Introduction

• Construction Photos
  • Aerial Shots
    • Before We Broke Ground!
    • Aerial Shot as of January 2010
  • Septic Photos
    • Septic Clean Outs
    • The Tanks
    • Leach Chambers
    • Look at all those Leach Chambers
    • Yard Dug Up
    • All Buried In
    • Still All Buried In
  • Planning & Practice Photos
    • Front
    • Downstairs
    • Upstairs
    • Practice Dome #1
    • Practice Dome #2
    • Trying Practice Dome #2 on For Size!
  • Garage Photos
    • Garage and House Site
    • Garage Site
    • House Site
    • Garage Foundation Ready for Concrete
    • Garage Foundation Ready for Concrete Close-Up
    • Garage Pour
    • Garage Almost Complete. . .
    • The Back Wall Of The Garage Cleared Out To Start Our New Workout Room With Loft Storage Above
    • The Workout Equipment That Takes Up So Much Space Waiting For It's New Home
    • The Studs Going Up
    • The Workout Equipment Moved In So We Could Move The Wood Needed Into Place On The Outside Of The Room
    • Working On The Floor Joists
    • Peter Helping To Lay The Sub Floor In The Loft/ Storage Area
    • Nathaniel "Chilling Out" With An Ice Cream Cone
    • Bringing Up Some Of The Storage Items
    • Jim Foamed The Metal With His Fast Kick Gun
    • We Then Put Up Rolled Insulation To Help Keep It Cool Or Warm
    • Jim Making Faces At Me Because He Did Not Want His Picture Taken
    • Looking Up.
    • Jim Installed His Garage Cabinets
    • A View Of The Storage Loft Above
    • The Bikes Hanging On Their New Hangers
    • The Floor Getting Cleared Out
    • The Ventilation Fan From The Outside
    • The Vent Fan From The Inside
    • WOW! A Garage Door Opener
    • The Finished Garage
    • The Finished Garage With Cement and Flower Pots
    • The Door Cut Out and the AC/Heater Cut Out in the Workout Area
    • The Back Door is In
    • WOW! Two cars in the Garage
    • A New Storage Shelf : Using Wasted Space
    • An Inside View
    • The Exterior, Still needing a Bit of Trim
  • Foundation Photos
    • Plumbing Getting Roughed In
    • Beams Dug In
    • Plumbing & Conduit Ready
    • Ready for the Big Pour
    • The 1st Cement Truck on the Big Day
    • Finished Slab - View to the Front of the Dome
    • View to the Master Bedroom Porch Area
  • Exterior Coating Photos
    • Gore Pattern
    • Tool to Glue Gores Together
    • Lining up Gores and Contact Cement
    • More Contact Cement
    • Gore Pieces Lined Up and Ready for Tape
    • Basic Exterior Coating Complete
    • 6 Foot Circle Cut Out for Top of Dome
  • Inflation Photos
    • Airform Strapped onto the Foundation
    • Inflator Fan Hooked Up
    • It's Getting Big!
    • All Inflated
    • Airform at Night
    • The Girdle
    • Door Bucks and Window Boxes In
    • Scaffolding in Place
    • Front Door Buck . . . Girdle On
    • Girdle Off
  • Foam Photos
    • 1st Round of Foam Going On
    • 1st Layer of Foam Done
    • Rebar Hangers Going Into Foam
    • Last Coat of Foam Sprayed Over Rebar Hangers
    • Taped Off And Ready For Foam
    • The First Sprays
    • Moving On....LOOK At All That Foam Dust
    • Finished Living Room Window
    • Jim Working On Arch And Picture Window
    • Door Area Done
    • Peter Scraping The Foam Off The Edges Of The Wood
  • Rebar Photos
    • Stem Wall Being Rebarred In
    • Moving On Up!
