Time for an Update!

Lots has happened in the past couple of weeks!  We've poured in the concrete to level the master and the living room, the master outside wall extension has been completed and closed in, all of the doors have been set, the garage footing is done, and we've torn down the wall in front of the house!  Whew... that was a lot.  Here are the photos!

 Front Porch

 Remember this?

Check it out...

It's GONE!

Here's what our architect drew up for us...

We're adding a double gable, the smaller one to the left being above the front door.  We're also replacing the walkway, that's why it's gone.

Will post progress on this soon!

The Master

Here they are pouring concrete into the master bedroom.

Another view.  I'd never seen this done before!  So cool.

Here's a photo after it dried.

And from the outside.

I thought this was fun...

I felt like a crazy person taking all these photos while they were working but hopefully they're used to it from other crazy owners...

The finished out wall!!

I LOVE it!!  I so wish we could keep the ceiling open like that too.. but no, it's getting roofed.  Also, just an FYI, we're adding an 8 foot fence back there... no the neighbors wont be able to see into our master :) weird!

Living Room

Before...

Still wet...

Finally let there be light!  Our doors :)

I thought I took photos of the garage area but apparently I did not... I'm heading over there later today so should have those up soon!  It's really coming along!

Whoops - Sorry for the Temporary Address Change!

Last night I thought it would be a good idea to update my blog name to Texans Forever in an effort to mitigate the cheese-factor... Then I realized this morning when a friend asked where my blog was that it wouldn't redirect any of you to the new site so it's changed back now!  Sorry for the confusion, won't happen again!

Onto newer fun things :) I'm headed out later to get more crafty stuff!  Will post back soon!

I'm Crafty!

You may not know this about me but I seem to always have this itch to be doing something... Maybe that's why we've moved 4 times in the last 3 years... I digress... By the the way, this house is IT for us!  Anywho - since we're still in the pre-finish out stage of the house and there's nothing I can do to speed the process along, I've decided to move in another direction to keep my mind occupied :)

Lately I've been really wanting to make things, really just product of wanting super nice things but being too cheap to buy them.  I've never been very crafty but I've found just after completing my first two projects that I LOVE making things!!  I truly enjoy every part - deciding what to make, what goes together, making it, and of course enjoying the end product!  I made two things tonight and am just super proud of them!  So much so that I'm going to share them with you :)

Floral Arrangement

Please keep in mind that this is my first attempt ever doing anything like this... Here it goes!!

As silly as it sounds, the sense of accomplishment I got from creating just this simple floral arrangement was huge!!  I absolutely loved it and I cannot wait to make more fun house things!!  I painted the pot, added the rope and arranged the flowers... Go me!!

Hurricane

I made this guy too... Added the rope to the bottom and put in the candle.  It's amazing what little changes will do to decor!!

It may not look like much right now, but I really feel I'm embarking on a new fun hobby!!!

The Great Wall...

Is coming down!

Remember this?

Yea, I'm talkin' about that great big wall in front of the house.

After much deliberation we've decided to take it down.  Originally I thought it added character to the house and would be a terrible decision to move it because what's behind it is nothing special.  WRONG!

Here's our inspiration photo...

Once the wall is removed the house will just have a plain flat front.  Our plan is to add a large porch, the size of the area that the wall surrounds now, and then cover it with 2 gables and add columns, just like the photo above!  I'm SUPER excited about this, I can already see us sipping our morning coffee on the front porch in our rockers.


And then ultimately we'll paint all of the brick and add shutters.  The colors will be much like the house below.

More to come!!!