tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79230810380459525562024-02-21T07:58:44.448-08:00 Driftwood MusingsBarbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-3153492841687577062015-09-08T17:39:00.000-07:002015-09-08T17:39:10.944-07:00Outside and Landscaping We have moved into our new home but are still decorating. The outside is complete and I have lots of pictures to show you. Most of the photos were taken by our friend from Houston, Roy Kerstiens, Thanks Roy. I wish I had the eye for photography and half the knowledge that he has. I had a hard time choosing which pictures to show you so there a lot of them on this post. <br />
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You can go to <a href="http://driftwoodmusings.blogspot.com/2013/05/starting-new-home-building-process.html">This page</a> to see what the property looked like before we started building. <br />
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View from the street looking toward the house.</div>
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The next few pictures are as you enter the gate and drive down the driveway. The front of the house is about 400 feet from the street.</div>
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From the front balcony looking toward the street.</div>
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Family room looking toward the Choctawhatchee Bay</div>
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The next few were taken from the Bay looking toward the house.</div>
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Back Yard </div>
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Pool taken from the back balcony</div>
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Our daytime view</div>
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Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-26974270905275229492015-03-29T15:10:00.000-07:002015-03-29T15:10:15.512-07:00Craftroom and Study<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are getting closer to completion of our new home so I thought I would show you a few different pictures of my craft room. I am looking forward to having a place for all the crafty supplies. I do have a lot of cabinets and two walk-in closets with pantry type shelves. the light fixtures that you can see on the wall are LED task lights. The walls are painted Sherwin Williams Seasalt and the ceiling is 12 feet high and painted with a 50% formula of Seasalt. The counter tops are Solstice granite. The floors are Travertine installed on the diagonal with a zero grout line.</div>
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This cabinet now actually has drawer fronts and pulls. I just didn't have a current picture.<br />
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The door knobs in my craft room are different from the others in the house.<br />
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The study/office has bookshelves to the ceiling and it now has a ladder and rail for moving it around the room and reaching high shelves.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLllxMb2EE6BntyVOEKBIMUg-NVqLGvkxDYWtakFH4sr22SRn4d721VqwCdhbGH3cdogSH7hESxCFOOgL7giuewlw0cjZxEtxavuugipsjgYkwM3g3KHzxYBKXBLFn7JW_GvHCg1PGcc/s1600/IMG_0724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLllxMb2EE6BntyVOEKBIMUg-NVqLGvkxDYWtakFH4sr22SRn4d721VqwCdhbGH3cdogSH7hESxCFOOgL7giuewlw0cjZxEtxavuugipsjgYkwM3g3KHzxYBKXBLFn7JW_GvHCg1PGcc/s1600/IMG_0724.JPG" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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Dwight has a better view from the study than I do from the craft room. He has french doors and a large window looking out onto the bay. I wanted my craftroom near the kitchen so no great view. I can multitask though.<br />
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<br />Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-10529884264568811172015-01-17T16:58:00.000-08:002015-01-17T18:08:55.486-08:00Choosing a Mantel for Outdoor FirepaceSomething a little rustic and different from ones you see all the time is what we wanted but where do we start? That question was answered by a TV show that Dwight just happened to spot while channel surfing, <a href="http://brunerlumber.com/deadhead-logging/">How to Do Florida</a> was featuring deadhead logging and <a href="http://brunerlumber.com/who-we-are/">Bruner Lumber Company</a>. Deadhead logging is recovering logs that were cut in the 1800's and early 1900's and lost in the river on their way to market. Bruner recovers Cypress from the Choctawhatchee River so we made an appointment and visited.<br />
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We walked around the property and picked out a log. <br />
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This is the Cypress log that we chose. We know that this log was cut prior to 1890 because they started sawing trees down in 1890 and this one was cut with an ax. It had been in the Choctawhatchee river until Bruner pulled it out.<br />
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This is the other end of the log. Our mantel was cut from this end. Dwight used a wire brush and cleaned it and sanded the top and bottom. He then applied about 6 coats of Tung Oil and sanded between each application. It is not stained but the cleaning and Tung Oil brings out the color of the Cypress. They call those little dimples in the log scallops and they are caused by the water current and sand in the river.<br />
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Below is the fireplace where the mantel is going.<br />
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The mantel is installed and the firelpace will be complete when the tile guy returns and finishes the slate.<br />
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The other side of the outdoor area. The columns and the Travertine pavers are done and the fans have been installed. The single door on the left goes int the master bedroom and the double doors just to the right go into the study.<br />
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The pool still has to be completed but the builder wants that to be last so that we don't have to maintain it before the house is finished.<br />
