Addition – Page 3 – Adam & Layne

Addition – Week Two

Addition / 7 years ago

The back of our house looks like it got in a fight with a bear that hated aluminum siding.

This week involved waiting for concrete to cure, covering that concrete with huge tarps to protect it from all the freaking rain, tearing off stem wall forms, and some demo (in the rain).

Adam and I got to work on Saturday ripping the aluminum siding off the backside of the house and then tackling the bottom few courses of the old wood siding underneath. It rained the entire time. Blech.

We filled the truck up for a trip to the dump. Again. Blech. Demolition isn’t Chip Gaines jumpin’ through walls, throwing hammers, laughing it up, happy fun time. It’s more like, “I think I got a sliver in my eye and why are my gloves so wet?”

The best part of this week’s progress was watching the contractor and his team start to put the yard back together again. Tomorrow should be exciting as the subfloor should be almost complete if not completely done.

Here’s a fun look at some of the hard work that’s gone into this week:

Onward!

-Layne

Addition – Week One

Addition / 7 years ago

There was digging. There were wooden things. There was cement! Week one of the construction part of our addition had us all glued to the windows watching the progress.

I took this photo on Tuesday. The black pipes sticking out of the ground are there for plumbing purposes – Adam finished up that project before all the snow started.

The digging commenced and the guys started laying out the forms for the cement footings.

The weather cooperated more than it has in the last two and a half months so they were able to pour the concrete footings as well as the stem walls. They tarped the site at night and we ran heaters all night to help the cement to cure.

Adam began some of the demo on the back of the house on Tuesday.

Don’t feel like cleaning out your gutters? Just rip them off!

The only surprise we’ve encountered so far were these wasps nests that were right above our backdoor…no thanks, wasps!

…they’re the most beautiful stem walls we’ve ever seen!

Here’s a compilation of videos we took this week. Enjoy!

-Layne

Mood Board – Family Room

Addition / 7 years ago

Sweet Family Room – how I long for you. What, with your plush carpeted surface, and your bright windows and doors that open directly on to the future deck…I just can’t get you off my mind. It’s creepy but it’s true.

We are so excited for a space that will be wide open with plenty of room for lego building, blanket forts, and slumber parties. We also just need a room that is wall to wall carpet. Our sweet babies have bonked their heads enough times on our hardwood. We’re over it. I want a play area where it’s ok to fall down and not have to worry about following full concussion protocol.

Here is the outline of the space once more:

Here are the very basic ideas we have about the design:

I want to play with pattern/texture as much as possible in this space while trying to keep a majority of the color palette light and airy. These throw pillows are a good representation of the color accents I like – mostly blues. I found these at Target a few months ago. Home Goods and World Market are also among my go-to shopping spots when it comes to throw pillows.
This sectional from IKEA is the dream for this room. Relatively inexpensive, comfy, and it’s got nice, clean lines.
I really like this Tripod lamp from Target.
As I mentioned before, we’re going with carpet (& double padding) in the family room. We put a deposit on this carpet at RC Willey.
This rug has just enough pattern and brightens up the vast expanse of darker carpet. Layers of carpet for the win! No helmets for my kids!
We have picked up a couple of mid-century dressers to use in the kids’ rooms. When Ivy’s room gets a closet (a part of the addition plan), we are going to relocate her dresser to use as a media cabinet in the new family room. We have lucked out on Craigslist a time or two but one of my favorite spots for finding mid-century goods is Boise Vintage. Ooh. Also. The Bench Commission is where I found Leo’s dresser.

The other thing we get out of this addition is a boatload of wall space. Adam is a photographer and has taken all of these wonderful pictures of our kiddos that need to be freed from a memory card (and our Facebook/Instagram feeds) and plastered all over our walls. This, to me, means putting together our own gallery wall above the television.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

Hooray for families. Hooray for rooms. Hooray for family rooms.

-Layne