Summer was busy- between everyone traveling and doing....well, summer things. But we made the most of the weekends we did have free, and I'd say we had a pretty productive few months- check it out!
~ The biggest exterior transformation yet, NEW SIDING AND WINDOWS!!! Now this, we actually cannot take full credit for, as we (and this was a first) hired someone! Genius, something that would have taken us all summer- took these guys 1 week ~
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| Before- This was the house "move-in" weekend, November 2010 |
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| During- the guys did the siding and NEW WINDOWS all in 2 weeks! |
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| AFTER! 30 brand, spankin' new windows, and shiny new siding- looks like a new house! |
Bri builds a back deck!
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| Before |
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| After....well, still in the process. But look at those steps- sturdy! |
Now, with basics of the deck done...we can finally put Tony Piscitelli's masonry expertise to work! We were lucky enough to receive about 2 truck loads of red brick pavers from Addie Landscaping, which ended up being JUST enough for a pretty sweet back walk way. With some amazing teamwork, and a trip or two to Home depot, we had the patio completed in one Saturday!
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| Fist things first- remove the MILLIONS of HUGE rocks we apparently have in our back yard, and dig and prep. |
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| Tamper time- Tony earned his beers that day! |
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| After first round of tamping, fill in, stone dust down, leveling |
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| All level, time to figure the pattern and lay the bricks! |
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| HEAVE...HO! First the fill, then the stone dust. |
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| Placing and hammering the edging...why so nervous dad?? I'm great with a hammer, just hold still. |
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| Polymer sand in the the cracks, and all is done! |
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| View towards the front yard. |
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| GREAT JOB GUYS! Finished the job before dark- time for dinner and a few beers, well deserved. |
