Interior paint and kitchen floor

My handsome husband using the airless paint sprayer to apply the tinted primer to the walls.

Because we had other commitments at the church during last weekend when we painted, we ended up finishing the interior paint at 2:30 in the morning. We were really exhausted and couldn't see very well with just the one shop light available, so we didn't know until the next morning if we had missed any spots. We are so glad that it is finished. It turned out just like I wanted.

The view through the front windows with the newly painted walls.

Next came the kitchen/dining room and pantry flooring. Our friend Scott came to help Ryan with this. It was an all day project starting at about 9:00am and ending around 8:00pm. Our friend Travis also came to help around 6:00pm so that sped the process up a bit with 3 people working hard to finish. The picture above is Ryan and Scott rolling out the pad before they could begin installing the wood floor.

Then they began laying the floor planks.

They had to stagger the flooring just right so that it didn't show a repeating pattern.

This is the floor when it was completed. It was already dusty from the paint dust that had settled all day from when we finished painting at 2:30 that morning. Notice that it's snowing pretty hard in the background of the dining sliding door. A few days before this it was almost 75. We have recently had very schizophrenic weather here in Bend. It snowed again today, then it dropped freezing rain. It looked like there were salt pellets all over the ground and the houses. It was very odd.

My husband was such a sweet heart and mopped the floor yesterday so that I didn't have to. We have to keep the area really clean because they are going to be installing the cabinets, doors, and trim in the next few days.


I'll update the front of the house sometime today or tomorrow. They have installed our pillars, finished our front deck, and filled more dirt up to the bottom of the deck. It is looking really nice. We just took updated pictures yesterday, so I'll post pictures of that soon.

Exterior paint

Here is the exterior paint color. It is a very natural stone gray color. It matches the natural look of the area. The trim is going to be painted white, and we are going to add shutters and a few other wood details in a very dark gray-ish color to add some accent pieces to the house.

There will be more updates to come.

Update #4 on house

Insulation in the living room and dining room

Master bedroom insulation

Riley & Weston's bedroom

This is the Scripture that I put in our pantry

Insulation in Hannah's room

Master bedroom drywall

Drywall in hallway

Living room drywall

Kitchen/dining room drywall

All the drywall is hung. It needs to be inspected on Monday, before they can tape and mud. We expect to paint the exterior next weekend. Stay tuned for more pictures and updates.

House update #3

Here's the latest photo update of our house progress. It's been pretty hard to keep up. To save money, we are doing the cleanup. We grossly underestimated the amount of cleanup. Ryan has hauled 2,500 pounds of debris so far. That's not even counting the 700+ pounds of scrap that he decided to salvage to use for various projects.

Here are some photos...

Back of house.

Siding being put on back of house.

Dining room and kitchen view from living room.

Living room view from dining room.

View outside living room windows.

Back of house, siding completed.

Front of House with siding and roof all done. We also have a door and windows now.


The electrical should be finished by tomorrow. There will be an inspection of the electrical, heating, and plumbing on Wednesday. Then, next week, it's on to drywall.
We'll keep you posted!

House update #2

Floor joists were in and it was time for heating ducts (provided by our friend Steve)

Sub floor and framing

Front door

I went through our house and put Scripture in all of the rooms to remind us that we need to fill our home with God's Word. Our project supervisor even made a comment about it. I am hoping that this will be a testimony to all the workers that step in the house in the next few months. Maybe God will will use his Word on our walls to bring someone closer to him. I sure hope so.

The crane lifting the roofing trusses

The framers securing the roofing trusses to the East side of the house

More roofing trusses being put on

Roofing trusses complete

We are in charge of cleanup during the construction process, so tonight we went out and helped clean up all of the tyvek and extra boards. Hannah and Riley are enjoying the fact that they get to be daddy's big helpers.

The sun went down, so it was time to say goodnight to our house. We'll be back for more cleanup tomorrow. We still have lots of sawdust and nails on the floor. We'll continue to update as the building progresses.

Weston Speaks...Well, sort of...

Weston Smiles!

Weston began smiling a few days ago. Here are some pictures...