    • Starting the Verticals
  • Augment Photos
    • Window Augments On Waiting to be Foamed In
    • Jim Putting on the Augments
    • Exterior View at Night
    • A Few of the Ripped up Augments
    • Another Ripped Augment
    • The Cut Out Holes
    • A Different Window
    • A View from the Outside
    • Plan #2
    • Wooden Front Augment with Supports
    • Foil Fabric Attached
    • Window Augment Foamed In
    • Window Augments Rebarred In
  • Shot-crete Photos
    • The First Layer Going
    • The First Layer Done
    • Layer Number Two
    • Layer Number Two
    • Different View of Layer #2
    • More Shot-crete
    • More Shot-crete
    • Shot-creted Window Augment
    • Girdle Off
    • The Rebound on the Floor
  • Concrete Staining
    • Stained Concrete
    • Stained Concrete
    • Some Of The Master Bedroom Floor
    • Floors In The Kitchen Where The Fridge Goes
    • Floors In The Entry Way
    • Floors Through The Living Room
  • Windows and Doors
    • Our First Window
    • Installing a Window
    • Front Door Entry
    • Starting the Windows and Doors
    • Master Bedroom Door
    • Back Door
    • Bedroom Window
    • View from Inside
    • School Room Window
    • Front Window
    • The New Screen Door On The Back Door
    • Painted Front Door
    • The Painted Master Bedroom Door With The New Lockset
    • View Of The Exterior Octagon Window Painted
  • Roof Covering Photos
    • Peeling off the External Fabric
    • Looking Up
    • Starting Stuccoflex
    • Doing the Roof . . .
    • Peter on the Boom Lift
    • Having a Seat . . .
    • Cool Shot
    • Getting Close to Done
    • Front View
  • Brick Photos
    • Girlde Off . . . Starting to Seal
    • Primed, Sealed, Ready for Brick
    • Back Door Ready for Brick
    • The Brick Load
    • Custom Brick Hangers
    • Custom Brick Hangers
    • First Row of Brick
    • Moving Up
    • Bricks in Progress
    • Kids Having Fun
    • Getting There
    • Water Table
    • Back Door
    • Bottom Finished
    • Back Door, Bedroom Above
    • Front View
    • Back View
  • Framing/Trim Photos
    • Master Bath Taped Off
    • Taping off the Wall Locations
    • The First Ramset
    • Framing the Half Bath
    • The Supervisor
    • Framing In
    • Framed Master Bedroom
    • Arial View
    • Another Arial View
    • Framing Upstairs
    • More Framing Upstairs
    • Arch Doorway into the Music Room
    • Framing to the Dome East Side of the Upstairs
    • A View to the South or Front of the Dome
    • A View From in the Playroom
    • Secured Framing Over Hall Bathroom and Playroom
    • Secured Framing Looking to Samuel's Room and the Music Room
    • Secured Framing Looking to Nathaniel's Room
    • Secured Framing to the Dome Looking to Peter's Room and the Music Room
    • Antique Telephone Stand Framed Into The 2 x 4's
    • The New Smaller Computer Room Entry
    • The New Doorway Cut Out From Entryway Into The Computer Room
    • The Framed In Doorway To The Laundry/ HVAC Area
    • The Second Framed In Archway To The Computer Room
    • Framing In Over Window
    • Jim Framing In The Openings For The Antique Clear Story Windows
    • The Openings Painted And Waiting For The Windows
    • The Openings On The East Side Of The Dome
    • This Is A Picture Taken From The Camera That Fell Off The Roof
    • Looking Out Our Picture Window At The Beautiful Snow
    • View To The Front Of The Dome With Trim Added But Not Sanded Yet
    • Clear Story Window On The East Side Of The Dome
    • Clear Story Window On The West Side Of The Dome
    • The Metal Medallion Up Where The Attic Fan Is Going To Be
    • The Transom Windows In
    • View From The Inside Of A Bedroom
    • Looking up At The New Medallion
    • Baseboards Upstairs Filled, Primed and Painted
    • Antique Windows Have All been Painted... View Open
    • View Closed
    • Baseboards Filled In
    • Octagons Windows Have Been Trimmed In and Painted
    • Baseboards In The School Room
    • The West Side of The Entry
    • Jim Starting to Add The Decorative Columns To The Front Entry
    • The East Side Column Trimmed in and Painted
    • The 1/2 Bath Crown Molding Is Ready for Paint
    • The First Layer of Molding To Make the Crown Molding In The Computer Room
    • The Next Piece Added and Then Caulked, Still Needing Paint
    • The 1/2 Bath Started
    • The Dining Room Area Ready for Paint
    • Looking over the Living Room Window and Doorway to The Computer Room
    • Jim Putting Liquid Nails On the First Piece Of Rubber Crown Molding
    • The First Piece Installed
    • The Crown Molding Up And Filled With Drywall Compound
    • I Figured I Better Do Some Cleaning While The Scaffolding Was In The House
    • Painting The Concrete Around the New Trim
    • All DONE!
  • Half Bathroom Photos
    • Floor Pattern
    • The First Running Water
    • The Throne
    • Ready to Use!
