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The kitchen area is identical to mine except where the table is, is my living room. And then I've got an Amish "Ekbunk back" away from the kitchen in line with the sink on the other side of a door.

You'll love the island.

Yes, but all of Brettski's cuts were made to within 1/1000 of an inch.

ALL of his goals were made within 1/1000 of a centimeter! Don't matter, He's a great guy and I thoroughly envy his ability.

Great work Bret ! Yes nice progress. ? no pic of the finished bedroom . That tape /mud work looks good to me. Time to paint. I like that kitchen look!!! How is LNP dong ?

Huge milestones, Brettski! Congrats - it's looking fantastic, as always!

I had to google Ekbunk back (I was sure it was some type of a back or spinal affliction that commonly occurs with Amish and Quakers, likely caused by carrying heavy handcrafted furniture). The only 100% hit google provided was this thread....no help.
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I have had round cornbread, Dudley...looked a lot like a hockey puck. I also remember watching re-runs of Designing Women.
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The Mast BR is only primed; no trim or flooring. It's jammed with crap right now, so I'm holding fire on pics. It's kinda traumatic for Dski and me right now cuz it felt like we went in reverse (brought back memories of our first 2 years of life in the Love Nest )

Forward troops - no turning back now the tide of the battle is turning in your favor. Its been an amazing journey so far - look how far you have come.

I've been extremely impressed with your many talents from the beginning of this thread, Brettski.

And you know what they say: If it looks like a hockey puck...

Been doin' a lot of drywall taping and sanding...and sanding. All the upstairs living space walls and ceiling are done and primed. We have been also doin' a lot of painting. Just got the tile installed in the guest bathroom. Grout next weekend.

Progress - one step at a time. Colors picked out ?

Pretty much so. I am hesitant and skeptical with colors. If you left it up to me, I would stick to browns and grays. Fortunately, Dski is a bit more adventurous. We purchased a Pittsburgh Paints fan deck of their most popular color families and found some creative combos...stuff I never thought I would say "OK, let's try it". The violet guest bath is one example. We bought 3 jars of sample colors to see how it might play out for different areas in the main living space.

A rainbow room ?

Quite a project. This thread started 5/4/09.

Ha!...lol
May seem like it, but trying colors for the entire 1100 some sq feet of space including hallway.
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And yet, it feels like we just started 2 months ago...NOT! This is what happens when one knows just enough to be dangerous. Just ask my wife.

I feel your pain Brettski. I finally started my "Pole Barn" Thread last September. Check back in about 10 years. it will still be going I'm sure.

And By the way keep up the "Excellent" Job.

Project birthday will be coming up pretty quick. We could sing it happy birthday!

Seriously though, it is going to be super nice when completed. Bretski has done a fantastic job.

Wife and I have talked about a cabin on our pond for guests and grandsons to stay in occasionally, but it would be much more of a "rustic" nature. Not because she wants it rustic, but because my skills are more toward 2x4's and nail guns instead of finish work.

The Brettski bunch will really enjoy it and all the hard work will fade to a fond memory when it is done.

Always nice Brettski. You and D'ski do good work and things are looking sharp!!

If I started a project like this in 2009, and did not have an occupancy permit by today's date, the permit renewal fees would be > 18K, and four healthy payments to the legal team to retain ownership of the property. Best to get it all done inside of 12 months, or pay for a 12 mo. extension. After that, you most likely will need a Lawyer.

Big problem North of M46 tho, is people will start projects, toss up a pole barn first, run out of money, then try convert the pole barn to a house. That don't work! In my township there are > 30 families living in pole barns, and this ain't even close to being the redneck district

I have seen some nicely done polebarns. Just look at Lee and Tiffany's

All the main living area walls are painted, as is the ceiling. This means a bunch of switches and outlets and we have lights. The oven/micro unit I picked up out of clearance 4 years ago is in and passed initial startup tests (it better cuz it sure is well beyond warranty). The utility tub makes for a nice make-shift farm sink. The refrig (another clearance deal) is sitting in the workshop downstairs and will make it's trip upstairs soon (after the appliance dolly arrives). It really bumps up our "comfortable camping" way of life.

Looking great B'Ski!

I really like the color y'all chose for the walls. What is it called?

We are drawing our colors from the American Spirit collection . The ceilings are sailcloth, the walls are ostrich feather. The test patch of brown is bread basket; using that for the hallway.

How about a few pics of the other rooms (big room toward the windows). We would like to get the rainbow effect !!!

Holding that shot until the surrounding accent wall and trim are complete; might be a couple more weeks.

Good - looking forward to the next addition. Also a long overdue report on LNP in general - been a while since the last one. I know - go to the LNP web site.