Garage Conversion Update

The first sheet of sheet rock goes up!!

And some more.

I know it's very exciting, but this is the last piece of old sheet rock coming down.

Kitchen Before & After Photos

Here they are (finally):

2 BEFORE photos of main kitchen area

AFTER

BEFORE of stove area

New Stove area

BEFORE of "eat-in" side

AFTER

We still have more trim work to finish, so don't look too closely. Also there is a tile piece to install on the wall behind the stove and the opening to the new room still to knock out and build pass through counter.

Hurricane Ike

I forgot to plan into the "dreaded list" a week of hurricane preparation and evacuation. Turns out we didn't have to evacuate because the storm has changed course and is headed right towards my parents in Galveston County. However, our house is boarded up and all outside items have been moved into the garage/new room. We won't be able to work on it this weekend, but of course, I have a back-up plan.
We'll be praying for our family and all the others in the path of the storm.

New Side Door

This used to be a window. We needed a door to go from the new room to the front yard. Don't worry, we'll remove the red shutters now that it's a door.

Before Photos

I forgot to show the before photos of the garage exterior. I took these with the camera when it had condensation after going from the cool house into 90+ percent humidity. That's why they're foggy.

A Window & AC

It seems like I should have more to report because we had the long Labor Day weekend and then we took 3 days off to work on the house, but the going has been slow.
Here is Taylor framing out what looks like a balcony but is actually the opening for the window.


And here's the window!

It took us 3 days to get that baby in!

When we first moved into the house we were dismayed by the horrible condition of the garage doors. In fact, they were in such bad shape, whenever I locked myself out of the house, I would just kick in one of the panels and crawl through. It was very exciting to load those sad things into the truck and haul them off to the dump. Here's "Extra Cat" lounging on the debris.

The rest of the work isn't too exciting. Taylor did a bunch more electrical work. We also put in another door, but I failed to take pictures of it, so I'll add that later. However, if you need to see more, here's a photo of THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB we accomplished.

Yes! We are now working in an air conditioned room!! We have 2 vents in the space and even though we haven't put sheetrock on the ceiling or walls, we remove those cardboard covers when we're working. It makes a huge difference in energy level and brain function. Did I mention that Taylor did the duct work on the hottest day of the summer? (I assisted but didn't even have to put my head up into the sauna area very much. Taylor had to crawl all the way back to the main unit area.)