Look at what the boys are up to now!   The guys set the posts in concrete for the front of the porch and the deck.  You may now be able to determine where the deck will be built.  On Friday the brick layer will be at the site and also the concrete guy who will score the concrete floor.  For those who don't know what that means is that he will bring a machine in and etch lines in the concrete which when he is finished it will look like a tile floor.  He is going to make a design all the way around the edge of the room and then etch the floor into 3' X 3' tile designs.  Once the porch is constructed he will come back and stain and seal the floor with a deep coca cola color.  Lots of red and brown shades in it with a swirl effect.  The brick layer will start building a brick wall on the concrete floor all around the edge of the porch that will be 2' tall.  The brick layer has been shown where the owners want outlets installed by the electrician, so he will need to install empty outlet boxes inside the brick wall as he builds the walls so the electrician can run the electricity to the porch at the appropriate time. Once that is complete then the guys will put a wood plate on top of the brick wall to build the screened porch.  So many stages to this project.  While the brick layer is working his magic, Aaron, Wes and Phil will be constructing the deck.  Check back by mid-next week and you will see a huge difference in this project!!!!

Here we go!!!! 
The fun stuff has just begun!!!  The boys removed some 260 16" X 16" brick tiles out of sand and muck and hauled them down to the barn to start the job.  They then removed sand and soil to prepare the ground for the footer and concrete slab.  Once the space was cleaned out they installed footers and then hauled in rock for the base.  The last piece to the puzzle was to install wire to keep the concrete from cracking once the concrete has cured.  WOW!  Lots of steps to go through to get some concrete poured!  Today the concrete was delivered which is the good news.  The bad news is that they had to get it to the site by hauling one wheelbarrow at time. The truck could not get to the site for fear of tearing up the owner's yard. The guys were dragging by the time they got it all dumped into place.  When I left them they were dragging a long board across the concrete to make sure that the floor was going to be level and found that they were going to need at least another yard of concrete to be delivered.  So.....that's when I left!  Phil was on the phone with the concrete plant and was ordering some more concrete to be brought to them as soon as possible.  I will update you tomorrow on how things turned out and have a couple of more pics for you to see the finished product!  NEXT.....check back and see what is next!!!!!  

Organizing is a huge task when lots of time has elapsed with working all day and all other duties that involve in being a spouse, caretaker, taxi cab driver!, and not being able to say NO when someone asks you for your help.  I started a job this week helping a family make sense of what seemed confusing to them.  They needed closet space and every inch of each closet was packed.  Some things not needed any more, some things just needed to be organized in a space that could be easily gotten to.  What ever the need was we got started and in three and half days we made great progress!  Of course, when you start a project like this, one thing leads to another...so it is not as easily done as one would think and it takes much more time than you can imagine.  But when that closet gets organized and you can go right to what you want without digging and pulling half of the closet out to get that one item....WOW....what a feeling!  You even find space to put those books, pictures and treasures that are laying around in your home.  If you are living in clutter and have bulging closets and don't want to tackle it by yourself, call me.  I would love to help you.  You will be surprised how happy and peaceful it will make you feel when your home is organized and free of clutter.  Make it happen today!!!!!   

Started a new job this week......very excited about creating a space from the ground up!  Above you are seeing the area that will become a screened in porch that will include an extra covered porch on the front of it for rocking chairs to look over beautiful land full of trees and water.  In front of the windows will be a deck built for a grill and extra entertaining.  Check back with us on Monday to see the progress that has been made over the past four days.....hard work being done right now to get to the fun of the project.  Stay tuned!!!!

It seems so many of our clients are in the mood to paint!  It is a great way to freshen your rooms and to put new life in them!  The popular colors that we are seeing right now are the golds, greens, some form of browns (khaki) and burnt orange.

Aaron helped prepare a ceiling for a client before we painted the room.  He removed a light fixture and repaired the ceiling and then installed a new ceiling fan and light kit.  Take a look below what a dirty job that can be!!

It also is a perfect time to redesign your room or rooms since your furniture it either in the middle of the room or out of the room!  That is where I can help you.....new look with what you have.  Once the furniture is placed somewhere new, then come the lamps.  Next the pictures will be placed and then the accessories.  Brand new room!!!!!!  Very surprising how your home will look when you walk in the door.

Call us!  We can get that fresh, new look for you in no time!!!!