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<br />Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-54453867421221702332014-10-20T16:04:00.000-07:002014-10-20T16:04:12.577-07:00Construction ContinuesI have always thought that the inside finish work progresses slowly and now I know that it is slow. The finish carpenters are still working on the inside woodwork and the painters are having to wait for them. The cabinet maker is doing great work but they are not on schedule either and the Granite company is having to wait for them. Both the finish carpenters and the cabinet company are getting close to finishing so we should see more progress soon. <br />
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The pelicans continue to keep a watch on things.<br />
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On the outside the balustrades are almost finished and they are starting to install the columns.<br />
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This is the base for the columns.<br />
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The outdoor fireplace is almost done. We need a cover for the fireplace and TV above it. We also still have to find a mantel. The tile is slate.<br />
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This is the wall behind the outdoor kitchen. The cabinets will be Cyprus with a granite counter-top.<br />
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This is the upstairs balcony. The Travertine tile is the same on the front porch.<br />
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Moving to the inside, the tile is done in the master shower. This tile is marble. You cannot see it very well but the floor of the shower is the same as the trim.<br />
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Our bathroom cabinets are partially installed.<br />
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This is on the other side of the bathroom and is where the tub will go. The floor tile is covered so I cannot show you that. It is the same marble as the shower with 4 tiles together and a 2 inch black diamond shape at the corners.<br />
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The cabinets are partially installed in the kitchen<br />
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The walnut floor before finishing.<br />
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These floors are now finished but the builder covered them with the blue covering before I got a picture. <br />
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Great Room Travertine floor. </div>
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The craft room, laundry room and pool bath are the same.</div>
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Pool bath shower wall. This is vein cut travertine and is actually the same stone as the floor, just a different cut and it is polished but the floor is honed.</div>
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One of the upstairs bathroom shower wall.</div>
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The upstairs bathroom (that has a tub) floor.</div>
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The other bathroom upstairs and the master bath isn't done.<br />
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The carpenter built this to use building the trim for the arches.</div>
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The cabinet maker left this crown sample for us to choose for the top of the cabinets. We chose the one on the left for the kitchen and butler's pantry. The center one is going in the study and the upstairs bar area. We are not using the one on the right. The wood that you can partially see in the background is a pilaster that is going to trim some cabinets.</div>
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There is still a lot of woodwork to be completed.</div>
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This guy is really good at his craft. He is using a garage for his cutting area.</div>
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Below are some of the paint colors that we are considering. The one on the left of each sample is for walls and the right one is ceiling. Choosing paint colors has been one of the most difficult decisions that we have had to make. </div>
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An upstairs bedroom</div>
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Powder bath</div>
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Study, upstairs trophy room and laundry room</div>
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This is more of a green than you see in the picture. I am using it in the craft room and pool bath.<br />
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All the downstairs open areas including great room, entry, dining room and hallways. The upstairs open area, rec room and hallways<br />
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The front door is Honduran Mahogany and is finished natural. </div>
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This iron goes over the glass on the front door.</div>
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Ceiling in part of foyer. This is also upstairs over the wet bar area.</div>
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Stacks of travertine.</div>
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The tile layer started in the great room. This picture is a little darker than the actual tile. It is being aid on the diagonal but that is hard to tell in this photo.</div>
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Marble for master bath counter top.</div>
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Taj Mahal Quartzite for kitchen, butler's pantry and upstairs bar. Close up view</div>
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Our builder was happy when the Walton County Inspector did his structural inspection at the house and everything was fine. Building codes in Walton County Florida are pretty strict so this was a big step. So far inside, all the rough ins are done and the foam insulation has been sprayed on the inside of the roof and around all windows and doors. All inside walls have insulation in them so this house should be quiet. I guess the builder thought the two of us would be loud. </div>
