Kirby House Renovations

Back in Action

Wow! It's been a really long time since I've updated my blog about our house. Here are some new photos of what we've done to the backyard.

Fire Pit! Burn Baby... Burn

My folks came to visit us for a weekend just to have some company. While my dad and I were pressure washing the driveway I asked my dad to go set up a fire pit. So as I finish washing the driveway I step to the backyard and my dad made a sweet design out of the concrete blocks I had laying around.

Living & Studio Panos

We love the new flooring... all the bitchen and bleeding sure paid off. Thanx a bunch to my folks for helping. We sure learned a lot and had some laughs. Now the only thing left is to install the 3/4 round to go around the baseboards. I'm taking a break.

Once you are on my flickr page, be sure to click the "all sizes" button (above the image) to view the larger image.

Flooring Day Two

Okay... We are back for day two and we are feeling the pain of being on the ground all of yesterday. Time to finish up the hallway then move into the dinning area. As you can see we have some doorways to deal with... arg. We took a piece of cardboard and would make a door template. We would then trace that out onto the flooring board and jigsaw cut it. This means we made a few cuts here and there until the piece fit properly. As we entered the dining area we finally figured out how to properly put it all together and we are moving right along.

We are in the studio now... Finally! We are super tired but still having a good time and laughing at our stupid mistakes. All in all we learned a lot and had a great time working together. There were times we got frustrated but that's expected from two short tempered kirbys on the job.

Flooring Day One

You can see we have quite the task ahead of us. I am excited and the blood is flowing. I'm ready to get the show on the road. We've never installed laminate flooring so this should be quite the adventure. I can see many frustrations that may take place along the way.

We still haven't really figured out a good method to laying the flooring so things aren't going together all to well. Now we have the living room laid and have moved into the hallway. It took us about two hours to finish the living room and three hours to get around the first corner and threshold. If i could summerize this project with one word it would be "improvise"... well one more... "knees".

Just some random shots during the flooring install weekend adventure. The table saw sure helped us out a lot. I got it from my grandfather (on dads side) in Connecticut. I got lots of tools passed on to me from my grandfather. My dad sure hooked me up by bringing them all down for me.

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Studio Workspace Finished

Finally got the workspace finished. I'm really happy with the results. The dark stain was getting old so I went with dads advice and finished the top with a natural stain. The wood grain really pops out and has so much depth. I'm sure gonna hate covering it all up with computers and monitors... naw not really hehe.

Porch & Yard

Here are some photos of the porch (painted), truck parking spot, front & back yard, and the family photo hallway.

Studio Set Up

Got the desk built. Stain it? Paint it? who knows?

Painted Studio & Dining Area

Here's the first coat of bright green and it really didn't go on smooth. The cool thing is that the walls will have a soft texture apperarence. This was a pain because I have zero patience... arggg (stupid typing). See... there I go.

The dinning area now has a white chair rail with thin white stripes that extend to the floor.

Renovations Anyone?

It's been a while sense I've posted anything... We've been really busy and loving all the excitment. My parents came up the first couple of times to help paint and trim the yard up. Soon after... Heathers parents came to visit and her father helped me build the bar. Big Thanx goes to the folks! Now we are getting somewhere. Place is starting to look like a home!

First Day Moved In... Month of May 06'.

We are super excited to be homeowners. To hell with renting... although we did have a really sweet apt. But I digress... We've got so many ideas-a-brewin and can't wait to get started.

Kirb's House Blog

Bout time I started this blog back up. I figured this would be a better way to keep ya'll informed on house renovations. Thanx goes out to Taylor Mcknight for helping me to get this back up and running and for the server space.

NOTE: Click the thumbnails (takes you to my flickr page)... then leave a comment.