Wood Paneling Removed

My boyfriend got bored earlier this week and started taking the wood paneling off the walls in our Family Room. Our goal is to have the room done, including furnishings, before the end of the year. We are also working on removing the beams from the ceiling but they are being a little stubborn. Then we still will need to sand the ceiling because it's textured.

Now on to the Family Room

My Dad was here last Sunday and finished putting in the window and now we are on to the Family Room. No real progress this past week on the Family Room but hopefully this week.

My boyfriend's Dad did the flooring in Plymouth Wellness Center and we happen to like the wood flooring that was left. He had a few boxes left, enough to cover about half our Family Room. After searching the Shaw website earlier today we managed to find the matching floor and are hoping to order some additional boxes so we can do the full Family Room floor.

There is also some... discussion... going on about what to make the hearth with. We have a wood burning fireplace. So we need something durable and rated for high temperature. Originally we had some tiles picked out, but they are not rated for high heat which we were going to deal with seeing as they weren't going to be in the fire. Now there are second thoughts being had, and someone's heart is breaking since we had picked out tiles that we were going to use.

Installing a Window in the Garage

Yesterday my parents came over and we started putting a window in the garage. There was already an opening which helped, the previous owner though had covered it with wood. What was also nice was my boyfriend's uncle had ordered a window for his new garage but ended up not using it, and other than being a little tall for our opening it fits with room to spare.

Taking the wood out of the opening we found it had been leaking and the wood was rotting. We replaced the rotting wood and had to cut a stud that ran right through the window opening. Taking the extra caulking from the brick around the opening was interesting since the brick wasn't smooth it was hard to get the putty knife between the brick and the caulk. What we found to work best is a crow bar against the brick and caulk, and take a hammer to the crow bar. The caulk came flying off.

With the window being slightly taller than the opening there was some fidgeting to get it to fit. Currently the window is firmly sitting in the opening, and we aren't sure yet how we will be securing it in the opening. To have it sit on the sill it would need to slant slighly, with the window having weeping holes at the bottom should water get beind the window, my Dad wasn't sure if slanting the window would be a good idea. We will have to see what the final decision is today when my parents return to help finish installing the window.