Behind Closed Doors

When you visit our home, you will now be able to exercise you regular bathroom rituals behind closed doors. Yes, that's right. We have a bathroom door. I am not sure I really need to same too much more. I could, of course, express to you what it's like to live in a house for 1.5 months without a bathroom door, but I am hoping your imagination will suffice.
As always, I will leave you with pictures to explain the stages of putting in 3 interior doors.
 Note: novice workers at work.


1. Inspecting the door. One may employ his/her father(-in-law) to inspect the door to approve it's structure.

2. Prep for the door. Cut out little blocks to secure door. This is especially important in the event that your opening is larger than the door casing.

3. Place the door. Ensure that it is level and above all else, make sure you can close and open the door before nailing it in. In the event that your wall was built out of level, this could prove to be tricky.

4. Admire. Stand back and admire your handy work. Put aside the rising feeling of disappointment when you realize you still have to paint it before you can add door knobs. That will come soon. For now, enjoy that fact that you can sleep, change and crap in private.

main floor bathroom

spare bedroom

master bedroom

master bedroom - inside view

Saturdays in September

Our focus in September has been on school rather than the house. Every once in a while we get out our tool belt and take a Saturday to work on our project. It still seems to be slow and steady...with many bumps along the way.

Here is a picture walk of our Saturdays in September. 

Counter Tops - For a month we lived without counter tops. It didn't seem to bother us too much. The only down fall was doing the dishes in the bath tub. 

The original dishwasher is me. The new one came right after the counter tops were installed! Then, Steve took an interest in washing the dishes. Hmm...

Our backyard apple tree produced so many apples. We are loving the apple pies from this tree. 

 My parents are amazing. I can't even thank them enough for the time they have spent helping us out. My mom worked on painting the house. My dad tore up the back yard.

One Saturday afternoon we got ambitious...too ambitious. We decided to take apart the brick flower bead. Half way through we discovered more rocks. Steve also disturbed a hornet's nest. I paid for it later on.

 The hornets attacked my eye, side of my head and neck. I stayed home from school because..well... I would have scared the children.

One Saturday we hung blinds. I mean, Steve hung blinds. After he did this, I immediately removed the disgusting curtains that were in our front entry.

Immediately after the curtains were removed, Steve took down the bars. Our house no longer looking like the Ogden Jail.

The NEW and improved backyard. My parents came back last weekend and worked on our house while we were gone. Who does that? Did I mention how awesome my mom and dad are? My dad took his skitster and had the best day ever. Our yard looks huge and ready for the winter.

We are finally feeling a little more settled. We still have a lot to do. The stairs need treads, the bathroom needs a door, our windows need trim and so much more.

There is always next Saturday. 

Stay tooned to see what happens on Saturdays in October.