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The Sheetrock has been hung, finished, sanded, and primer coat of paint applied. The next steps will be the wood trim and the bathroom tile. </div>
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Looking from great room toward kitchen</div>
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Another view with the breakfast area on the left. The arched door on the left goes into the butlers pantry and then into the dining room</div>
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Breakfast room looking from kitchen</div>
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From kitchen looking toward great room. The doors on the right open all the way back</div>
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Outdoor fireplace with niche for TV above</div>
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The outside tongue and groove ceilings are complete</div>
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The back wall is where the outdoor kitchen will be</div>
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We added a little detail above thee windows on the front of the house.</div>
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Ya'll have a great holiday weekend.</div>
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The roof tiles were moved to the roof and stacked so they would be in place for the roofer. It took a crane to move the tiles to the roof because of weight.</div>
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While the roof was being installed the Stucco crew started. The first thing that they did was apply a metal wire base. The wire is very similar to chicken coop wire. Then the next step is to apply a base coat of the cement mixture called scratch coat. After this cures for a few days the second layer, brown coat is applied and again a few days wait for curing. In the photo above you can see the workers applying the brown coat. The lighter gray on the second floor is still the scratch coat.</div>
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The final step in the stucco process is to apply the color coat. This is the final color. It is a light beige with off white trim. We are really happy with the way the color turned out but Dwight was pretty unhappy when we first saw it on the house. We drove up and he said, "I wanted it to be lighter than this". I could tell that he was less than pleased and I am thinking if it was lighter it would be white. I told him that it looked just like the sample that we approved and I thought it was light enough but he didn't agree. He mentioned the color several times while we were there. As we returned to the car and he removed his amber colored sun glasses and remarked OH THE COLOR IS PERFECT. Neither of us thought about the sun glasses when he was complaining but I was sure happy that he pulled them off before we left. </div>
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This is about half of the pallets that are now setting by the house waiting to be put on the roof.</div>
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The roof is almost ready for the tiles. There is a waterproofing membrane on the roof over the plywood and then they nail the strips onto the roof for attaching the tiles. The roofers started transferring the tiles to the roof but will not start attaching them until the plumbers and others who have to put vents through the roof are done. This way they do not have to cut through the tiles. They should start soon though because the plumbers and Heating and Air Conditioning companies are there now.</div>
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This is a window that goes on the front of the house. Notice the top is a full radius oval. </div>
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The installer uses a template and then cuts plywood to match the template so that the window will fit perfectly in the opening. </div>
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There are two pieces of plywood and then small pieces of wood is nailed in between the two. This is necessary since the walls are twelve inches thick. </div>
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This is how it looks from the inside. The wood will be covered.</div>
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The windows on the back of the house have square tops so they fit right in without having to build a form.</div>
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This is the view as you walk in the front door.</div>
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A weatherproofing contractor will come out and put some kind of membrane and a special caulking around the windows. The caulking is apparently different since the house is ICF. </div>
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Part of the Covered Patio and above is a balcony that is accessed from a guest bedroom and the rec room.</div>
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The plywood on the front right corner is where the outside fireplace will be. The plywood on the back right is where the outdoor kitchen will be. The three square blocks that you see will be columns. To the left where the opening is will be all glass doors opening onto the patio. In the front is the pool edge.<br />
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Rear View This block retaining wall will be stucco.</div>
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Another rear view. The edge of this retaining wall is 50 feet from the bay. That distance is required by code in Walton County.</div>
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<br />Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-59993606822544792652013-12-15T17:11:00.001-08:002013-12-15T17:11:30.149-08:00 ICF walls and First Floor Framing Are CompleteWe have built a few houses but I always seem to forget how long it takes to build. I do think it takes longer in Florida though; we are on island time here.<br />
