NO TIME TO CATCH UP!!

So busy, no time to talk, only show pictures! CHECK OUT THE BADASSERY!

Temporary floor transition until Jay can get us the "special piece" haha. 

TV mount up... quarter round done... 

Quarter round, new paint, windows stained... and suddenly we had a family room!! TV, furniture, pup, and all! It's pretty amazing to see. And I KIND of heart my reclaimed wood wall...

And then the big project... the one everyone was worried about... the railing...

This is what we were dealing with... we basically took down a wall, and rolled a circular saw through the middle of the remaining studs, smacked a 2x4 on top, and VOILA, temporary railing! However the building inspector did not think it was up to code... [SHOCKING, I know]

So in our "Pros vs Joes" moment, we debated tackling it ourselves, or calling in someone who had done it before... "we" came to the decision of "Let's see how hard it could be..."

And the boys got to work... 

The end result:

Color me impressed!!!

And the thing's solid as Sears... Well done, gentlemen!

Bad Blogger...

Is it possible my last post was over a MONTH ago??? In my defense, we've been working our tails off with the holidays, the show, and trying to get our C of O (the last stipulation for closing this book). Here's just a little picture tour of what's been going on...

Bedroom mouldings going up... 

 and up and up...

Master bath vanity needing finishing... oh, and mirrors...

How many Clarkson engineers kids does it take to lay a rug??

hehe, obviously kidding since they did an amazing job...

The soon-to-be-nursery rug down and moulding up...

 Damn crooked ass house... :)

Oh my goodness... that bedroom is starting to look like a BEDROOM!

Mouldings painted, carpet down...

Brick approves...

And last but not least... could that REALLY be the floor under all that mess??

Yes... yes it is... amazing what a little ok a lot of sanding and staining can do to original wood floors... (we did not do this, by the way, we left this one up to the pros...)

But now I'm reconsidering refinishing the rest of the third floor, rather than carpeting... 

That concludes our quick, up-to-date tour, more as it comes, promise!

{Insert Wood Joke Here}

{Every title I tried to come up with sounded like an innuendo...} We've got mouldings and refinished furniture and all sorts of word working going on here, so let's get on with the photos, shall we?

First off we have a bathroom with perrrrty pine mouldings... all ready to be stained a nice espresso to match the vanity (up next)

mmmmm that's some nice wood grain...

Now, for a dresser-turned-bath-vanity...

 Mr. Moneypit doin' a bang-up job of staining those drawers...

And oh, don't worry pretty bedroom moulding, you'll have your turn too... 

 There are rumors going around that my bathroom might get done today... I am skeptical, but you will know as soon as I do. :)