Weekend Recap!

We had a hugely productive weekend! We started out with the setting of the pillars and hoisting of the support beam - this was done Friday night... (we both got off work around 3pm that day)
Then Saturday morning after our plumbing catastrophe, Peter fixed it up quite nice. :) No more leaks! (for tonight anyway!)
Saturday morning I FINALLY started staining our front door.
Prepping the non-stainable parts:
Trim first, brick molding next, then panels, then the flat areas. It's very scientific. :)
Meanwhile, Peter worked on the porch, hanging the stringers.
Beautiful, chilly 55* weather! PERFECT for working on the house!
Frame done, on to the door. :)
1/2 the stringers are up!
ALL the stringers up! :)
Didn't he do a great job?
One side is done! :) Now, I wait for it to dry... I'll put the glaze on tomorrow and stain the other side on Tuesday.
By the end of Saturday evening Peter had most of the sheathing up on the roof.
Usn's after a hard days work. Ken & Liesl came up and helped on Saturday then we went out for a delicious Indian food supper! Thanks K&L!
Lizzy came up too! She and Dozer had a staring match through the window. :) Lizzy won.
Finally, as if he hadn't done enough that day, Peter installed our low-profile entryway light! A beautiful improvement from the ugly brass monstrocity that was there previously. :)
Today (Sunday) after a.m. meeting we finished putting the rest of the sheathing up, installed the ice and water shield on the roof & laid the tar paper. It's ready for shingles!
On the roof. :)
I'm so pleased! It doesn't look much like a colonial house any longer!!! It's looking more and more craftsman-ish all the time!
Another angle. :)
Porch from underneath. It's 30" long by 7" wide. Perfect. :)
Now it's 10pm and time to wind down! I just re-read the post and there are a LOT of smiley faces, but I think they are well warranted! Hope you had a lovely weekend too!

Thanksgiving happiness

Look ma, an apple pie! I made it. :) For Thanksgiving. It was good!
And pretty. :) That's important too! (right?!)
Pour homemade caramel sauce on top, pop it in the oven for 60 minutes and...
Viola!
We spent the day at Ken and Liesl's, gobbling up all kinds of yummy food - Their house looked great! They had decorated it quite festive!
Kristi's beautiful brownies!
I love this wall!
The table...
Us'ns :)
K&L
Jay & Kristi (from Richmond)
My sweet hubby!
The crew. We had a great time!! Thanks K&L!!!!!!!!!

Saturday Morning Surprise!

Because, WHO doesn't like to wake up to a burst hot water pipe?
The water flooded out from here when Peter started slowly pulling the sheet-rock down. It had been pooling there for awhile.
The culprit... Peter's on his way to Lowe's as I write this to get a replacement.
Poybutylene plumbing is the PITS. Remember this post? I'll copy & paste what I wrote before: Eventually Peter plans on replacing all of the plumbing in the house. Back in the 80's they used a material called PB (Polybutylene) piping (the grey stuff below), which these days isn't used or produced because it's SO horrible! They say there are two types of PB piping - the kind that leaks, and the kind that will leak.
A bit of cleanup to do...
HAPPY Saturday y'all.

New furniture!

New wall art!
Story time: :-) When we left Oregon in June 2008 we sold just about all the furniture we owned... Knowing we'd be living in a much smaller space we kept the futon as our "couch" so we could use it as a bed when needed. It came in quite handy a number of times however now that we're in our own place a year and 1/2 later, we finally purchased some furniture!
It's a little bit funky/modern, but we love it! And oh my, it's SO nice to sit on comfy chairs again!
Couch~
This one was a transplant from Oregon - still comfy & it fits right in!
We're looking forward to this Thanksgiving with Ken & Liesl and some friends from Richmond! Hope you have a lovely Turkey Day and have lots to be thankful for! We do!

Sunday's progress

After meeting this morning we got back to work!!
Today's starting point - we were a little over 1/2 way done with the decking.
Now we're finished! (almost) We need one more 14' board for the last run & three 12' boards for the fascia. We'll pick them up tomorrow!
Then we put the ledger board up for the porch roof line...
Starting to put the pillars in place ~
All four pillars up! We'll secure them tomorrow... the fascia piece has to be bolted on to the stringers before we can put the pillars up permanently.
That wrapped up our afternoon/evening! This weekend was a productive one!!

Look what we did!!!

Today we purchased the Ipe for the front porch!
This wood is SOOO pretty!
My plan today was to stain our new front door... which was foiled when I realized they had sent us the wrong color stain. Quite honestly getting this door, all in one unbroken piece, as we ordered it, when we ordered it has been SUCH a pain. I will be glad when this project is behind me! Maybe next weekend?
So I helped my hubby instead!
First two boards down... we're still getting our process figured out here. :)
... but when we get on a roll, you can't stop us! :) It's over half done and we'll finish the rest after meeting tomorrow!
Us'ns in our workin' grubs. Hanging our coats up for the night.
Progress, I love progress!