Sept. 2010 - Working on the siding

Sept. 2010 - The kids show off the new carpet in the living room

Sept. 2010 - Clive poses with the new carpet in the den

Aug. 2010 - Taping and spackling the living room

Aug. 2010 - New sheetrock in the living room

Aug. 2010 - The wall is open from the living room into what-was-once-the-office

July 2010 - (1 of 4)

Before the new carpet gets laid in the living room and den, Doug built a closet and added a couple lights. (living room looking into den)

July 2010 - (2 of 4)

Pulling the carpet up in the living room in order to "fix a couple things" before the new carpet comes led to "pulling down the front wall in order to insulate it properly"... (den looking into living room)

July 2010 - (3 of 4)

... which led to "Hey! This isn't a load-bearing wall. Someone just filled in a large opening. Let's see how big it is." which led to...

July 2010 - (4 of 4)

... "See? Let's open up this wall, too!" That new carpet suddenly seems a long way off.

June 2010 - The bar area and electronics shelving being built in the den

June 2010 - The tiling (minus grout) in the bar area

Apr. 2010 - The den is painted!

Jan. 2010 - Using the handy-dandy sheetrock lifter makes sheetrocking the ceiling in the den easy!

Oct. 09 - The new siding!

Sept. 09 - Sheetrock is going up in the new den.

Sept. 09 - Dutch roof is tiled! (2 of 2)

Sept. 09 - Construction of Dutch roofline is complete. (1 of 2)

May 23, 2009 - Our new patio

05/17/09 - Prepping for our new patio.

05/16/09 - The recently renovated Kids' Area of our backyard.

Apr. 25, 2009 - We are moved in! Still needs a few finishing touches.

Apr. 2009 - THE ROOM IS PAINTED AND CARPETED!!!!!

Mar. 09 - Our models showing off our taped and spackled room (1 of 2)

The room is taped and spackled! (2 of 2)

Mar. 09 - Layer of insulation and flooring being layed on top of sub floor.

03/07/09 - Doug glues and screws down the sub floor.

Mar. 09 - We are completely Sheetrocked!!!

2/14/09 - How to Hang Sheetrock by Doug and Jim: First, stand Sheetrock on it's side.

Then, lay it on Jim's unpatented frame.

Lift said frame...

...and angle it to fit the width of the room.

Lift one side up to the ceiling...

...and support.

Attach Jim's unpatented frame to the supports on the wall by sliding pins into the hinges.

Lift the opposite of the Sheetrock.

Support the frame and Sheetrock.

Inspect your handiwork and get ready to screw it into place!

1/11/09 - Door to new Master Bedroom!

1/9/09 - Truck delivering Sheetrock (1 of 4)

1/9/09 - Boom truck delivers in upstairs through a large casement window. (2 of 4)

1/9/09 - In it goes through the window. (3 of 4)

1/9/09 - Sheetrock in new Master Bedroom! (4 of 4)

Jan 08 - We now have access to our attic! New attic stairs are in.

Dec/Jan - Insulation is in the walls.

Dec/Jan - Insulation is in the walls.

Dec 08 - Doug ran lots of new wiring!

10/5 - Looking at ceiling in new basement, those "tubes" are the new heating system (partially installed).

10/5 - Looking through the floor into the crawl space at the "tubes" (aka new heating - partially installed).

8/31 - The boys enjoying their manly scaffolding as they install guttering.

8/30 - Putting a new window in Nina's room.

7/22 - Break through from old basement to new basement (1 of 4)

7/22 - Looking into new basement (2 of 4)

7/22 - Looking back into old basement (3 of 4)

7/22 - The basement window wells have been installed. (4 of 4)

7/13 - Doug is continuing the Dutch roof line over the sliding glass door and around the extension.

7/11 - New roof is on, weather wrap is on and windows are in (two windows are still covered on the back).

7/10 - The roof is being built.

7/7 - The second floor is being built.

7/2 pm - The first floor has been framed.

7/2 am - The sub floor is in.

7/1 - The hurricane straps have been added to the foundation and some rotten wood is replaced.

5/29 - Looking inside the foundation.

5/27 - Check out our lovely new basement wall!

5/23 - The concrete has been poured into the forms. (1 of 2)

5/23 - These pics are looking down into the new basement from the second floor. (2 of 2)

5/22 - Putting in the forms for the foundation.

5/20 - Excavation is complete (looking out sliding glass door). (1 of 2)

5/20 - Concrete is poured into the footings. (2 of 2)

5/19 - Removing broken-up patio (1 of 5)

5/19 - The pile of rubble grows! (2 of 5)

5/19 - Excavation of the new basement begins (3 of 5)

5/19 - The hole at the end of the work day ( 4 of 5)

5/19 - What used to be our backyard (5 of 5)

Preparing the back of the house for the extension. May 17, 2008

The house we bought in June 2004 (this is how it looked then)