Well, a blank slate lies ahead of us. We could sit around and mope about being in this situation, but at the end of the day we have to keep pushing forward.
This is where I begin to really show you how absolutely amazing my husband is.
We had been demoing the house for so long that when the time came to put it back it was kind of like “where do we start?”
So Joe asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I told him I want him to begin framing in the place that scares me the most! Remember that opening that had the cinder block overhead with nothing supporting it? It terrified me to walk under! So for my birthday, I asked that we frame that. My birthday was on a Sunday.
At this point, weekends don’t matter. Dates don’t matter. Days don’t matter. We just have to keep pushing through.
We have to get this done.
This looks a bit better right? A little safer. Happy Birthday to me!
This is probably one of the first times I had "smiled" since we started this.
One part down, 87,000 more to go.
Actually, 480 more to go. 480 2x4's is what it took to frame the house.
So although this is the House from Hell, I have to say my neighborhood is amazing. We had all of these 2x4's sitting outside in the carport, out in the open, for about a week. Nothing was stolen, and we weren't even concerned about them! We did, however, have a pesky cat that peed on some of them. We will take it though!
It took 1 week to frame the house. It took us 3 hours to redesign the master bathroom before we even framed!
The hardest part of this redesign was trying to take a giant empty room and make it work with what we needed. In this bathroom, we will have a stand alone tub, a shower, a laundry room, a toilet area and a vanity. For reference, the only thing that was in here before was a shower, vanity and toilet. There was a ton of empty, unused space. I can't wait to show you what it looks like completely, but we are about a week away from that.
This is the angle from our new master bedroom--formally known as bedroom #2. To the right of the door opening will become my (yes, MY) closet. It is a 12x12 room--formally known as bedroom #3.
Don't judge me. I like clothes. It is honestly my mother's fault--she taught me all about retail therapy.
Pro tip: Every single board that touches the concrete has to be pressure treated. If you want to go above and beyond, put a barrier in between that as well. If you want to be like Joe, do all of those things, and then use Zip Tape, a vapor barrier tape, on all the outside walls connecting the concrete to the framing and creating a water-tight (and air-tight) seal.
Pro tip: Do it once. Do it right. Never worry about it again.
Non pro tip: If you are the helper, keep your safety glasses on because there are things that fly out of the air nailer and they really hurt!
Non pro tip: Rock the shit out of a tool belt. It's like a fanny pack for the job site.
Joe rocks a tool belt.
This entire outfit brought to you by the men's section at Walmart.
I am proud of where we were, here. Looking back now I cannot believe this is the house that I'm currently sitting in. It looks so different now. This was the shape--this was what we built from. This is where we begin to make this house our home.
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