    • Some Of the Crown Molding
    • Looking Down So That You Can See The Granite Tile Floor
    • It Is Hard To see It All In A Small Room
    • Looking In From Doorway
  • Floor Joist Photos
    • Bar Joists Going Up
    • Bar Joists View 1
    • Bar Joists View 2
    • Bar Joists View 3
    • Temporary Boards to Walk On
    • Jim Showing the Height at the Upstairs Windows
    • The Second Half of the Joists Welded and in Place
    • The Crew
    • First Subfloor Boards Going Down
    • Another View
    • Peter on the Job
    • Cleaned and Ready
    • Look From Below #1
    • Look From Below #2
  • Electric Photos
    • Electric Box
    • Electric Lines are Buried Beneath Driveway . . .
    • Lights Off . . .
    • Lights On!
  • Wood Flooring
    • Making Progress
    • Peace on the Job
    • The First Hardwood Floor Board
    • Getting There
    • Even Closer
    • All Done!
    • Floor Wars
  • Master Bathroom
    • Ready to Install . . .
    • The Throne
    • Working Hard . . .
    • Installing the Tub
    • The Temporary Kitchen Sink Doubling as a Bathroom Sink
    • Tile Started Waiting on Ceiling to be Framed In
    • Tile on Newly Framed Ceiling
    • Closer View
    • Masterbath Shower All Tiled--Now Waiting For Grout
    • Grouted, Sealed and Caulked!
    • Drywall In Master Bathroom
    • Tile Floor Started In Master Bathroom
    • Different Angle
    • The Finished Tile Floor In The Master Bathroom
    • Samuel lending A Helping Hand On The Grout
    • The Master Bath Ceiling Drywalled
    • The Anique Dresser Being Transformed Into A Bathroom Vanity
    • The Vanity Being Tried For Size And Hooked Up Temporarily
    • The Medicine Cabinet
    • Getting Closer To Being Done
    • Antique Cabinet Over The Toilet
    • Grout Done. The Scrap Foam Pieces Are There To Be A Sound Blocker.
    • Dura- Rock Installed
    • Tile Ready For Grout
    • Tiles And Edge Pieces Set
    • Granite Is Cut And Numbered
    • Granite Is Sealed. Sink And Wall Are Caulked.
    • Ready To Use Daily
    • The Access Panel Doors Have Been Installed
    • The Antique Vanity With All The Drawers Installed
    • Looking From The Toilet Area
    • Looking Towards The Door From The Closest
    • View From The Doorway Coming In
  • Second Floor Bathroom
    • Shower
    • Ready for Floor
    • Here's the Tile
    • Peace!
    • The Hall Bathroom Is Coming Along
    • Getting Ready For The Granite Tiles
    • Jim At Work On The Wet Saw
    • Granite Tiles Set
    • The Granite And Backsplash Done
    • A View To The Door Of The Vanity Area
    • Extra Storage
    • The Vanity Area
    • Looking In From The Doorway
    • The Toilet Area
    • Looking Towards The Door
  • Culvert and Driveway
    • The Ditch is Dug
    • Another View
    • Filling in the Ditch
    • More to be Filled . . .
    • Finished (Straight) Driveway: View to the Street
    • Finished (Straight) Driveway: View from the Street
    • Closer View
    • More Filled
    • More Driveway
    • Finished Driveway
    • A Little Landscaping of the Drive
    • The Driveway Getting Prepped For A Concrete Slab
    • Setting The Forms
    • Spreading The Sand
    • Rebar Tied, We Are Now Ready For Concrete
    • Starting To Pour
    • Coming Along
    • Spreading The Concrete
    • Pull!
    • Finishing The Surface
    • Our New Slab
  • Stairway
    • Getting Started
    • Ready for Risers
    • Close . . .
