Sunday, June 29, 2025

6/29/25

It was another productive weekend. Rick left on Thursday, and I arrived Friday afternoon in a heavy rainstorm. He worked on the bathroom flooring, installed some baseboards, installed the sink in the 2nd bathroom, installed the pocket door in the 2nd bathroom (not trimmed out yet), and built the storage bench in the kitchen nook before I got there. After the jig was set up and a refresher course, I drilled holes in the drawers and doors installed the cabinet hardware in the kitchen and main bathroom on Friday and Saturday.

Saturday, we also installed the kitchen counter tops, kitchen sink and garbage disposal, vacuumed up lots of saw dust, and cleaned drywall mud out of both showers. Becky came by and mowed the yard--it's looking really good right now. On Sunday, we installed the kitchen faucet and the microwave, worked on the 3 closets, and did more sanding and filling nail holes. We also picked up the non-working stove/range at Mother's house and brought it back to Lubbock for possible repair.

It seems to be moving fairly quickly now. We need to install both shower doors before proceeding with the sink in the main bathroom and the toilet/over toilet cabinet in the 2nd bathroom. We also need a little more flooring to finish the closet floor in the 2nd bathroom. The baseboards and door trim throughout the house need to be taped and painted, hot water heater needs to be installed, dishwasher needs to be purchased and installed, ceiling fans installed, vanity lights and mirrors installed in bathrooms, back door replaced, utility room window replaced, utility room cabinets painted, doors re-installed after trim painted, undercabinet lights installed in kitchen, sidewalks poured, etc. so there's still some stuff to do. 

Storage bench in kitchen nook completed


Cabinet hardware going on
Hardware completed on drawers Friday night

2nd bathroom flooring almost complete (need a couple of more tiles), sink and baseboards in
Cabinet top going in
Cutting end off

Cutting hole for sink

Last floor tile and baseboard in, hardware installed
2nd bathroom
Kitchen sink in
Garbage disposal in

Kitchen faucet going in
Yard from southeast corner of property
Yard from northeast of property
Kitchen faucet working
Cabinet hardware, countertops, and sink/faucet in
Microwave going in
Microwave in


2nd bedroom/bath closet
3rd bedroom closet

Sunday, June 22, 2025

6/22/25

Rick left early Friday morning to meet with a roofer, and I worked in the morning and arrived mid-afternoon. Rick had loaded his van with the painted drawers and doors, and the overflow filled up the back of my car. He had leveled the east cabinets and was working on the floor trim when I arrived. I received a crash course in installing drawer glides on drawers and got them all on and the drawers in the cabinets. 

On Saturday, I received training in installing hinges onto the doors was able to get them all on, and we then hung the doors (except a couple in the 2nd bathroom and one in the kitchen due to running short on hinges) in the kitchen and main bathroom. I worked more on sanding filled nail holes on the trim and baseboards, and Rick installed shelving and brackets for clothes rods in the master closet. We then started installing bathroom flooring in the main bathroom. 

Sunday morning, we put down baseboards and installed the toilet in the master bathroom. We then moved to the 2nd bathroom and removed the toilet before beginning the very tedious task of installing flooring around the curved shower area and small spaces. We didn't fully complete it but hopefully got the toughest sections done. I also filled nail holes in the newly installed kitchen trim, master bedroom closet, and main bathroom.

It feels like we got a lot accomplished over the weekend and is really starting to look different. There are lots of little projects to finish and some bigger tasks to begin in the laundry room in the next few weeks.

Drawers in the background
More drawers and doors


Jig in place on side of large drawer
Trim going on bottoms of cabinets
Drawers completed
View from other side
Hinge installation bench
Over-toilet cabinet doors installed in main bathroom 
Main bathroom shelves & drawers in place
Doors (except 1) installed
View from other side
Main bathroom looking out from shower
First tiles going in
More progress

Vanity and baseboards installed
Master closet
Master closet
Taking shape

2nd bathroom coming along but finished for the week