The dining room closets (coat and pantry) are drywalled and ready for mudding.
Dining Room Closets
1st Floor bathroom ready to use
Steven installed the toilet and sink in the 1st floor bathroom. We now have an usable bathroom on the first floor and it even has a sliding pocket door!
Drywalling the first floor closets
I finished framing three 1st floor closets and Steven installed the sheetrock.
Kitchen Window Trim
When Steven had installed the vertical kitchen window, we didn’t take time to install exterior trim. It didn’t look very nice so we took time to complete it. I marked where to cut the siding and Steven cut it away. I did end up trimming more at the top to allow for the extra drip wood edge. The wall looks so much better. I plan to do the same treatment for the upper horizontal window in the future.
Kitchen Floor
We have cabinets in place and were able to tung oil the kitchen floor. This is after one coat that is still wet. It will need two at least two more coats and will not be shiny when dry.
Expanded Porch
The original porch had a slanted wall that we decided to remove and make the open porch larger. We first had to clear space inside the porch so we could move the wall back. I then framed the wall and built in the door frame. Steven came to help me attach the door and we discovered the door was larger than the frame! Steven spent the next day enlarging the door frame and attaching the door. I then removed the old wall. I could then install trim around the living room window and install cedar siding on the right wall. The wall on the left side had siding that had been painted dark blue – it is now Hawaiian Shell pink like the rest of the house.
Free side table from Facebook
I was looking at free items on Facebook Marketplace. It was on a Mahtomedi street. It had a proven handle and a damaged top. I used steel wool on the surface and then stained. I found a perfect drawer pull in our supplies. A beautiful piece of furniture for the living room.
Granite in place
Steven put the dishwasher in place with a wall at the end to support the granite.
Cutting granite to deal with damage
When we purchased the kitchen set at the ReUse store we didn’t see the hole in the granite. We have purchased a smaller cabinet so we can cut off part of the damage.
Hole in corner granite 
Cut granite 
Corner granite cut granite 
Granite ready to cut
Grouted bathroom tile
It has been some time since I installed the ceramic floor tile. When I cleaned the tile in preparation of grouting, I discovered many loose tiles that I needed to reattach. We chose white grout and I am very happy with the results.