    • View from Underneath
    • Starting the Bar Area Under the Stairs
    • Storage Under the Stairs
    • Under The Stairs To The Master Bedroom Before Granite Was Installed
    • Under The Stairs After Granite Was Installed
    • The Last Of The Oak Treads Are Installed
    • Our Lone Newel Post
    • Peter Next To A Newly Set Newel Post
    • Trying The Balusters Out To Make Sure The Spacing Is Correct
    • One Section Of Railing Installed
    • Two Sections Installed
    • A View Across To Other Side Which Is Not Done Yet
    • Starting Of The Other Side
    • Railing Installed
    • Upstairs View Looking To The East Side
    • Upstairs View Looking To The Front Of The Dome
    • The Stair Treads Sanded
    • The Stair Treads With Two Coats Of Polyurethane
    • The Hand Rail Going Up Started
    • The Risers With Backer Board Waiting For Tile To Be Installed
    • I Started The Tiling
    • Jim Getting Closer To Being Done With The Hand Railing
    • A Few More Risers Done With Tile
    • The Top Landing Of The Stairs Cement Boarded And Waiting For Tile
    • Tile Work Done At Top Of The Stairs
    • Looking Down
    • Peter Removing The Wood And Nails At The Top Of The Stairs
    • Tile On The Sides To Cover The Ugly Stringers
    • Looking Up The Stairs
    • Under The Stairs Storage With The Doors On
    • Under The Stairs Storage With The Doors And Handles On
    • Trim Under The Stairs
    • Jim Has Finished Out Under The Stairs
    • Where The Glass Holder And Storage Basket Have Been Added
    • Looking Down At the Newly Grouted Stairway
    • This is Me Working On Appling The Polyurethane To the Handrails
    • The Taped Off Stair Treads For The Grouting
    • Looking Down
    • Some Steps Grouted
    • The Grout Wiped Once and Needing The Haze to Be Wiped Again
    • I Applied Siliconized Grout Under Each Stair Tread
    • The Tiled Mirror Is Started That Covers The Electric Panel
    • The Stairs All Done With Polyurethane, Tile, Grout, Paint, and Trim
  • Laundry Room
    • View from Outside
    • View of Thickness of Foam and Cement
    • Not Just the Munster's Have a "Thing"
    • We Have Water! Bring on the Endless Laundry.
    • The New Corner Shelves That Jim Custom Built To Form To The Dome
    • The Shelves Loaded Up
    • The Laundry Shoot From The Upstairs
    • This Is From The Camera That Fell Off The Roof Of The Laundry Room All Organized
    • This Is Of The Newly Hung Bi-fold Door That We Hung Going To The Laundry Room
    • The Laundry Room Shelves Taken From The New Camera
  • HVAC and Furring Strips
    • The HVAC Unit in the Laundry Room
    • Some of the Duct Work
    • Furring Strips in the Dining Room Area
    • Furring Strips in the Living Room to the Computer Area
    • Furring Strips in the Pantry
    • Furring Strips in the Kitchen
    • Furring Strips in the Master Bedroom
    • Furring Along Dome in Master Bedroom
  • Holes
    • Vent Pipe Hole Over the Hall Bathroom
    • Laundry Room Hole
    • Laundry Room Hole From Outside Looking In
    • Laundry Room Hole From Farther Back
    • Future Location of our Whole House Fan
    • Peek a Boo from Jim
    • A Picture To Show How Deep The Concrete Is
    • OOPS! That Is Not Where We Thought It Would Be
    • That Is Better . . .
    • The Sunlight Shining Through Our Newest Hole
    • Looking Down From On The Roof
    • The New Vent And Cap
    • Fixed Misplaced Hole
    • Capped Vent
    • Jim Jack Hammering A Vent In The Wall Between The School Room And The Play Room
  • Fencing Photos
    • The Work Crew
    • Post Set For a Gate to the Back Yard
    • Setting Posts On North Back Side Of The House
    • Holes Dug And Post Waiting To Be Set On The East Side
    • Samuel Helping His Dad
    • Quality Control
    • Over Half Done
    • Just A Few More Small Details To Go
    • Keeping Kids And Dogs In
    • Boxwoods On East Side Of The Fence
    • Boxwoods Along The North (Backside)
  • Landscaping
    • The West Side Of The House
    • The East Side Of The House
    • Retaining Wall Started
    • Some Of My Helpers
    • Building Up
    • The Growing Retaining Wall
    • Row 4
    • The Last Row
    • Almost Done, Just Needing The Finishing Touches
    • More Flowers And Mulch
    • West Side Landscaping
    • East Side Landscaping
    • Two Apple Trees Planted
    • Street View
    • Hooking The Flag To The Rope
    • The First Raising Of The Flag
    • A Close Up Of One Side Of The Landscaping.
    • The Other Side With The Actual Flag Pole
    • The Backyard Covered In Snow
    • When Watering I Noticed A Small Patch Of Wet Soil
    • The Boys Busy Digging A Trench For A Spigot On The East Side Of The House
    • Samuel Hard At Work
    • The New, Make My Watering Easier, Water Spigot
    • Samuel Playing In His New Tunnel Through The Dirt
    • Dirt Added To The Backyard
    • Two Of The Three Dirt Loads That We Had Delivered
    • Peter Hauling Dirt With Our New Tilt Trailer
    • The Septic Line And Electric Line Being Laid Out
    • Sod Done In The Back Fenced Area Of The Yard
    • Sod By The Master Bedroom Porch
    • The Sod!
