
Here's hoping!