Yippee!!! The fireplace and the back patio are finished. The team we used was great - very gracious as I handpicked each stone and gave them scores of magazine pictures to show what I liked about each one, but not wanting to just copy any of them. None of the guys spoke very much english, but were all very polite and pleasant to be around. The kids and I enjoyed bringing back treats from the store for them after school - cookies from a mexican bakery just outside out neighborhood, coca-cola...lots of coca cola! We actually miss not having them around. They will be back when the project is wrapping up to do the grill and outdoor kitchen. I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but our fireplace and stairs are mixed with brick, arkansas moss stone and flagstone. The bricks we pulled up from the driveway and placed them in like we had chipped away the stone to find the brick underneath. We blended the two with exposed mortar - just slapped on and smeared. The only thing missing at this point is the mantle, which Clint is fitting over the the two stones that are sticking out.
We spend so much time in backhouse now, that it will be so nice to enjoy the patio as well. Since we are facing the opposite direction, you can kind of forget that behind you it looks like a war zone! The framers should be here tomorrow to place the forms for the back of the house so we can get it inspected and re-surveyed. THEN, we can start the building on the back. The countdown is on - I am hosting my sisters baby shower here on June 14th...we probably won't have a kitchen yet, but i am hoping to use the outside. Only time will tell. We might have to get creative to cover up the dumpster!
Clint pulled out a window from the part of the kitchen we tore down...he said this house was built well - they had installed "high dollar windows" for the time - double hung with pully weights on the top AND the bottom. I hate to throw the window away, but it so bulky...does anyone have any creative ideas?
We spend so much time in backhouse now, that it will be so nice to enjoy the patio as well. Since we are facing the opposite direction, you can kind of forget that behind you it looks like a war zone! The framers should be here tomorrow to place the forms for the back of the house so we can get it inspected and re-surveyed. THEN, we can start the building on the back. The countdown is on - I am hosting my sisters baby shower here on June 14th...we probably won't have a kitchen yet, but i am hoping to use the outside. Only time will tell. We might have to get creative to cover up the dumpster!
Clint pulled out a window from the part of the kitchen we tore down...he said this house was built well - they had installed "high dollar windows" for the time - double hung with pully weights on the top AND the bottom. I hate to throw the window away, but it so bulky...does anyone have any creative ideas?
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Hey. I sent you two designs last night. Just wanted to make sure you got them.
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