    • The First Sod Pieces Laid
    • The Boys At Work
    • Going Around With The Sod
    • Sod Done Between The Garage And The House
    • Jim Working And The Dog Enjoying The Grass
    • Snow On My New Sod And The Sod Waiting To Get Installed Around Front
    • Snow Again!
    • Backyard Graded And Ready For Seed
    • The Hydro-seeding Trailer
    • The First Blasts Of Seeding
    • Moving Along
    • Half Of The Yard Sprayed
    • Seeding By the Flag Pole Area
    • The Other Side of The Back Yard
    • Me Setting Stepping Stones and Laying Sod Next To My Flower Beds
    • Some Of The New Grass and Flowers Looking To The East
    • My New Ring Of Flowers Around The Front Tree
    • The Front Of The House Garden Areas Shaping Up
    • The Yard Is Greening Up
  • Porches
    • Jim At Work
    • Jim Setting A Column Over The 4x4 Post
    • Both Columns Set And Waiting For The Top Piece
    • Jim Attached Some Scrap Plywood To Make A Rain Cover
    • The Outside Coming Along-March 2009
    • Looking Down Over The Back Door
    • A Side View Of The Back Door Porch
    • Small Porch Covering Over The Back Door
    • Jim Starting To Work On The Front Porch Again
    • The Columns Painted and The Gutters Extended with Water Directors
    • Laying Plywood For Support Under The Metal Roof
    • Framing In of The Front Porch
    • The Guttering Downspouts Coming Out the Bottom Of A Column
    • Putting On The Guttering
    • The Porch Nearly Done. We Still Have to Metal Clad The Front
    • Venting For The Porch
    • View Of The Peak Of The Porch Roof
    • Porch Roofing Tied Into The Dome
    • The Front Porch Waiting For The Front Metal Cladding and Then It Will Be Done
    • Looking West
    • Looking East
    • The Porch All Trimmed In
  • Drywall
    • House Wrap Added And Lose Fill Insulation Put In So The Whole 6 Inches Are Filled With Insulation
    • The Front Of The Dome Almost Done
    • The Cool Drywall Lifter! First Ceiling Piece Being Hung.
    • A Different Angle Of The Lifter
    • Laundry Room Wall Drywalled. We Are Leaving The Ceilings Open In This Part For Easier Access.
    • A Wall In The Master Bedroom
    • Looking Into The 1/2 Bath From The Entry By The Stairs
    • The Starting Of The Master Bedroom Ceiling
    • Peter Giving It A Try
    • A Wall In Samuel's Room
    • Samuel's Closet
    • Ceiling/Walls In The Dining Room
    • Looking Into The Kitchen
    • Pantry
    • View Of Living Room Ceilings And Foamed, Wrapped And Stuffed Windows Waiting For Drywall
    • View Of Master Bedroom Ceiling With Windows Dressed And Waiting
    • A Wall In The Schoolroom
    • Schoolroom Desks Back In Place On The Drywalled Walls
    • Walls In The Music Room Finished To 8 Feet. It Will Be Drywalled To The Dome.
    • A View Out The Music Room Doorway To The Other Side Of The Dome Where The Bathroom And Nathaniel's And Play Room's Are
    • Samuel's Closet. Who's Excited?
    • Upper Walls Of The Music Room Looking To The East Side Of The Dome
    • East Side Of Dome. Playroom, Hall Bathroom And Nathaniel's Room Drywalled To The Dome Ceiling.
    • West Side Of Dome. Peter's, Music, And Samuel's Room Drywalled To The Dome Ceiling.
    • Drywall in Playroom
    • Wall To The Dome
    • Other Side
    • Jim At Work
    • Inside A Bedroom
    • Outside A Bedroom
    • Looking To The Front Of The Dome. Both Sides Done.
