Archive for the ‘Construction’ Category

We have been slowly building our house for almost 5 years now. That’s a long time! That’s 1,825 days. In the beginning it was tough to live without the comforts of a home (electricity, water, kitchen, chairs, furniture) but we were so excited to buy a house that those things didn’t matter. We were inspired [...]

Tags: Chicken Coop, Chickens, DIY, pictures

That’s right, we have chickens!! I posted a gallery at the bottom of the page to see all of our chicken coop building pictures and ultimately, I will upload pictures of our chickens once they start producing eggs and anything chicken related. Cluck cluck! I am not going to just post about chicken coop plans, [...]

Tags: basement, Construction, DIY, Hardwood Floors, Teak

Installing hardwood floors by myself from start to finish was a great project that I really enjoyed. I used much of the leftover tongue and groove teak hardwood flooring from upstairs to install hardwood floors in the gym/guest bedroom downstairs. First off, no professional hardwood floor installer will recommend installing floors at or below grade, [...]

Tags: bath, DIY, door, glass, shower

The bathroom set-up in the master bedroom really is awesome. When we built the house, I didn’t really understand why master bedrooms got so much attention, I mean, it’s our house! We pay the mortgage, we buy the furniture and we buy the ceiling fans that keep us cool. Why do we need to pimp [...]

Tags: basement, Construction, tile

We are being very budget conscious with our tile choices downstairs. Uncle Sam hit me with some unexpected taxes now that I have my business in Puerto Rico and Sydney may not be going to college yet, but having a baby isn’t exactly a discount program. We have been searching for a cool tile for [...]

Tags: pictures

Building a house is expensive. When Summer and I first bought this place we were thinking that we would be able to throw $40,000 at this place and be DONE in a couple of months. Yeah right. Building materials and labor are much more expensive than we ever expected and although we are ‘do-it yourselfers’ [...]

Tags: Construction, Construction Supplies, Downstairs, San Juan, Sydney

Summer and I have both been super busy with work this year. Well, I guess we’ve both been really super busy with work since we met, but we never realized it until we had Sydney because now our free time is minimal. During the day, a few hours of our free time is when Sydney [...]

Tags: Construction, Downstairs, Electric, Lighting, Offices

I don’t know which is the bigger accomplishment, getting the ceilings done downstairs or blogging about it! Summer and I have been so busy with work and Sydney that we haven’t had time to post the pictures of the soffit work and drywall on the ceilings downstairs. Aside from that, it has been hectic trying [...]

Tags: Construction, Downstairs, Electrician, Landscaping

Summer and I have been working on our house for over two years now! I would like to say it seems like only yesterday that we bought the house and started construction, but living in it through every stage didn’t really make it go quickly. We really are getting close though. We have been working [...]

Yesterday, Gary came and bleached and powerwashed the entire house. Today, they started cutting in. The blue WAY brighter than I imagined when picked out the swatch…but I think it looks good.