Captain's Corner Employee Party

 The girls celebrating the annual Captain's Corner Employee Party at Put-In-Bay!

Party Garage Pallet Walls

Chris hooked me up with tons of pallet wood, that could be broken down and used as solid wood planking. Sophie and me picked some up at Tim's house in Elyria and I got to work breaking them apart and removing the staples.

After weeks of getting the planks ready, I hung about 2/3's of it on the garage walls. I think it looks awesome and still keeps the garage bar rough feel I wanted. 

Backsplash (Kitchen and Bath)

After buying the backsplash tile(s) like 2 years ago, we finally got then installed. The big job was in the kitchen. Thanks Dave H.! We had enough left over to do the bath. Funny side note: I had to dig thru the garbage bag to get the last few 1/2 cuts for the bathroom. Just enough material! 

Bathroom mini backsplash

This is how I left it one weekend and...

Yes, that is Bonnie doing the grout!

Carpet done!

These photos don't do it justice, but the house is so much more comfortable with the carpet install done. No more dusty sub-floor! 

Carpet started!

It's been a long time coming, but we finally got the carpet install rolling along. Bonnie was super happy. The carpet we ordered was super heavy and I had to help the carpet guy lug all that upstairs. 

Here are some photos with the install underway...

Entry bar/shelf build

We needed something in the entryway/foyer. I decided to build a custom live edge floating bar/shelf.

Front porch finishing build out and steps

 Front porch ceiling finished, front built out and steps added. This is the "after" photo!

These are the "before" photos of Marc and his crew finished the front porch and steps...