    • Drywalled Ceiling In The Half Bath
    • Drywall Under The Stairs Leading To The Master Bedroom
    • Drywall In The Master Bathroom Looking Towards The Closet
    • Drywalled Ceiling In The Upstairs Hall Bathroom
    • Drywalled Ceiling In The Master Bathroom
    • Drywall In The Pantry
    • I Did A Layer Of Plastic First
    • Computer Room Floors Covered
    • After The Plastic I Rolled And Taped A Paper Layer
    • Another View Of The Papered Floors
    • Going Through The Kitchen
    • The Living Room Towards The Stairway
    • From The Stairway To The West Wall Of The Dome
    • School Room 1st Coat
    • Nathaniel's Room 1st Coat
    • Samuel's Room 1st Coat
    • Arches Into The Computer Room
    • East Side Looking To The Hall Bathroom And Playroom
    • West Side Looking To Peter's Room And The Music Room
    • East side 2nd coat
    • West Side 2nd Coat
    • Kitchen Area 1st Coat
    • Master Bedroom
    • Master Bathroom Looking Towards The Closet
    • The Stairway Storage Areas
    • Looking Towards The Picture Window
    • 2nd Coat In The Kitchen
    • Master Bedroom
    • Master Bathroom 2nd Coat
    • Nathaniel's Closet Wall
    • Samuel Is Not Sure About The New Texture
    • Peter's Room Textured
    • One Of The Upstairs Windows With Texture
    • Hall Bathroom Looking Over The Shower Stall Which We Had To Leave In
    • Nathaniel In His Newly Textured Room
    • Front Picture Window Sprayed With Texture
    • View From In The Pantry
  • Painting
    • First Layer of Primer Being Sprayed On
    • Look at all that Paint in the Air!
    • The Rebound on the Floor
    • Paint Job
    • Paint Job
    • Paint Job
    • Primed Walls And The Ceiling Painted In The Kitchen Area
    • Ceilings In The Living Room
    • Outside Peter's Room
    • Outside Nathaniel's Room
    • Computer Room Primed
    • West Side Primed And Waiting For Paint
    • School Room Primed And The Window Augments Painted White Like The Dome
    • Painting The School Room Around One Sleeping Dog
    • Peter's Room Primed And The Window Augment Painted White
    • Master Bedroom Painted Light Sage Green
    • Kitchen Painted Behind The Fridge And Where The Cabinets Will Not Be
    • A Wall In The Playroom Painted The Same Color As The Master Bedroom
    • The West Side Painted
    • The School Room Painted
    • East Side Painted
    • Front Of Dome
    • The Trim Painting Set Up
  • Kitchen
    • The Stove Unboxed
    • Peter Cooking Us Some Eggs To Try Out The New Stove
    • Jim Hanging Cabinet Boxes On The Fridge Wall
    • Cabinet Boxes On The Stove Wall
    • Cluttered But Making Progress
    • Getting More Cabinet Doors On
    • Two Handles Installed
    • Microwave In And Lowered, Walls Waiting To Be Painted
    • My Real Sink
    • We Have Water!
    • View To The Stove Wall With My New Area Over The Stove Painted And Decorated
    • Plywood Removed, Waiting For Granite To Be Installed
    • Plywood Taken Off By The Fridge
    • Plywood Taken Off The Bar And Sink Put Back In For A Few Days
    • Close Up Of Our Granite "Blue Knight"
    • The Island/Bar Without The Sink
    • The Sink Hole Taped Off Before They Made The Cuts
    • I Made Cookies To Celebrate!
    • Granite On The Stove Wall
    • Granite By The Fridge
    • Cabinets With Granite Countertops By The Fridge
    • A View Of The Countertops Looking From The Living Room Over The Top Of The Island
    • A Slightly Different View Of The Kitchen
    • Two Rows Of Tile Done On The Stove Wall Backsplash
    • Stove Wall With Row Of Glass Tile Added
    • Stove Wall All Tiled And Waiting For Grout
    • Fridge Wall With Two Rows Of Tile And Row Of Glass Tile Done
    • The Fridge Wall All Tiled And Waiting For Grout
    • The Bar Area Under The Stairs Before Tile
    • The Bar Area's Tile Up And Waiting For Grout
    • Putting In The Grout
    • The Tile Cleaned And The Grout Drying
    • A Close Up Look
    • The Bar Area Grouted
    • The Kitchen Almost Done
    • The Kitchen Done And Set Up To Use
    • A Different View Of That Beautiful Kitchen!
    • Samuel Is Pulling Out The Tile Spacers
    • Samuel Hard At Work!
    • Jim Added Metal Corners And Trim To Finish Out Under The Kitchen Island
    • View From By The Stairway
    • Looking From The Dining Room
  • Samuel's Room
    • Samuel's New Bed
    • New Ceiling Fan Installed
    • Samuel's Bedroom
    • Looking Towards the Closest
    • View When Entering His Room
    • Every Good Cowboy Needs His Deer Antlers Somewhere in His Room
    • The Bed Wall
  • Nathaniel's Room
    • Nathaniel's Room Will Be Military
    • View Moved Over A Bit To Include The Door Area
    • ATTENTION! Nathaniel's Bed Is Guarded.
