House Expansion: Weeks 13-17

The expansion is still underway!  We have come a long way since the last post. Old walls have come down and new walls have gone up.  The addition is really starting to take shape!  The old walls that came down were to expand our kitchen and open the existing house into the new house.  At the end of the last post I put a picture of this rooms wall and windows.  They're gone!!  And so is our old room.  The kitchen will now extend into this room.  We will be adding a nice sized island with cabinets and stools. 

 

Here is another view into the old room that is now the kitchen extension.  The door on the right is the hallway to the old house.  The door on the left is a closet which is still our "office".  We will be transforming it into a walk-in pantry.  I have always wanted a walk-in pantry, thanks mostly to my Aunt Linda.  She has always had one, and even as a little kid I was in love.  Maybe it was all the good food that I always found in there...


Our new skylight

Tearing down old wall to separate room from kitchen

A HUGE mess...

Before skylight was cut

During

After



A look through the living room

Master bedroom

The next two pics are of our new master bathroom.  We have a walk-in closet in there as well!  Picking out tiles, cabinets, sinks, fixtures and such has been daunting. I think interior decorating is not my thing!






 Nursery view into back yard and back porch
 

 

 Laundry Room going into garage ^^

 

Sophie's old window had to come out!  It looking into our new walk-in closet 



 

A patch over Sophie's old window. We have some painting to do

They have finished the siding!!  This Hardie board is no joke.  I'm pretty sure they started putting it up a month ago.  It's very detailed work, but very durable material.  It is described as a fiber/cement mixture that can last up to 50 years.  We will be painting this siding, so I figured we would add a few pics of the before look.

We are getting our interior doors installed today and it seems they will be adding trim to the interior windows.  We have made a few trips to Lowes and Home Depot to pick out paint colors, tiles, cabinets and counter tops.  So all of that will be added soon too!  After a fun trip to IKEA last weekend, Sophie has picked out her big girl bed.  Once we get the new nursery finished, we can move her crib in there.  Then we give the big girl her new bed!!

 

I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel!  The guys said they will be done at the end of the month.  Here's hoping!

 

Love,

 

The Yorks

 

PS- DSS Construction added a new mascot to the family!  Meet Bandit!  Sophie loooooves him and lovingly calls him "Band-Aid".  He is a baby Husky and joins his sisters Amber and Lilly.  Sophie loves when they get to visit the worksite.  For the record, Bandit is their hardest worker!!

Workin' hard

Sophie's 3rd Birthday

Sophie's birthday week was filled with lots of fun!  Grandma and Grandpa came to visit for the occasion.  Her special day started with a breakfast of one of her favorites, Dunkin' Donuts and chocolate milk.  We put a candle in one and sang her happy birthday.  I don't think this is a song she appreciates right now, she gets a stern look on her face and puts her head down. A right of passage for any toddler I'm sure.

 

Chocolate doughnut face

A new scooter from Mommy and Daddy

We had a little birthday party for Sophie at the park.  It was Rapunzel themed from the movie Tangled.  Mom and I made special cupcakes for the event and Dan grilled some hamburgers and hot dogs.

 

Sloane and Sophie

Mmmm, yummy cupcakes

A piñata that didn't quite work the way it was supposed to. Oh well

That's a happy girl!

The face you make when a bunch of people are singing to you

Rapunzel's tower. A cupcake in an ice cream cone

Relaxing with Grandma

We also spent a day at Green Meadows Farm while Grandma and Grandpa were here.  It's a beautiful place where you can hold and pet various types of animals.  We held baby chicks and baby ducks.  Sophie wasn't so sure of the little ones, they cheeped and quacked very loudly while being held.  Grandma was in charge of catching a grown chicken and duck to pet. She did a great job, those guys are hard to catch!  We did a hay ride, rode a small train, and Sophie rode on a pony.  It was a fun day!

 

Sasquatch at the farm??

Fun on a hay ride

Then her pony took a potty break

A nice family dinner at Cowfish

The weather warmed up a little bit and we took a trip to the beach.  It started off a little chilly in the morning, so we all bundled up.  Sophie was the only one brave enough to wear a swimsuit!

Running in the ocean with Grandma

She requested that I bury her over and over again. It was a fun day!

Before Grandma and Grandpa left, they took Sophie to see the Easter Bunny!  She was not scared of him at all, and we got an adorable picture out of it!

 

 

 

Much love!!

 

The Yorks



House Expansion: Weeks 9-12

 

Things are moving along nicely with the house expansion.  We have ourselves a new fence!  Not really a part of the expansion, but an improvement to our backyard.  After we cleared out all of the bushes and limbed up all the trees, we found ourselves lacking the privacy we once had.  In a couple of days, two guys had the old fence down and the new one up.  It's beautiful!  There is still much to be done with the backyard, but the fence has already made such a huge difference.

 

Old chain link fence

The new beauty!

We are getting some new siding for the house.  We are replacing the vinyl siding to match the rest of what will be put on the new part of the house.  The old vinyl siding had to come down, and it has revealed an old original house.  It's a lovely, old-fashioned yellow color.  Yikes!!

Original house numbers

Takes you back, huh?

 

The expansion was patiently awaiting its new roof, so that meant the entire roof would be done.  While they were connecting the two roof structures, it left us a little exposed to the elements.  Our roof had previously had some problems with leaks, and now that they took some of the roofing away, those leaks were apparent.  One night we had a lot of rain, and before we knew it, water was leaking in through our back door and down the window of Sophie's room (which were both places secured inside the new structure).  Our contractor came out to the house right away.  As I pulled up to the house after my shift at work, I saw some guys standing on the roof.  It was very dark and still pouring rain, and two guys were up there trying to secure a gigantic tarp to the back half of the roof.  Talk about dedication and money well spent.  These guys were great!

A beautiful blue tarp!

New roof

Tomorrow they are tearing down this wall!!  It is the area that connects the two structures.  So this is a huge step in the process of moving forward!  Say goodbye to the "Rock Room"...

Same wall from addition side

Stay tuned to see this wall come down and some dry wall go up!

Love,
The Yorks