Welcome to our blog! Justin and I are so excited to say we finally broke ground on our new home on September 2, 2010! We'll provide frequent updates so you can track the progress with us on our adventure on Wild Plum Court!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Day 151 - January 30th (continued)

Justin wanted me to post a few more of the pictures we took on Sunday, so here you go!  Here is the hallway upstairs.  Notice the smoke detector and the thermostat.  The heat is now on so they don't have to work in the freezing cold.


Directional can lights above the fireplace.


Patio doors upstairs.


Unfinished storage in the basement.  The door is to our storm shelter.



Unfinished bedroom in the basement.


Guest bedroom in the basement.


More basement photos.



Sunday, January 30, 2011

Day 151 - January 30th

Can lights have started going in!  These are in the kitchen.


Doors have arrived and will start being installed.  Cabinets moved to the dining room for now.


A million little wooden sticks that will be used for something. :)


Standing in the closet in her future bedoom. :)


Standing in the basement hallway, looking into the living room.


Living room and office nook.  Paint swatches on the wall.  We've decided on the one on the left.

Day 149 - January 28th

There is now a door on the storage room in the sub-basement.


And a door from the garage into the laundry room.


The ceiling has been textured and primed.  The walls have also been primed.  You can see where we tested out paint colors.


Cabinets started arriving today!  Piled in the living room for now.



Pretty textured ceiling. :)

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Day 143 - January 22nd

It's a snowy day in Lawrence. 6 inches of snow last week, then another 6 inches this week.



They continued working on the dry wall this week, focusing on applying mud to smooth out the seams and the nail holes.  Here is the kitchen and dining room.


The living room.


The front door and wall above the stairs.


Looking down the stairs.


The master bedroom.


The guest bathroom upstairs.


The hallway between the bedrooms on the main floor.  That's the linen closet at the end.


The stairs down into the basement.


The media corner.


The office nook.


The basement living room.


The basement bathroom.


The garage.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Day 134 - January 13th

We have walls upstairs now!  I have quite a few updated pictures to share.  Standing in the dining room, looking through the kitchen, laundry room, into the garage.


The living room and fireplace.


Looking into the kitchen and dining room.


The master bedroom.  Notice the ceiling.  We have a 'coffer' (ledge) where we can put Christmas lights to add ambient light in the room.


The master shower and bath tub.


Space where the master vanity will be (his and her sinks, of course!).  The toilet will be behind the short wall.


Top of the stair case.


View from the living room.


Spare bedroom upstairs.  Notice the arched ceiling.


Our daughter's bedroom.


This is our storage room in the sub-basement for lawn equipment, outdoor toys, bicycles, etc.


The sub-basement now has lighting.


Here you can see the storage room from inside the sub-basement.