Foundation…check!

I’ve been delayed on this post simply because I wanted it to end with a complete foundation. Which means…it’s all done! It’s becoming very real now to visit the property, feels like we really will be living there in October!

Can’t wait until this is our view off the front porch.

It started with the forms and the plumbing. This is a shot of the garage, ready to be poured! The house is to the right of the garage.

A close-up of the house, not completely finished.

Tuesday night we arrived, and….the house and garage were poured! Seriously, this was one of the most exciting moments. Can you tell?

This is the house, with Dad giving the concrete a little extra love. He’s taking good care of us.

The garage! (Keith’s mancave)

Altogether house and garage. Mom and I sat in my future bathroom and watched the sun go down. Gotta love that huge Texas sky

Yesterday, I was in the area and decided to stop in. We have porches! and driveways!

Close-up of the garage and breeze-way.

One of the things I loved when looking at homes was stamped concrete. The concrete guys stamp the still wet concrete with a granite looking stamp that makes the concrete look like the porch was chiseled out of rocks. We love it!

This is a picture of the front porch and then a close-up of the stamp. Both the front and back porches received “the stamp.”

So the foundation is complete!

The next step is to complete our flooring. We decided to do stained concrete throughout the house. This means that there will be no other kind of flooring put in! They will score the concrete to look like giant tiles and stain it a lovely dark brown color called, Cola. This process will be completed before any framing is done! Meaning..we will have a completed floor before we have a house. We are not far away now! Framing starts a week from Monday, and from what I hear, it goes up fast. I will try to be equally fast in putting up pictures.

As for us, we are off to the bottom tip of Texas for the weekend, the beautiful beaches of South Padre Island for 3 days to be exact. Keith hasn’t been, and school starts in just a few short weeks, so bring on the relaxation and the sun! We are staying at a beautiful resort right on the water…and I’m so pumped.

Have a fabulous summery weekend!