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Day 143-Trim and Carpet

So we went out to the house tonight to continue pumping water out of the well to get the chlorine out.  We pumped for an hour or slightly more and the chlorine smell was pretty strong when we started, so we’ll be pumping out a bunch more on Thursday.  We…

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Day 120

We decided to go back out to the house yesterday, day 120, because we had a few things we wanted to do in the house that we couldn’t do while the painters were inside the day before. I took a few more photos while I was there of some of…

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Day 119-Mailbox and Paint

Today we headed out to the build to install our mailbox.  This seems like a simple task, right?  Not so fast.  We were not putting in a simple mailbox.  I wanted something to reflect the house, so I found a cast stone mailbox post cover kit, then I bought an…

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Day 118

So today I got a few pictures from the final bits of trim that happened after the pictures yesterday.  They were painting today…final paint and stain for the whole house, trim, stairs, etc, so I wasn’t there long (didn’t want to be in the way). The schedule had the stone…

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Days 116 and 117-More Trim

So we have some pictures from today.  Trim is taking a little longer to finish, but it seems to be a real quality job which of course we appreciate.  Stone was scheduled to start yesterday for the fireplace and stone half wall, but none of that was going on yet…just…

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Days 114 & 115-Cabinets and Trim Cont.

So when I last posted I was concerned about the under cabinet lighting cable that was blocked in the wall behind the corner cabinet and I had a few photos from Monday (day 114) that I hadn’t posted yet.  I’ll start with the work that was done yesterday that we…

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Day 111-Cabinets and Trim

So yesterday (day 113) we went out to the build site to show my dad and his wife our house for the first time.  These pictures reflect the updates made at the end of Thursday and all of Friday. When we pulled up we noticed the stone was dropped off…

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Day 110-Cabinets and Trim

So a short post with a few pictures we got from some of the work done today on cabinets and trim installation. So the rest of the upper cabinets were up, however we were right in that the corner cabinet does not have the electric cable for the under cabinet…

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Day 109-Cabinets and Trim

So today started the process of putting in cabinets and trim.  I believe it’s supposed to last around a week.  We got there late in the evening before a thunderstorm so I didn’t get the clearest photos with less light in the house, but hopefully you can see some of…

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