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There has been a lot of progress since my last post though. After the first floor walls were poured, the framers came in and framed the first floor, put the stairs in and the sub-floor for the second floor.<br />
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Dwight and our builder, Frank, checking out the view from upstairs.</div>
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The roof joists will go up next, and the upstairs framing will be done, then the roof will go on. The windows are in and will also be installed. While the contractors have been working on the house we have been meeting with cabinet makers. We have selected one and the final design is in process. We have to get the cabinet design completed so the electrician will know where to wire for lights and outlets. We have also been trying to choose a front door. While in Houston for Thanksgiving, we went to several lighting stores to look at light fixtures but made no progress there. Our taste usually are pretty similar but light fixtures are a different story so we have to figure out this one. </div>
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This is the inside of one of the ICF blocks. The area in the center is where the concrete is poured.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by.Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-29887468328005838322013-09-27T08:08:00.000-07:002013-09-27T08:08:04.903-07:00Birthday Card and Gift Card Holder Set<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Today I have a birthday card and a birthday gift card holder set to share. The card is an A2 size (4.25" x 5.5"). I used the Stampin Up set Secret Garden and the coordinating dies for cutting to create this set. </div>
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I stamped the background white flowers with Versamark ink onto Stampin Up Smoky Gray cardstock and embossed with white detail embossing powder. I also stamped the red flowers with Versamark ink onto the Smoky Gray cardstock and embossed them with white detail embossing powder. I then used a sponge and Strawberry Slush Stampin Up dye ink to sponge the color onto the red flowers. I did this instead of using red cardstock and embossing the red because the red has more depth and also has some gray undertones which looks good with the gray background. The leaves are cut from Stampin Up Wild Wasabi cardstock using one of the coordinating dies. I then sponged a darker green ink on the leaves to add interest. I used a Stampin Up scallop edge punch to cut the white scallops and cut the sentiment banner freehand, used Smoky Slate ink to sponge the edges and stamp the sentiment. </div>
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I assembled the card using Tombow Mono Multi and popped up the scallop layer and the red flowers using Stampin Dimensionals then added rhinestones to the centers of the flowers.</div>
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The gift card holder started with a 4.25 x 11" piece of Smoky Slate cardstock scored at 3", 5.5", and 8" and folded in the shape of an M.<br />
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Using the Word Window punch from Stampin Up punch it twice on the edge of the center fold. Then punch out the center with the petit Curly Label punch ( or a circle punch) Use Redline tape to finish the card pocket and add the ribbon to keep the card closed.<br />
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Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-23494075820713272412013-09-23T14:09:00.000-07:002013-09-23T17:14:09.520-07:00The Walls Go Up and the Pool Takes ShapeAfter doing a lot of research, we decided to build an ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms) home. There are many advantages to building with ICF especially in coastal areas. The walls will be about 12 inches thick and are actually concrete. The forms are put together and with rebar in them and then concrete is poured inside. Some of the advantages of an ICF home are: <b> Energy efficiency</b>, 32% less energy required for cooling and 42% less for heating. This also means the HVAC units can be sized smaller. <b>Protection during storms, </b>both tornadoes and hurricanes. This is a big plus when building on a bay in the Florida Panhandle. <b>Insect resistance </b>Termites don't like to eat concrete. <b>Fire resistance, </b> Concrete doesn't burn. All of these features also help to reduce insurance costs. From what we hear, ICF homes are also really quiet.<b> </b><br />
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Materials are delivered. These are the ICF Blocks made by Fox Blocks<br />
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Assembling the walls reminds me of putting Legos together<br />
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View from the driveway of the walls going up.</div>
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The gunite (a concrete mixture) gets sprayed on layer by layer to construct the pool. They are working on the spa in this picture.<br />
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The pool will be finished when the house is near completion. <br />
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<b><br /></b>Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-36110656989669373932013-09-13T07:45:00.000-07:002013-09-13T07:45:18.386-07:00Progress Between The RainsRain, rain go away and come again another day! <br />
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According to Frank, our builder, it rained for 58 days (about 40 inches) after we started clearing the lot for building so this made progress really slow because it was too wet to do much and even when you could the dirt yard would be closed because it was too wet to haul sand and we need a lot of fill sand. In between the rains they did manage to get enough sand.<br />
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They leveled it and then dug the trench for the footings<br />
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The concrete trucks arrived and poured the footings.<br />
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Then the block layers arrived and laid the blocks for the foundation<br />
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Then hauled in more sand to fill in the blocks and then it was leveled again.<br />
