One of the main things I wanted when we purchased our own house was a space where I could do some light woodworking. I don’t have a ton of tools, though I am working on that little by little. Over the past few weeks I built a little workbench for myself (I guess not little – using…
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The Neverending Story: Why I’ll Never Order Something from World Market Again
This is a dumb story. A dumb, annoying story. A dumb, annoying, longer-than-it-should-have-been story. A dumb, annoying, longer-than-it-should-have-been-story about a chair. You ready for this rollercoaster ride of excitement? I’m a simple man with simple desires. I want to eat cool foods, watch great movies, and for my puppy to grow out of his puppy phase…
The Home Stretch
It’s been a while (it’s been a whiiiiiile) since I’ve posted something about the house and the move and the whole shebang. It turns out, moving cross-country to buy your first home really takes it out of you! The good news is… we’re in! And we’ve actually been in for a few weeks now, but we’ve…
Appliances are in!
Another week and another update on our soon-to-be finished home in Easton Park. This week we received our regular update and photos with news that our carpet is in (though the photos were taken before carpet went down) and that our electric meter has been put into place. You can also see in the photos…
Floors, Cabinets, Countertops… and a Closing Date.
Boy, that escalated quickly. Last week’s update brought news that our masonry was being finished on the front of our home, as well as the electrical being nearly wrapped up. Today we received a quick update letting us know that our plumbing set-outs had gone in and that our irrigation would be going in next week. Not only that,…
Walls and More!
Things are certainly moving along at this point as the house begins to actually look like a house on the inside. In a previous update, we received details and photos of the progress in regards to sheetrock going up throughout the house. It’s amazing how much a place begins to look more like a house…
We got pipes, we got cables, we got vents!
Update time for our Easton Park home!! Things continue to move along as we inch closer and closer to a completion date. We’re still discussing what the potential close date will be, but we are hopeful that we can stick to the initially proposed timeline and become Austinites in the very near future. Recently, our…
Walkin’ On Sunshine Pavement!
It’s a pre-Christmas update on the house – or, at least, the area surrounding the house. In my last update we received pictures of the driveway and sidewalk being blocked out and we’re excited to see that both the driveway and sidewalk have been poured! Check these suckers out below: Today I received another call…
A bunch of updates!
It’s been a little while since I last posted – but that isn’t because we haven’t had any updates. With the holidays ramping up and a persistent sickness kicking the crap out of me, I just haven’t jumped on here as often to post our updates. But, things are still moving along! Below are some…
Raise the dang ole roof!
We have a roof! Almost! We have part of a roof, at least. Each week I receive a call from our contact at Milestone, Kim, and our contractor, Colton, who deliver updates on the progress of our home. This week? Ducts have been put in place for or our HVAC system, the roof has been…