Sunday, November 4, 2007

The Basement and 4Runner

The basement continues to be a weekly project. The pics below will reveal our current progress. On Friday we ordered the carpet and it should be installed in about three weeks, hopefully the Monday or Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving.





In this pic, I have finished tiling about 1/2 of the shower. The pink wall is a lifetime, waterproof coating.




This is a pic of part of the boys room.



This is a pic of the closet in my office.







This is a pic of the 'Den', looking at the hallway leading to the bath and the boys bedroom . If you click on the pics, they will enlarge and you can better see the paint colors and the texture that we applied. The ceiling is an off-white and the walls are a mocha color called Timber Dust. The next couple of weeks, while we wait on the carpet, I will finished the bathroom, install the doors and install all trim, except the baseboard (which we will do after the carpet is laid). Also, I will be finishing all the electrical, installing switches, light fixtures, recepticles and sub-panel.





And.... we have 'sort of' turned a chapter in life in getting rid of the Suburban (Family Hauler), opting for a Toyota 4Runner. The Suburban has been wonderful for the past three years, but it was time for a change. The 4Runner has the third row seat and is built out pretty nice....but it is getting 21 mpg (awesome for a 4x4!!). Audra loves this vehicle and I will have to agree, it drives wonderfully and it capable of tackling just about anything Colorado Mountains or Weather can throw at us.