    • View Of An Eagle Soaring Over The Door
    • The Bed Wall With Ample Storage Below For Weapons and Toys
    • View From The Window
  • Peter's Room
    • Peter's Room
    • A Different Angle In Peter's Room
    • View From The Doorway
    • View From The Window Area
    • Antique Saw Tool Over The Door
    • Looking Towards The Door
  • Master Bedroom
    • Coming Into the Bedroom
    • Looking Towards The Master Bathroom
    • Looking Towards The Door
    • View Towards The Back Porch Door
  • Metal Cladding
    • Jim Installing Metal Roof Sheeting To The Augment.
    • The Metal Sheeting Down The Side Of The Augment
    • Flashing Around The Dome
    • The Metal Flashing
    • Extra Flashing Under The Windows
    • The Pile of 1500 Cut Metal Pieces--14 X14 Squares
    • The First Few Going Up
    • The First Triangle
    • Under a Window Augment
    • Making Progress
    • Jim At Work
    • View Of The Pattern
    • Closer Up View
    • Another View
    • Stepping Back A Bit
    • Jim Working On The Second Section
    • Second Section Getting To The Point Where We Need To Go On Top Of The Dome To Continue
    • A Different Angle
    • One Of Those Ugly Areas That I Was Talking About
    • Ugly Spot Covered!
    • Jim Starting Work On The 4th Section
    • Looking Up At The 4th Section
    • Jim Working On The Northside On The 4th And 5th Section
    • View Of The Westside, 3rd And 4th Sections Done As Far Up As Our Ladder Will Reach
    • The 4th And 5th Section Being Worked On
    • We Have Made It All The Way Around The Dome
    • Back Augment With Cement/Foam Mixture To Fill Is Some Of The Voids
    • Awful Bumpy Foam Over Samuel's Window Augment
    • Front Augment Before The Metal Was Installed Over The Top
    • Metal Cladding Started Over Front Augment
    • Cladding Over Nathaniel's Window Augment
    • The Sun Going Down
    • Cladding Over Peter's Window Augment
    • View Of The Back From The Top
    • Jim Having A Commercial Break
    • You Can See The Straightened Out Tiles
    • Getting Closer To The Top
    • Taping Off And Applying Some Stuccoflex To The Tiles To Help Them Not Be Slippery In A Walk Path Up Onto The Roof
    • The Window Augment That We Climb Up Onto The Roof
    • The Sun Going Down On Another Day
    • We Made It To The Top By The Cupola Area.
    • Snow Covering The Dome; A View From The Backside
    • Snow Covering The Dome; A View From The Street
    • Jim Is Finishing Out The Augment Windows Like This
    • Metal Done To The Copula
    • Jim's Five Stitches
  • Pantry
    • The New Cabinets In The Pantry
    • Pantry
    • Upper Cabinets
    • The Pantry Door Taken From The New Camera
    • Look At the Crown Molding
    • All Finished and Beautiful
  • Extra Projects Around the Dome
    • One The Old Color And One Sanded
    • Some Stripped Applied
    • All Six Chairs Sanded the First Time
    • The First Coat of Stain
    • The Second Coat on One Chair
    • One Chair Stained In The New Color
    • Stripped A Second Time
    • The Test Area
    • Two Arm Chairs Ready Again
    • The Six Chairs Done For The Last Time By Me
    • Jim Has Cut The Table To Shape and Is Working On Drilling Holes into The Metal Edging Every Foot
    • The Edging Rolled Out With Contact Cement Applied
    • Jim Applying Contact Cement to the Edge Of the Table
    • The Edging Installed
    • The Top Applied But Not Trimmed Yet
    • The Finished Table
    • Looks Good!
    • Ready to Dine? WOW! Beautiful Chairs
  • Storage Container
    • Concrete Pads For The Shipping Container Started
    • All Four Pads Poured and Gravel Added For Drainage
    • Look How Much They Missed The Pads By!
