107 Salado
Drive
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House
Progress
April 26th
After one week officially in the house, it's starting to look lived in
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The living room
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Living room
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Kitchen
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Lisa's bedroom
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Lisa's bedroom
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Lisa's bedroom
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Mel's bedroom...I don't know why this room doesn't photograph well.
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The den still needs some fixing up!
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The stepstones we put in.
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April 4
Getting ready to move
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Front hallway...the mirror is from Angie. The table is from the Homier show.
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Our rustic coat rack.
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Front hall
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Entertainment center
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End tables and curtains.
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Note the nifty new blue rug.
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Back patio
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Back yard. Soon there will be grass here!
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Den desk.
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Kitchen with kitchen desk unit
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The newly stained fence. The color is "boothill grey"
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Fence on the other side.
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March 19,
2004
After a week of painting, it's all done!
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The Den
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Our freshly painted wicker furniture
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Lisa's bedroom. That's "bermuda grass" on the wall.
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The new fridge!
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Lisa's room all finished.
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Lisa's purple bathroom.
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The den all finished.
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Melissa's bathroom. The photo does not convey how bright this room is.
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Melissa's bedroom.
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End tables in living room.
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March 13,
2004
It's done and we've started painting!
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Lisa's bathroom
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Where we sit and watch the paint dry
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February
23rd, 2004
Almost There
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It's almost done!!!
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What should we put in this corner?
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Side yard
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Looking from in front of the garage
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Bushes
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Front view
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Ike wants in!
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Ike scopes out the back yard.
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They've installed the house number
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Back view
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Back yard
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Back yard
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Looking down the side at the gate
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The red front door!
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Back yard
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Back yard
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February
16th, 2004
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This is a better look at the color of the carpet
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We've picked our paint colors for the main living areas. The walls in the kitchen and living room will be "honey toast".
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The back kitchen wall, tv nice and wall w/ the front door will be "cranapple"
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hopefully these samples give you a good idea.
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February
15th, 2004
Why there hasn't been much progress--it snowed!
February
12th, 2004
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Appliances!!
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Carpet in Lisa's bedroom
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More kitchen
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Kitchen light fixture
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Where the kitchen office will go.
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kitchen floor closeup
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front entry
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Where the entertainment center will go
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Office closet doors are on!
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Living room carpet
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Melissa's bedroom
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More living room
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Front door
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Lisa's vanity
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February
4th, 2004
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The countertops are in!
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Bathroom countertop
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Kitchen flooring
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Kitchen sink
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The neighbor's fence is installed. This is our backyard looking toward their house.
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From our backyard...looking down the property line.
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Our carriage lights are installed.
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They fixed the window!!!!!
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The neighbor's house with sod, trees and bushes.
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January
25th, 2004
Weekly update! Oldest photos are at the bottom
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back facade
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backyard
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kitchen and backdoor
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bedroom closet
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office closet doors waiting to be hung
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Looking towards the front door
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looking towards the garage entrance. Tv niche on left
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master bath
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built-in pantry shelves
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unpainted front door
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the back...again!
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Looking towards the kitchen
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Kitchen!!
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one last dry-wall photo
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The back..waiting for stoop to get poured
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Front w/ fresh-poured sidewalks
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Still stuck
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Ike gets stuck in the mud
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Ike looks out "his" backdoor
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January 18,
2004
We have
walls!!!!
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It's been raining a lot. Here's the front walk.
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The office closet
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The living room
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This is driving Lisa nuts. We're confused as to why there is no brick over the front window.
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The kitchen
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The kitchen looking towards the living room.
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The back stoop
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The living room looking towards the kitchen
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The entertainment center niche
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January 11,
2003
The brick is
all on. The mortar just needs to dry.
January 9,
2003
The brick
starts getting put on and the drywall has been delivered.
January 4, 2003
Getting
ready to put on the brick!
January 1,
2004
The frame is
done, the roof is shingled and the insulation is in!
December
20th, 2003
The frame is
pretty much finished
December 14,
2003
The walls
are up!!!
December 12,
2003
The
foundation gets poured! It was dusk and raining when these
photos were taken, but you'll get the idea. The walls are just
laying there ready to be put up. Click them to see them bigger.
December 7,
2003
More foundation work
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Looking down the street to the lot
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They've added some liner and more pipes and stuff
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Looking up the front yard
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If you look at the wood outlines, you can see the L-shaped porch
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We're excited because there finally is a house in the development that has the brick we'll have. Here it is so that you can see the brick
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Closeup of the brick
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November
26th, 2003
Construction has
started!!!
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This is a closeup of the lot. You can see where the water and sewage lines are.
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This is our lot with the neighbor's house going up on the side of it.
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The lot
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The lot again
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More lot : )
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November
16th, 2003
They've cleared off
the lot and smoothed it down. They've also spray-painted the address on the
curb.
Ike took his first trip to the lot and left a little "souvenir" to commemorate
the occasion. Click the
photos to see them bigger.
