I never stop building Shadow and wont waste time listing all the sheds, covered decks,room additions a guest cottage and complete renovate of house. Stick with it, it'* not that hard. All you really need is pratical knowledge and some right tools.

Throw away the old power saw and go to Lowes and get a cutoff saw and a table saw. And a rotozip is an awesome companion. All it takes is accurate measurement, patience and straight cuts. And I never hammer. Everything is screwed. Joist hangers and assorted clips are my best friend.

1. ceramic tiled floor in master bath
2. new carpet upstairsand on stairs
3. harwood floors on first floor
4. ceramic tiled kitchen floor
5. framed basement & hung drywall
6. painted basement
7. powerwashed deck & fence
8. made a flowerbed in back yard

OMG, there'* almost to much to list. I didn't do it all myself, but I either had my finger in it or I did most of the work.

-painted 4 bedrooms, ceiling and all
-painted bathroom, ceiling and all
-painted living room, ceiling
-painted dining room, ceiling
-painted den, ceiling
-separated den into 2 rooms
-painted separating wall and re-did one of the rooms
-closed in carport
-paved part of the driveway
-graded driveway twice
-90% finished with metal roof

I had this done.



But they screwed it up, I TOLD them I wanted it colormatched, not white. Stupid people....

I made a 1and a half bath that were right next to each other into 1 large bathroom, replacing the shower stall with a whirlpool tub and ceramic tiled the walls. Ran gas to the kitchen for the stove that only had 220v (I prefer to cook with gas) and ran 220v in the garage and moved the old stove out there. It keeps the house cooler when you cook in the garage during the summer

My parents' old *** 160 year house:

Added bathroom (just an outhouse before)
Added rear storage rooms
Made two adjacent bedroom upstairs into one (was my room)
Removed fireplaces and one of two chimenies
Extended north face of house 4 feet
Rebuilt front porch
Added BASEMENT under most of original house (it was just crawl space originally)
Added basement under rear storage rooms
Added basement under dining room with walk in vault
Raised west third of house to level with the rest
Replaced tin roof with shingles
Made side hall and adjacent hall into one
Added bathroom upstairs
Added laundry room/pantry
Split kitchen/family room into two seperate rooms

This was all done after my parents moved in 1970, before I was born in 1981 and I don't know in what order. Windows are original.

Is it okay if we post our house mods after we move in to the house......... Yeppers the Pontiac family are the owners of a new home!!!!!!!!

Tons of general maintenence and repairs like replacement windows, texture & paint celings, added 3 courses of cement block to basement egress to fix water leak, refurb lawn, etc, etc... The only thing I have a pic of is the new tile floor in the bathroom:

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