Tile or Wood?

We installed the tile flooring!! It's not a large space but it did take us in total 3 days, not full days, to do it all. With it being such a small space there were some tight spots we couldn't get to until other areas were dry and we could step on. Relatively easy process and we love the final result. We're going with a dark grout which we're hoping to finish tonight!

Cement boards mudded                                                        Voila!             

Drywall seams mudded

So perdy! It's crazy how much they can make tile look like wood

2 Months In

Yes, it's been awhile since I've put up a garden update. This was mainly due to preparing for a week long vacation, enjoying our vacation at the beach, and then slowly transitioning to the real world once we got back. But here you go, it's EXPLODED from the last garden update. It's taken 3 years to actually produce pumpkins but I guess third times a charm because we have at least 5 that are getting big quick. The sunflowers are now taller than the gutter to our garage, tomatoes are green and plump, and we have ears of corn finally!!

We have been struggling with rodents throughout this growing season. First it was a raccoon that was getting in and eating the ears of corn. He is no longer with us. Now it's a bunny that is eating the bottoms of our green bean plants and now our pepper plants. He's tiny enough he can fit through our fence which is unfortunate. He may not be with us in the very near future :o( Other than that lots of greenery and soon lots of produce!

Actually our first harvest was probably 75 pounds of potatoes, about 12 bulbs of garlic, and lots of tiny onions (their stems were damaged which led to stunting their growth). They're all drying out in our basement as we speak.

OH! Almost forgot! For those that haven't seen it already on FB or Instagram, ran across this fella last week after finishing up in the garden.

Pumpkins! Yes that is grass and weeds all around them and I don't care

Green everywhere

Different view

Damn bunny, you may be adorable but stop eating my green beans!

Jack-be-little pumpkins, so cute and tiny!

The sunflowers are HUGE! I basket-weaved them like the tomatoes so they wouldn't fall over like they did last year because they get so tall

Bell peppers

Tomatoes

Basil                                                                      Corn

So many potatoes! We think they may have cross pollinated because they're all red and we know we planted so russet in the bunch. Weird, didn't know they could do that.

Zinnias bloomed!

So many beautiful varieties

Harvest in basement

OH! Almost forgot! For those that haven't already seen it on FB or Instagram, ran across this fella last week after finishing up in the garden. Needless to say if we meet again it will be at the end of the barrel of my .22.

Solid 5 feet in length

All Closed In!

So there was definitely a loll in our bathroom renovation the past couple of weeks. A larger hiccup was when we went to test our shower faucet and the hot water/pressure wasn't working. Long story short, after 4 calls to Home Depot and 2 shipments of materials sent to us in a week, the shit still didn't work so we ended up modifying the piece that was wrong ourselves. Essentially we lost 6 days of progress from this snafu.

For most of you that know David and me we are very cheap consumers, but major lesson learned was when doing a major renovation the cheapest items are most likely not the best decisions. Or, if we want to go the cheap route we need to read reviews of the product prior to purchasing.

After managing all that, we hit it hard and got quite a bit accomplished:
-All copper plumbing finished (except the valve for the toilet after drywall and paneling are installed)
-Vent stack modified (PVC was proud of the studs)
-Cement board on floor installed
-Plastic installed in shower
-Cement board installed in shower
-All the drywall installed (except the outside loft wall)
-Put on first round of mud on seams

First things first, the pictures below are the reality our our work space. In pictures, I'll clear all the clutter away so the progress and work can actually be seen, but in reality we're messy workers. Recently though with certain stages being wrapped up I've been able to clear out quite a bit of materials we don't need anymore. Yah buddy!!

Organized chaos, ha!

Shower #1 finished!

Shower #2 finished! This was another slow point trying to figure out the transition of the pipe going into to slanted ceiling.

Plastic and cement board installed

Drywall installed

Cement board on the floor installed