    • Looking Down The Side At How Crooked It Is
    • Starting To Move It Over
    • There, Now It is Where It is Supposed To Be
    • Now It Is In The Right Place
    • The Container With The Stickers Removed And Waiting To Be Painted
    • Check Out the Mower Storage
    • Working On a Work Bench For the Container
    • Work Bench Nearly Complete
    • Jim Using His New Plasma Cutter to Make a Hole for the Door
    • The Door Hole Cut and Metal Door Framing Added
    • The Door Hung
    • Jim Adding the Metal to the Window Framing
    • North Window Installed
    • The First Layer of Elastomeric Roof Coating
    • All the Prep Work
    • So Clean and New Looking
    • Jim Working on the Bracket For the AC Unit
    • AC Hole From the Interior With Good Old Duct Tape to Help Keep the Place Dry
    • Putting up the Awning Which is the Door Cut Out
    • Washing
    • Ready to Paint
    • Paint By the Doorway
    • Two Sides Painted
    • Primer on the Awning
    • Top View
    • The Coating Getting Done
    • Awning is Now All Pretty
    • Northside Painted
    • The Framing and Smurf Tube
    • The East Window
    • The Door From the Interior
    • The North and West Walls Framed
    • Part of the Ceiling
    • The Foam Being Warmed Up and Ready to be Applied
    • Some Of the Foam
    • More Foam
    • The Drywall Started in the Bathroom/ Kitchen Area
    • The First Layer of Tape With Mud
    • The Pocket Door Wall to the Bathroom
    • The Pocket Door
    • The Tape and Mudding Complete
    • Sanded and Smooth
    • Ready for Texture
    • Jim Spraying the Texture On the Walls
    • Bathroom Textured
    • Living Area Textured and Ready for Paint
    • Peter Helping Me Paint
    • The Bathroom Color
    • The Paint is Done
    • Starting to Prime the Table and Shelf That Will Be Used as Part of the Furnishings
    • Tile Started Around the Shower Stall
    • Down to the Last Few Tiles That Need to be Cut
    • Vinyl Planks Flooring Going Down
    • Pedestal Sink and Toilet Installed
    • Inside the Cottage Looking From the Bathroom
    • The Daybed/Trundle Bed
    • Kitchen Area
    • Christine Painting the Last Side
    • The Back Side Painted
    • Our Stack of 250 Used Landscaping Blocks We Found on Craigs List
    • The Boys Digging a Trench for the Water Line
    • The Poop Shoot (Drain Pipe) Going to Septic System
    • Shaping and Stacking the Bricks for the Garden
    • The Other Side Taking Shape
    • The Bridge Location
    • The Deck Started
    • The Pergola Started
    • Using Some Our Extra Retaining Wall Bricks
    • Ready for Mulch
    • The Other Side Ready for Mulch
    • View From Inside the Fence, Before Sod and Mulch
    • Looking Out the Playroom Window; Before Sod, and Progressing on Pergola
    • Ready for Sod and Mulch
    • Deck Railing Done. Waiting for Permanent Stairs.
    • New Flower Pot on Porch
    • New Stairs Built. Handrail not complete. Trim on Door.
    • New View from Playroom Window; Sod and Mulch Laid; Pergola Still in Work.
    • Getting Close to Finishing
    • The Last of the Extra Bricks
    • The Side Window Trim Done
    • The Back Window Trim
    • Pergola is Finished
  • Entry
    • View Upon Entering The Dome
    • Looking to the East Where The Half Bath Is Located
    • Looking Towards The West Where The Computer Room Entry Is
    • Looking Down Into the Entry Area From the Loft
  • School Room/Loft
    • Looking From Other Side Of Dome
    • Looking Into The School Room From The Top Of The Stairs
  • Music/Library Section
    • Looking Up From The floor At The Shelves. Pretty Cool Isn't It?
    • The Music Side Of The Room
    • Sitting Area To Enjoy a Good Book Or Listen To Music
  • Computer Room
    • Looking In From The Entry
    • Looking In From The Living Room
  • Living Area
    • Looking Over The Table Towards The Living Area
    • The Dining Room
    • Looking Towards The Media Wall
    • A Different Angle
    • Looking Towards the Entry Area
    • Looking Over The Whole Living Area
  • Cupola
    • Holes Cut Into The Foam to Put The Legs Of The Cupola In
    • The Fan Is Installed And Jim Is Getting Ready to Stand It Up
    • The Holes Filled With Quick Dry Cement
    • One Has Got To Vacuum Their Roof Once In A Life Time!
    • Jim Tiling The First Layer
    • Sealed With Three layers of Plastic Until Next Weekend
    • The Second Layer Is Up And Has Been Foamed Inside Ready For The Last Side
    • The Access Panel Area
    • Ready and Waiting For The Weathervane
    • Some Of The New Claddagh Weathervane
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