Jan 21st - Drew's Place

Below are some photos of Drew's (our younger son) place.

First, remember that all this is at what we midwesterners would consider the 2nd floor. There is a full "basement", on a slab, under this level.

The bay window faces the street. The front door opens on to a small porch and the stairs down to grade. Along the left edge of the photo you see the wood burning stove that you will see in the next photo.

The office. The boxed out corner on the right is for part of the front porch. There is a big closet behind the woodburner.

The dining room. Note the edge of the woodburner on the right side of the photo. There is a shelving unit built into the wall across from the right side of the table. The double door opening you see on the right goes into the kitchen. Behind the table is the open stair going down to the "basement". Actually only the part above the floor is open. The stair area below the floor is fully enclosed to separate it from the basement. Behind the wall at the back of the stair is the main bathroom. The glass door you see at the end of the hall opens out onto a large rear deck. The door between it and the kitchen doorway goes into the bedroom

The right side of the kitchen. Kathy has spent a LOT of time washing the wood cabinetry and other woodwork. She was also oiling it. Yesterday I took over some of the oiling. I oiled woodwork for at least two hours in the morning and another hour and a half in the afternoon. We still have more to do.

The left side of the kitchen.

The "conservatory". Note the large wrap around deck. Yes this is a fully operational bathtub. The drain had previously been connected and we finished the water connections.

This is his new washer/dryer unit that we installed in the bathroom. The drain line was already installed and the water lines were stubbed off in the wall. We just needed to extend the gas line for the dryer, install the dryer vent through the wall, and add connections on the water line stubs. The unit is in the bathroom.

I didn't take any photos of his bedroom, which is nice sized, or the half bath off his bedroom. The toilet was out of the half bath so that Doug could do repairs to the grout in the tile floor and so that a new wax ring could be installed under the toilet. This morning it is operational.

Today is his "open house". I think he said over 80 people have "RSVP'd". It is from 1-5.

Have a great day. May God bless you and yours.