The Mitchell House

Basically the Tile is Done!

Being laid that is!  After church last night, I went out to the house and started laying the last portions of the tile.  One area was around the entry way from the garage door - there was just too much traffic and people working to lay it while folks were around.  After that I had another short section behind our firelogs.  That did not take too long - but involved more cutting than the other side. Oh, I still have one small linen closet to get done - I will try to do that Thursday evening. It will only take a few minutes.
I was locked out of it tonight!

Now, the grouting is coming along. It is possible that we might finish all that by Friday or Saturday.  Next on tap is painting trim, baseboards, door facings and doors. Also, we have to finish the hardi plank on the porches.

Pics tomorrow sometime.

no pics - but great work!

Today I had to to burn a vacation day to work at the house. There was too much stuff going on and I had to be out there to handle some stuff.

The garbage pile is gone!

I have cleared some more trees away from where the field lines for the septic tank will run. 

The shower is 99% installed. All they lack is the soap holder. We will also have to order the glass door.

All the tile in all the bathrooms, the utility room, and the master bedroom closet has been grouted. Yeah!

We only lack a couple of short runs of the tile in the main part of the house - a small hallway behind the fireplace and the small hall outside the common bath.  Those two areas will take some time as they involve quite a bit of sawing. 

More light fixtures were installed tonight - and more outlets and switches have come online.

Much was accomplished today. I got home at 9:30 pm.  Long - long day.

We still have to finish the hardy plank on the porches - paint and run crown and base board - and case out the windows and paint and install interior doors.  That is pretty much the main part we have left.

Next week, the cabinets and vanities will be installed.

Got a Lot of Tile Down Today!

We laid tile all day today. We are not too far from having it done. (well, we still have to grout.)  I was in a hurry, so, unfortunately, a couple of the pics are a bit blurred.

AND WE HAVE MORE LIGHT NOW

WOW - WHAT A DAY!

Today I worked from 8:30 am until 10:15 pm.  During that time we got the front half of the house covered in tile -and the water line dug - and the power hooked up to the house - and the water line put in the ditch - and the power line run out to the light pole where I will have a security light.  Tonight, my electrician got our panel wired in - we now have some lights and outlets that are hot inside the house.

Yeah!

More Tile Down

Below you can see a couple more pics of tile Robert put down last Friday.  The last couple of pics is the big tile that goes throughout the main living area.  We started that tonight.

In the master bath!

In the Utility Room

Tonight's run of the BIG TILE for the Foyer

And where it spills into the living room!

My First Experience Laying Tile By Myself

Until today, I have been the tile man's assistant!!! I have been mixing the mud, cutting the tile on the wet saw, and generally doing whatever he needed.  Yesterday we had two going at once so I got real busy there for a while.  This morning we finished up a bathroom - and the my main tile man had to leave.

I decided that I could lay the hall bathroom by myself.  I did!  It turned out pretty good.  The first two pics are of my tile job - the last one with the shower is one Walter did.  I will have pics of what Robert did tomorrow when I have more light.

Tile Work is Underway!

We had a good day today (friday) and as they say - we made a good showing.  We were able to tile our Master bath, master closet, the utility room , and Kelsey's bathroom.  We have just a little early morning work on Saturday morning to finish up the "potty" room in our Master Bath.  There is one other bathroom to finish. 

Hope to post pics tomorrow. (actually - now it is today)

PAINTING UNDERWAY

Below are just a few pics of the inside!

Working Towards an Exterior Finish

The brick work has been done - we have started on the hardiplank porches. The metal and vinyl are now done.  Below are a few pics.

The Brick is OFFICIALLY Done!

The brick work is done - and the sheetrock will be primed tomorrow.  In an effort to restore some normalcy, I spent the day cleaning up the HUGE mess left after the brick work.  Also, I moved a bunch of scrap sheetrock from the front yard to the back.  I do not want my bricks to get stained by the red clay we have up here - so I put down ground cover that the nurseries around here use. That stuff is not cheap!!!

Note the pics below.