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Renovation progress report – week 12

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Well, week 12 was full of fun. Garage fun.

But, first, let’s meet the playas:

Ryan (my husband, you may recognize him); papa bear (puffing up his chest because he’s tough); brother bear (who is clearly too hot to handle).

I love these men.

And, not just because they build a mean garage. But that helps, obviously. 😉

This week, lots more progress was made. The team finished closing it and tar-papered the roof it just as it began to rain.

After it cleared up, Ryan and brother bear roofed it.

They make a good team. The roof looks ahhhhmazing. We chose to use architectural shingles, but the color is matched to the roof on the house.

Right after the picture below, my dad smashed his finger with a hammer. Second dad to be hurt on the job. Luckily, he’s fine.

Meloves a fresh roof.

While they roofed, my dad installed the door and windows.

We love the big windows. This was something that will be a major improvement over our current garage, which has no natural light whatsoever.

Ryan works out in the garage and also works in there, so this will be helpful.

Can’t wait til the siding goes up. Which reminds me, thank you for your comments on the color debate. You really made me think. And, I am 100 percent undecided. Still.

Luckily, all the colors are in-stock and there’s some other stuff to do first so I am buying some time.

This week, the three playas also formed and poured concrete for the driveway. This is a bigfreakingdeal for me because our current driveway is just gravel and I hate it.
I love the concrete drive so much I can hardly stand it.
They also poured the concrete by the garage door. They installed a drain so that water doesn’t collect inside the garage door. Clever, right?

My mama took all these photos again. Why, you ask? Because I was working while they were doing this. How spoiled am I? She’s my right-hand-blog-lady. Emily wanted to know what to call my budding blog photographer – I think we should call her Arizona Lainey on the blog. What do you think? It’s like a stage name.

I’ll still call her mama. Or mom. Or totally awesome.

And, even though I was still wallowing in my sickness, I did finish painting our closet, which looks nice, if I do say so myself. Let’s be honest, if it was up to my contributions, we’d still be working on this house when we are celebrating our 50th anniversary.

But, things are a-movin’. No major changes in the house list.

What do you think, friends?

Comments

  2. You nicely summed up the issue. I would add that this doesn’t exactly concenplate often. xD Anyway, good post…

  5. The roof looks great!

    What does Ryan do? Like for a job? I don’t think I’ve ever paid attention when you’ve mentioned it, for some reason.

  6. Wow, I continue to be amazed by the blistering-fast pace of your renovations! Seeing the driveway and roof, I can really picture how beautiful everything will look once you’ve finished!!

  7. What progress! I can’t believe how fast it went up. I think I need your crew to come down to our neck of the woods!

  12. Wow!! That looks great!!! They did a fantastic job. 🙂 Can’t wait to see what color you finally decide upon for the siding — good luck!! 🙂

  13. Gosh, I can honestly say I’ve never been so excited over a garage roof. It looks amazing! Great work!

  14. 🙂 @ Cindy – I too couldn’t wait for your update this week. LOL. The garage looks great, and I am totally jealous of your concrete driveway. We just had our asphalt one sealed, and while it looks great, I’d love a colored and stamped concrete drive. 🙂 Yes, I love to daydream.

  17. Looking good 🙂 BTW-snagged the slow cooker butternut squash recipe down there. Can’t wait to try it!!! Great blog!

  19. Kimmy – you are SO LUCKY to have a family full of handy men! Not to mention Aunt Lainie, of course. House looks like it is coming along great!

  20. Woohoo!! I was waiting for this post (really). Honestly. This morning I was all It’s Thursday! Thursday is Kim’s update day! How stalkerish is that??

    All that to say, the garage is looking AWESOME. I was bummed, but because we live in the hood we decided not to put any windows in ours. Pretty much everyone with windows in this neck of the woods gets them smashed at one point or another. Maybe we should uh, move to the suburbs or something. All that to say I’M JEALOUS. Your windows are be-a-u-tiful!

  21. Awesome! I should’ve read your blog before I sent the email! Doesn’t progress feel so good!! Tell your mom thank you and she is awesome! Thank God for mom’s 🙂
    Wendy