Well, after the sump pump project started being discussed, we decided to go ahead and finish the rest of our new basement so that it now inc...

Well, 17 days and counting until we move back into the house and things are really moving now. I feel like the progress is really tangible o...

After a brief delay due to high humidity, our hardwood floors started going down on Friday. They finished the upstairs in one day, including...

Lots going on at the house these days. The old stairs have been removed giving us a much clearer view of the space between the living room a...

There has been a lot of progress in the past couple of days. We have now have all of the windows installed (except the basement windows whic...

We finally have new shingles ( Certainteed Independence in Charcoal Black) thanks to hard work over the mostly dry weekend by our builder a...

Although we lucked out with beautiful weather on Friday despite the forecast for rain, it looks like we have 2 days of straight rain ahead o...

After about 5 work days of rain, the roof is going onto the house. It really gives us a good idea for the size and shape of the addition a...

Progress continues pretty quickly on the framing at our house. The decisions are coming fast and furious now. We have finally settled on Har...

The walls for the first and second floor are pretty much up. It looks great and we are really excited to see the progress. Next is the s...

Today framing on the house began which is a huge step. The sill plates are now bolted to the foundation, and the floor joists have been inst...

As I wrote about in previous posts, one of the goals of recycling the brick from our garage was to be able to use it on our new foundatio...

We are officially building up now which is exciting for us! As you can see from the pictures, they made a lot of progress in just one day. I...

Turns out they do pour concrete even when it is snowing/raining! I am sure it was a tough job because the weather on Wednesday was not prett...

More demolition is continuing in the house. The basement ceiling is now down exposing the beams, ductwork , and pipes. Fortunately it's ...

When we bought our house, we felt fortunate that our house retained many of its original details - hardwood floors (protected by carpeting),...