This place is going to be so self-contained, we may never run my Aunt Patsy out of here. She might pull a Pacific Heights on me.
Cool part of the garage apartment is the large flat space and overlapping counter for bar stools.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Garage Apartment Kitchenette, Taking Shape
Cool part of the garage apartment is the large flat space and overlapping counter for bar stools.
Planning with Gordon and Mary at Colbrook's Nursery
Met with Gordon and Mary yesterday to lay down a plan of attack for executing the landscape plans. A big part of the meeting was making consessions on available plant materials and what we can afford!
Gordon and Mary are the nicest people.
www.colebrooknursery.com
(918) 445-0539
5915 West 31st Street. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107.
Tulsa, OK
Hours: Mon-Sat 8:00am-6:00pm,Sunday 1-4,April-June
Gordon and Mary are the nicest people.
www.colebrooknursery.com
(918) 445-0539
5915 West 31st Street. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107.
Tulsa, OK
Hours: Mon-Sat 8:00am-6:00pm,Sunday 1-4,April-June
Setting Up The Front/Back Porches
Jim finished pouring the concrete for the main slab on the front porch and steps for the back porch.
There is a bunch of sand/dirt piled up around the first step. Unfortunatly, this isn't a beach house.
Smooth as a baby's bottom.
Billie wasn't allowed to put her hand down into the wet cement. I know, I'm such a meanie.
There is a bunch of sand/dirt piled up around the first step. Unfortunatly, this isn't a beach house.
We'll drop a hand rail along side the flat part of the steps. Just to the right, you can see th air condensing unit they (Air Solutions) installed this week.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Easy Access to Back Yard
Bird's eye view of the backporch steps. We used some old bricks that were onsite when we bought the home to create a little something different.
One more step and we'll be done! The home originally had a side entrance so we filled it with stone and converted one of the old bedroom windows into a back-door and viola! Easy access to the the back yard.
Hittin' the Hard Stuff, with Trinity Concrete Works
Russell Vaughn of Trinity Concrete Works (918-698-7393) installed our kitchen counter tops yesterday. They're still "rough" and will be buffed/polished out but they look great. We highly recommend Trinity Concrete Works! http://trinityconcreteworks.com/
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
trim, built-in shelves, bathroom floors, shed, window seat, and what-not
Hall bath tile (above). Master bathroom tile (below). We were able to use mostly remnant marble tile leftover from a previous job on our current house. Luckily, we found a place that could find a match (C&C Tile)
Window seat/storage box for the boys. (above)
pocket doors are in.
nice touch on the window seals.
good look at the trim on the side porch.
shelves for all the boys nick-knacks and "trophies" - i still don't get why EVERYONE gets a trophy these days....
Shelve for Bill-nut too!
Storage shed going up.
hall bath cabinet installed!
and soon....the fixtures. Are you serious, this is almost done? Wake me when its over.
Monday, February 1, 2010
From the whole house to a sink, concrete has many multiple, and sustainable, uses
GreenMag E-news
January 2010
Houses can be built of concrete, as can their walls. Roofs can be topped with concrete tiles, and concrete can be used in landscaping. Concrete can be used for countertops, sinks, And it all can be green.
Concrete wall systems include cast-in-place, precast panels, concrete blocks, and insulating concrete forms (ICFs). Concrete is pumped between two layers of polystyrene foam in ICF walls, and process offers great insulating values and airtightness.
Concrete tiles can be used on roofs and have a life span of 50 years or longer. Tiles that are replaced can be recycled. Concrete roof tiles can reduce home heating and cooling costs and can help maintain constant indoor air temperatures. The tiles are noncombustible, and they are available in a variety of styles.
Concrete options for the exterior include traditional stucco, or Portland cement plaster, a stampable concrete overlay, a lightweight polymer-modified decorative wall system that can look like natural stone, or a cement-based clapboard siding. Concrete offers many sustainable features for exteriors, including low maintenance and fire resistance.
For landscaping, concrete can be used in sidewalks, driveways, and backyard patios. Concrete pavers can be made locally and in quantities for particular projects, which make them very resource-efficient. They eliminate the need for regular maintenance and solvent-based wood stains and sealers. A pervious concrete driveway allows rainwater to percolate into the soil. Options include permeable concrete pavers or cast-in-place pervious concrete. You can add color to the concrete before it’s place or use a water-based concrete stain spray after installation.
Concrete also can be used on interior floors, countertops, sinks and fireplaces, and the possibilities for colors, textures, patterns, overlays, stamps, and saw cuts are expanding every day.
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about concrete at the Concrete Network.
Just a few LINKS:
• Benefits of Living in an ICF Home
• Find distributors of ICF wall systems
• Sources for concrete roof tiles: Hanson Roof Tile and Eagle Roofing Products
• Exterior finishes: stampable concrete overlay, James Hardie Building Products
• The environmental benefits of pervious concrete
• Precast permeable concrete pavers
• Interior floors
http://greenmagonline.com/newsletters/jan10/muliple-uses-concrete.html
January 2010
Houses can be built of concrete, as can their walls. Roofs can be topped with concrete tiles, and concrete can be used in landscaping. Concrete can be used for countertops, sinks, And it all can be green.
Concrete wall systems include cast-in-place, precast panels, concrete blocks, and insulating concrete forms (ICFs). Concrete is pumped between two layers of polystyrene foam in ICF walls, and process offers great insulating values and airtightness.
Concrete tiles can be used on roofs and have a life span of 50 years or longer. Tiles that are replaced can be recycled. Concrete roof tiles can reduce home heating and cooling costs and can help maintain constant indoor air temperatures. The tiles are noncombustible, and they are available in a variety of styles.
Concrete options for the exterior include traditional stucco, or Portland cement plaster, a stampable concrete overlay, a lightweight polymer-modified decorative wall system that can look like natural stone, or a cement-based clapboard siding. Concrete offers many sustainable features for exteriors, including low maintenance and fire resistance.
For landscaping, concrete can be used in sidewalks, driveways, and backyard patios. Concrete pavers can be made locally and in quantities for particular projects, which make them very resource-efficient. They eliminate the need for regular maintenance and solvent-based wood stains and sealers. A pervious concrete driveway allows rainwater to percolate into the soil. Options include permeable concrete pavers or cast-in-place pervious concrete. You can add color to the concrete before it’s place or use a water-based concrete stain spray after installation.
Concrete also can be used on interior floors, countertops, sinks and fireplaces, and the possibilities for colors, textures, patterns, overlays, stamps, and saw cuts are expanding every day.
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about concrete at the Concrete Network.
Just a few LINKS:
• Benefits of Living in an ICF Home
• Find distributors of ICF wall systems
• Sources for concrete roof tiles: Hanson Roof Tile and Eagle Roofing Products
• Exterior finishes: stampable concrete overlay, James Hardie Building Products
• The environmental benefits of pervious concrete
• Precast permeable concrete pavers
• Interior floors
http://greenmagonline.com/newsletters/jan10/muliple-uses-concrete.html
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