Blake and Deborah in Hawaii: House update

Deborah Writes:

Well….. I have not written a blog since October. Blake says he has given up for now with Blogging. He is working his BUNS off building our home and it is beautiful. This is the most hands-on he has been with any home we have built before. He is the project manager, and hands on daily with many carpentry jobs.

Meanwhile, I just keep our daily life running with my wifely duties. I also am busy building my business and making new friends.

Blake’s brother Todd was here in December. It was so nice to see him. We were both delighted. Todd took a week off from work to help Blake with the house that was so kind and generous. Thanks to Todd, Blake and he were able to get our shingles done. That was a huge task, but they both had fun. Since Todd was here we did some vacation stuff. We went to out to dinner twice, to the beach and to our little local golf course. The last time we went to the beach and golf was in May when Todd and Katherine were here on vacation. It takes company for us to find time for the beach. Go figure! Mostly we go to Home Depot, Lowes and Costco. LOL

As far as the house, the drywall guy will be finished tomorrow; that part of the project took longer than we thought so we are a bit delayed. The tile guy will start on Friday. There will be tile on the bathroom floors, the guest shower and the master bath and shower. We will also have tile on the kitchen floor and back-splash. Our home is going to have a vintage charm feel, think old style Hawaii plantation meets 1940’s Cape Cod; with a splash of modern in some of the furniture pieces.

Next Blake can paint the walls, and then install the wood floors. Hopefully he will allow me to help a bit when I can. When we finish that, the kitchen goes in, the bathrooms get installed, the electrical finished and lots of small details left. Not to mention decks and more work on the exterior. I will stop here and insert pictures, they speak 1000 words.