Clark is just having such a day he doesn't want to hold his head up.
#dogsofcoso
@Kurtroedeger please don’t take this the wrong way, but I would love to see all of your house. It just looks so interesting. #notacreeper #justlikelooking 🤣🙂
@Novels56 living room view from my chair right now
Here is the fine selection of dog toys for the fuzzbutts
Entryway behind me with computer nook and kiddo.
@Novels56 please ignore the massive amount of clutter in the kitchen and dining room, and the laundry rack 😂. It has been some long weeks and .....::waves hand :: blah blah. I made the little doors below the stairs for the pantry from the same wood we used for the flooring.
Kitchen was an absolute steal for what we paid. Found factory cabinets, so not that custom markup. Tile, cabinets, counters AND appliances was $15k when we built. Backsplash is tin, easy self install, magnetic too.
@Novels56 wife wanted a curve shape or something 'not just a rectangle' to the patio, so I painted markings on the ground and it has two curves out like this. She agreed and I made sure not to point out that on aerial pic it would look like the house has boobs 🤭. And the Casita where I hide the inlaws in when they visit (which is often) 🤷♂️
@Novels56 master bedroom is on the first floor. Wife is drifting to sleep right now so not gonna go turn lights on for pics, had to dig through older ones. It's the doorway in the background of the kitchen pic, and just to the right of that door is the computer nook kiddo was at. Behind the fridge around the corner is the half bath. The vanity in there is one of my favorite things we made. Same with the old cedar shingle focal wall in the bedroom.
@Kurtroedeger that vanity is awesome!
@Novels56 used furniture store for something like $30. Stripped the mechanical guts out, took the legs off , cleaned and painted. Took 3 months to find a sink to fit it though. Then creative surgery on the back side to plumb it. I think it's just fun.
@Kurtroedeger it is..🙂
@Novels56 I forgot the mirror, that's an old window frame.from. my parents house I grew up in. 😂 It was laying around so I asked my dad. Yoink., now mine. There is probably lead paint underneath the paint I put on it 😬, but it just hangs there and no kids are gnawing on it. So it's ok.
@Kurtroedeger lol….I think it’s safe…I love the details of where you got things.
@Novels56 sorry if I'm rambling on too much. I get on a topic sometimes....
Here's a drone shot with the house on the right side. Sadly we lost the giant trees out front, emerald ash borer and lightning ☹️ they really set the house in the landscape.
@Kurtroedeger keep going…I don’t mind. I’m trying to figure out what the dark round looking things are in the bottom right of the picture.
@Novels56 alfalfa bales. Farmer wraps them in the plastic and they do a fermenting type thing like that for feed for the dairy cows he raises
Sorry to jump in Kurt—did you build your home or refinish it? I can’t temember
@Minholkin @Novels56 built. Contractor did the timber frame and outside walls which are SIPs, super insulation. I did most of the rest. Not plumbing though, nor siding or tile, or drywall. I'm okay at those, but focused on other things instead. Had to balance cost of those trades vs what I knew and where I could save money. For example, I knew I could do plumbing or electrical, but not time for both, so I got quotes and hired the cheaper of the two and did the other one myself.
@Minholkin @Novels56 since the timber frame and outside walls make up the structure, I could gut the interior and rearrange walls however I want. Only supporting wall inside is the one along the stairs. It's why factory cabinets worked for me, because I could just shift a wall 3 or 4 inches and be fine and then could keep all those savings.