The Mitchell House

Some Almost Done Pics (day before Thanksgiving)

Completed Master Shower

Carport is walled up inside. We are using it for a cabinet
shop for a day or so while we build closet shelving.

Carpet is installed in all bedrooms. Will show more of those
later.

Cabinets and appliances almost complete!

Carpet, Trim, and Closets

Later today, just before we shut down for Thanksgiving, I am planning to put up a good number of pics.  The carpet man is finishing that up this morning.  The trim painters are getting closer to being through. The shower door man put up the shower glass yesterday in the master bath. It looks awesome. 

I am waiting on the A/C man to finish up.  By next week, we will be working from a "punch list" getting final details to close on December 10th. 

Again, I hope to have a good number of pics by this evening.

I need to post pics!

I have taken pics but have not had the time to upload them.  Today I hired someone to go back and cover nail holes on the crown and baseboard and to do all the caulking and painting on the trim - (cased openings, doors, windows etc.

Unless I am badly mistaken, all I have to do now is a little minor grouting - a little bit of repair work - and I have to put down the 3/4 inch shoe mold on all the base that is sitting on tile.  Then I have to put the interior wall board up in the garage.  That should wrap me up.

Stuff that I am pretty sure will get done this week!
Master Shower glass will be installed.
Trim (all that stuff listed above) will get it's finish coat.
Concrete will get formed up and poured for sidewalks, outside garage pad, and some driveway.
Possibly get the garage door up

NEXT WEEK:
Carpet on Monday

WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING:
Final work on closets and punch list.

Close on house and start moving in!

Every Piece You Nail Up is a Piece You Don't Have to Nail Up Later!

Well, it is getting done - but it is sort of in this "stew" right now!  Today I had to go pick up toilets. I think we have everything pretty much lined up to get the plumbing connections done this weekend.  We got started just after lunch - and the rain gave us a bit of trouble - but we built a saw bench on the back porch. 

We got all but two of the window casings installed.  Of the two left, we have the box built for one-  and we are out of trim for both.  So, 6 of 8 windows look incredibly better!  More caulking and nail-punching to do!

The marble thresholds we had to get to transition between tile and carpet are installed - along with a tad of tile work! Robert did that in about 45 minutes tonight.  

We have all but one door up - the other door is just not here yet - and we have to get door-knobs and door stops - SOON. 

Thursday's (tomorrow's) list!
We are going to work on the casings for our large openings in the house.
The cabinet people are supposed to come back to finalize the cabinets - mainly putting a countertop on the island.
The marble people are coming to install the poured vanity in the master bath.
Not sure about the glass door guy!
We may get some plumbing work done Thursday evening.
We will install baseboard wherever we can.
When time permits (and it may not) I will work on nail punching and filling nail holes in trim.

As tired as I am of working out there this week, I plan to stay late tomorrow working on the trim.

No Pics - but Great Progress

I am taking vacation days to try to finish up the house.  I keep finding minor (but time consuming) stuff to be done.
Today we got up all but two doors.  One I have to reorder to a different style - the other is painted and ready to go up first thing on Tuesday.

We painted a good bit of baseboard.  We did not get any of it put down tonight, but we finished the crown mold.   As I was putting up doors, I noticed that I did not lay the tile quite far enough into the rooms.  So, I have a few small pieces of tile to lay in 4 doorways.  That will mean more grouting as well - yuck! I am beginning to wonder how many other little boo-boos I will find over the next few days.

Cabinets / Doors / Trim

The last couple of days and the next couple of weeks are moving full-speed ahead.  My cabinets were installed this past Thursday - and the island counter-top will be put in on Monday.  We also finished all the grouting! Now we are mopping to get the "film" off the tiles. We have put up nearly all the crown molding. We only lack the tray (which has a few cuts that will take some time) and over the kitchen cabinets where we have to do a little mixing and matching. In the pics below you will note that we have not yet caulked, covered nail holes, or repainted the crown mold.

Above: Crown in Kelsey's room!

Crown mold in the dining room.

Crown Mold in the general living area

View of the kitchen cabinets and island. The cabinets are
"pickled" and the island is a stain. The counter top for the
island comes Monday.

Just a closer view of the cabinets!

Our bath vanity (will get the cultured marble top that matches
the shower next week) and crown next week.

view from the shower!

Porches are FINISHED!

Robert and I finished the back porch tonight. All the plank is on. Richard caulked and got one coat of paint on the front porch today.  We picked up the paint for the crown and baseboards today. Hopefully we will get some grouting done tomorrow - and tomorrow night we will get the rest of the lights on.

Also tomorrow they will install the septic tank and field lines. Tomorrow afternoon I will paint my study - and try to repair the ceiling from a little boo-boo of mine!

A Couple of Updates!

We have been working on plumbing and hardi-plank today.  The plank is going on the back porch. We also got the house "hard plumbed" to the well and got our connection box down in the ground.  We are just about a couple of hours away on finishing the grouting on the tile. Also, we are about to begin painting doors, door facings, and trim.

Below are some pics of the master shower. These were taken before today - we have the fixtures on now but i have not had the time to take a new pic.

The discolored look on the front edge of the seat is really
not there. Light was glaring off of it from the window.

Front porch with siding completed - Still have to paint though!

Below is a more "wooded" view!