Pool upgrades

With the pool deck finally built, it was time to do a few other upgrades around the pool.

Filter platform

New ladder 

Deck project continues...

Mark and the crew continued to finish the deck, install the garage bar window and new trapezoid windows for Sophie's room.

Garage cutout roughed in

Garage cutout from the outside

Lower deck transition to upper pool level

Pool step and bench

Deck flow is nice

Pool deck bench

Adding new windows for Sophie's room

Deck project started...

We've been waiting to build the back deck for several years and now it was time to roll! Mark and his crew got underway early after the Menard's delivery the day before.

Menards delivery

Moving lumber into position in the back

Ground level deck underway and garage bar/window installed. A lot going on here. We had to wrap the deck around the pool and make several levels.

Mark and the crew

Sophie chillin'

Nice progress

Living room mantel makeover

I started the mantel makeover back in March. Here are some progress photos and the final product!

Day 1

Too much wood - time to re-do!

Removed wood wrap and trim, then drywalled

Painted drywall and mantel sanded

Finished - looking great!

Super clean and mantel looks awesome

Porch ready for the season

Got the porch ferns hung and ready to roll!

Cousin Owen came up to visit

Master bathroom vanity

Master bathroom vanity loaded on Black Betty.

This photo doesn't do it justice, but this friggin' vanity comes with the cultured marble counter top already installed. The vanity is 60' wide and probably weighs over 200 lbs. I had the delivery guys (in Olmsted Twp) load it right onto the truck. Then I had to back it into the garage for the night because we are in rainy season.

After hauling this beast to the island, me and Sophie tried to get it into the house from the front porch. It would not make it around corners and doorways. So... we reloaded it onto the truck and backed it up to the master bedroom sliding patio door from the back of the house. Ed Toll from next door help me get it unloaded. Super pain in the azz!

I was able to install the fixture in the bedroom and slide it into the bathroom, level it up and attach to the wall. Then finished drain plumbing and installed the backsplash. 

The girls bedroom furniture

 Working on assembling Anna and Sophie's bedroom furniture from (Grainwood.com)

Sophie's dresser

Sophie's bed and night stands

Anna's bed and night stands

Progress on the living room mantel... I had to add epoxy resin to the back right half to fill a huge gap and square off the back for a flush install to the wall.