Our House

Building On

The addition to our house is a long and sordid tale. After much frustration with our original contractor, he finally quit. Our new contractor started in early August 2003 and finished on January 15, 2004. From there, we've slowly continued to finish up bits and pieces of that as well as re-work some of the old rooms.

"After" pictures of our new guest room, Adelaide's old room, Summer 2007

"Before" pictures of Adelaide's old room.
Was originally bright yellow, until she was born.
Then we read a book saying "yellow makes babies cry
and adults angry", so decided to paint it a nice calm blue.

Looking into AEB & JTB's bedroom, from the entrance, Spring 2007.
Closets are on this side of the "windows"

Also from the entrance to their bedrooms, looking at the play area.

Jack, checking out the lights, from his bed. (We do have mattresses.)

From Adelaide's closet.

From the sky on October 2, 2004.

The view from the backyard

Progress

May 2007 -- new bedroom for the kids done. By done, as always, we mean trim work still to happen later. New guest room done (thanks to Cindy).
April 2007 -- attic mostly done. Trim work remaining, moving stuff (always) in progress.
November 2006 -- insulated remainder of attic.
October 2006 -- started finishing remainder of attic. Frame, HVAC, and electrical done.
April 15, 2004 -- patio & back stairs poured.
January 15, 2004 -- A little over 1 year from when we first got financing on the house for a March 2003 start date, our house is finally (basically) done. Sarah & I did a walk through today and came up with a small punch list of items to be fixed, but all is relatively well. We'll still need to tile the upstairs shower and paint the mudroom before moving on to turning the old kitchen into a dining room. The next challenge will be figuring out how to get a mattress to the new bedroom. A new concrete patio, stairs, and some sidewalk will go down in the spring.
January 13 -- the kitchen and downstairs bathroom are complete. Carpet will be installed upstairs today. Need to install flooring in the upstairs bathroom and then minor details from there. Will be done by the end of next week.
January 3, 2004 -- Amy McGill gets married.
December 31 -- Jungle gets married.
December 22 -- It has been going better than these updates would appear. The downstairs bathroom & kitchen have flooring & have been painted. Fixtures and appliances are to be installed today. The upstairs is all painted and has lighting, just needs flooring. The upstairs bathroom is going to wait awhile to be finished ($$).
December 3 -- Ellen Jane Maupin born.
December 1 -- Painting has been slow. Kitchen is painted, siding is on, cabinets are (mostly) installed. Need to paint upstairs, install flooring & trim.
December 1 -- Payton Charles Messer born.
November 13 -- Siding is about half way on. Progress is s - l - o - w.
November 6 -- Sheet rock is mostly finished. We've started painting the kitchen. Upstairs will be tan, black, and red. Downstairs bathroom & entry will be grey & white. Kitchen will be considerably brighter.
October 30 -- Finishing up the sheet rock mud & such, it's really starting to look like the finished product now.
October 25 -- Mizzou beats Texas Tech 62-31.
October 17 -- Insulation has started with sheet rock and siding to follow this week.
October 16 -- We're all framed up, electricited up, plumbed up, and (mostly) HVACed up, the shingles are on, waiting on city inspector.
October 11 -- Mizzou beats Nebraska for first time since 1978
October 10 -- railing for upstairs balcony arrived.
October 8 -- Cabinets and Refrigerator arrived, no place to put them yet.
October 2 -- Electrical and HVAC work have begun
September 30 -- Downstairs existing wall removed (partially).
September 25 -- Windows & Doors in
September 24 -- Windows & Doors delivered, remaining framing done.
September 18 -- Roof is done. Windows & Doors next week.
September 16 -- Existing roof and ceiling gone, can see the stars from the bedroom.
September 12 -- New part of roof framed up. Tie into house next week.
September 4 -- Framing completed, roof is next. The place looks pretty Wow big.
September 4 -- Adelaide takes her first real steps
September 2 -- Second floor framing begins
August 30 -- Football season begins!
August 27 -- First floor framed in, floor joists for second floor laid.
August 26 -- First wall up. It's not much, but it's a wall.
August 19 -- Foundation done.
August 15 -- Jungle gets engaged.
August 13 -- Footings poured.
August 11 -- Moving dirt; preparing for foundation work.
August 1 -- Reach agreement with new contractor.
July 10 -- Asa Henry Smith born.
July 7 -- Sewer line project completed
July 3 -- contractor quits.
June 30 -- Sewer line project started (moving sewer line)
June 23 -- Concrete slab removed
April 4, 2003 -- Tree removed (started at least)