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It's fast, easy, and cheap. The addition has beaded ceilings with exposed rafters and beams. I am in the process of staining and sealing. Up and down the 12' ladder sun up to sun down. We have the same thing in the main house, but don't recall it being so much work - of course that was over 20 years ago when I did that. Pictures will follow when I'm done. After the last couple of weekends, Ann thinks my calves look like Popeye's arms.
It will be worth all the effort when you get done with it
I'm sure it will look great....well worth the effort....
Those ladders are killers. I'm having fun also.....up, down....up down....up down.............................................. ...
The good part is I finished the ladder work on the porch with only the flooring to finish. Can't wait until it's done. Of course then I have the rest of the house to paint.
Keep up the courage Randy one day you'll be able to sit down and admire your work and all the effort it took.
"gene"
U shoulda hollered. I have a spray rig u could borrow.
I hope you checked out where the sheetrock came from before you bought it. Some of it from China is causing MAJOR health issues in homes where it was installed. In south Florida, where my In-laws have a home, there are houses that have been condemned that have the Chinese drywall. Many are now held by banks and have been selling for pennies on the dollar to folks who have to completely strip them clean and redo the insides. My in-laws have bought and flipped several of those.
Chinese-made drywall ruining homes, owners say - CNN.com
Mrdux - no sheet rock in my house, nor vinyl, or carpet.
Now lets see lead paint on toys, bad drywall how much more before people say enough is enough.
Putting up the cement boards inside for stone, stucco, etc. Tough on tools, burned the carbide tips off the blade:
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Zero sheetrock. Meanwhile the Cushman is doing it's job cleaning up:
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We need more pictures
I'll post some picks once I'm further along.
How about some pics of the outdoor kitchen
Here's one off to the side:
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In the back, behind the first post, is a 5 foot artificial palm tree with colored Christmas lights on it. I liked it so much when I put it up several years ago that it stays there permanently. I plug in the lights when I have guests arrive. I also have one of those cheap, tacky flamingo below that same tree just for fun :)
Double post - sorry. Bruce please fix, thanks.
Looks great. Poof, double post gone lol
Here's one of my wireless weather station. The steps next to it go down about 6 feet to access the garden. Where the limestone ends is another drop roughly 10 feet to the Vermillion River. The river is high in this picture - just took it. Otherwise you couldn't see it, live on the Teche Ridge - high ground.
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The mailbox there with the sign is for fun as well. The chicks think I'm cool :)
You and Anne have a pretty place Randy, I like how you have done everything.. Life is good.
Thanks G. Life is good. Ann and I are two peas in a pod that's for sure. As you fellas can probably tell, heavily wooded out here.
I like it....I like the wooded look and also all the crushed stone.....clean look and don't have to mow those areas.
I'll have you know that's # 57 limestone, I'm particular about such things :rolleyes:. I pay more but worth it. I keep a beer cooler outside because I am outside all the time when I am at home until it get's dark. Made out of some real old cypress many years ago, very rustic. There's a faucet valve on the side you can't see for draining:
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Looks like it's getting low. Saw some at some show a couple of years back, and you wouldn't believe what folks get for something like this. On the left of it is an old claw foot tub with a couple of Koi in it as well as a couple of shiners. Normally the Koi get about 12" long, then the big owls we have take them. Thanks for looking. Life is good.
I think the best pic is of that chest of beer lol
Entrance into my shop. The shop is connected to the main house by a covered catwalk. Shop has paver bricks on the floor - I was practicing before I started laying tile in the house. The stand next to the door has a pretty cool alligator Ann made in her pottery studio:
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Shop is heated and cooled, hot and cold water, even a shower. Another picture of the old claw foot tub pond on the other end. Koi are hiding, Ann made the cool Koi out of pottery:
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Life is very good. I could easily post lots of pictures out here. Thanks for looking.