So Quiet!

After 5 days of spraying foam the house is fully insulated. I have to tell you I am very impressed with this spray foam insulation. It is something we decided to do because of the age of our home and energy efficiency. The major difference with spray foam is that it is structural and that was really important to us. Not only does everything feel really solid, it is also amazingly quiet! Everyday when I come to see the progress of the day it feels more and more like a home. We are hoping to move in early September, and now that feels like right around the corner. The next step is sheetrock. They measured yesterday and will deliver the sheetrock later this week.

Inspiration!!

Well the form came down from the fireplace and I am in love with it! It turned out better than I thought it would. It is exactly what I wanted... simple, clean, modern and classic. I thought I should include the inspiration that I was keying into. This fireplace just spoke to me one day out of Veranda magazine while standing in line at the grocery store. I can't wait to take down the plastic that is protecting it and let it really shine.

Fireplace Poured

A productive week! This week we got the inspection done for our electrical and passed. Thanks Warren & Clinton! We also finally have running water and we also got our fireplace poured. Here are a few shots of the fireplace with the form up. Can't wait to see how it looks when we take it off. I hope it looks just like my Veranda inspiration.

A Few Past & Present Shots

The back patio area with the sunroom door.


Shag green carpet and castle inspired decor filled the space, now all you notice is the green that is framed up by the windows and doors.


When we bought the house the entryway was dark and divided. Now the space is sun filled and open.

Inside View of the New Windows & Doors

Front door with fir on the inside

Living room looking out on Kenwood Parkway

Living room fireplace framed by 2 large windows

Kitchen door that opens out to our patio

Sunroom door looking out to the patio/back yard

New Doors & Windows Galore!

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Our new front door! I like to think of it as a Modern Classic look.

Back patio area off the sunroom & kitchen. Large glass doors fill the house with light!


Hooray, Hooray the new windows and doors are in!

After months of waiting for the windows to get made and a few more months of us getting the framing done, our windows finally got installed. It took 7 workers 3 days to install 22 windows, 3 main doors and 3 sets of french doors. While all the framing on the inside and outside flashing are not yet complete the windows are finally in. Now we can move on to the last framing details and getting the city in to approve the work before the spray foam insulation goes up. Our house was anything but easy to install windows in with our overly deep window wells and jams. The workers that did the windows did an exceptional job!

The previous owner had lost the keys to the doors so the only access in was with our old dying garage door opener. It is such a treat to have doors that now open. We have come a long way from nailed shut doors and crumbling old lead glass windows.

*Side note the outside doors have a protective blue plastic film on them. The actual color of the windows and doors exterior is dark bronze.*

Prepping for the New Windows & Doors

Oh, let the sun shine in!

Plastic on the openings until the new windows and doors are installed.

Taking out the old french doors.

Well it has been quite a while since my last post. We are excited to say that things are starting back up again. The new windows and doors will be in before you know it or so Synergy (window installers) says. This last weekend we spent some time prepping for the new windows with moving ferns so they would not get trampled and removing some of the old windows and doors with our new neighbor Tom and his son Ian. It is great to see the sunlight filling the space that once had smokey tar covered windows.