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The plumbers and electricians installed the pipes and wire that need to be in the floor and then the rebar was laid before the concrete trucks returned with more loads of concrete. <br />
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There are 2 miles of rebar in this foundation. One thing that surprised me is they ran sprinklers on the concrete over night to keep it wet for the curing process. This is supposed to minimize the cracking.<br />
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In the mean time the pool company dug the hole for the pool and it promptly filled up with rain water. <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">The pumps came in handy to empty it so that the pool company could set the forms for the pool.</span></div>
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There has been progress every day since the rains stopped.<br />
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<br />Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-11515267864533385352013-06-28T10:21:00.001-07:002013-06-28T10:21:32.287-07:00Lot Prep CompleteGreetings from Driftwood Point.<br />
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We have seen some real progress since my last post.<br />
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We now have permits---YAY!<br />
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We had to install a temporary driveway because the soil is sandy and materials could not be delivered. The drive was built up with red clay and then overlayed with crushed concrete. This will also be used to build the driveway on later.<br />
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The area where the house will be has been built up about three feet in order to get into flood zone X. This means that flood insurance will be less expensive. If you look closely you will see the surveyor's tripod. He is the one who determines the elevation of the lot.<br />
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Materials for starting the foundation - re-bar and boards were delivered.<br />
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Digging for the foundation is underway.</div>
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Most important of all the Porto-potty are now setting on the site.</div>
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We didn't know any builders in the Destin area so we asked everyone that we thought might know a builder and then checked them out. Our architect also had a few recommendations and we interviewed them plus others that we had heard about or who seemed to have a good reputation in the area. One of the things that surprised us is that homeowners were very happy to open their homes and let us look. The builders were always eager to show us homes that they had built and ones that were under construction so we got a tour of many beautiful homes. <br />
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We ended up choosing three builders to give us a proposal. Since our home is a cost plus fixed fee contract, we knew that cost was not the only consideration. The cost will largely depend on the choices that we make so we wanted a builder that we liked, had a good relationship with the clients that we met, was financially strong, had great finish work, would be on the job a lot and solicited bids from multiple sub-contractors.<br />
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We signed a contract with Frank Janssen Construction Management. Frank is a retired Air Force Officer and has been building homes for about ten years. The homes that he showed us were beautiful, we like him, and he will park an office trailer on our lot and be on site every day.<br />
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Frank wasted no time getting started. He has applied for building permits which can take up to six weeks to be issued and has started preparing the lot for building. We were sad that some trees had to be removed but the tree survey showed 82 trees bigger that 12 inches in diameter so we still have lots left and we needed a spot to build our home.<br />
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The company that is clearing the lot has been working a week and made great progress. <br />
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The lot after it was bush hogged.</div>
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Removing trees</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">For us, the process of building our dream home started with finding a lot that we love. We found and purchased a 1.6 acre lot that is bay front and has many large Live Oak trees. The header picture is our view looking toward the West and down the shore. The Pelicans seem to like the pilings from an old pier. This is what it looked like when we bought it. </span></span><br />
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<b> Looking from the bay toward the street.</b></div>
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<b>Looking toward the bay.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next step in the process was to find an architect. We knew that we wanted to build a Mediterranean house so wanted to find an architect whose portfolio included some Mediterranean homes that he/she had designed. Most local architects that we interviewed seemed to design the Florida Cottage style. We decided to use<a href="http://www.bdesigndestin.com/"> B Designs of Destin </a>because he had designed many homes in the style we wanted to build. Eric was great at capturing the things that we wanted in a new home. The design process took many months and several tweaks but we now have plans that we are excited about.</span></div>
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Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923081038045952556.post-11759999105029345422013-05-07T18:34:00.000-07:002013-05-07T18:34:20.329-07:00Test Post<br />
I have created this blog to share paper craft creations and the construction of our new home.Barbara Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384096223369641741noreply@blogger.com1