What a Find

Darrick talks with everyone he comes across. This is one of the reasons he is so good at his job. He met a new neighbor and calls us saying the guy has a door he needs to get rid of. Sure we'll take it., our renthouses are always in need of doors.

Oh no, this door is going from the Trophy Room into the office. Beautiful heavy wood and a cool design. I just need to refinish the wood.

Doesn't that look like something that goes into a Big Game Trophy Room?

Don't Forget

Bill is ready to start putting sheet rock up in the office. Uh, Bill what about my vacuum system. Oh yeah, guess we need to run the pipes in the walls for that don't we. Headed out to pick up the pipes and found out they need to be ordered. Doesn't take long to get them. He just wrote himself a big note to remember.

It Works

We have brought all the rock home to rock the exterior of the house. We have pallets and pallets of Latte Swirl rock stacked everywhere. Bill has discovered that they provide wonderful work surfaces.

 Today this one is holding the chop saw.

It's Too Hot to Build

August in Oklahoma, building in an enclosed metal building. Not a recipe for enjoyment. Bill, being ever ingenious, came up with a great idea.

He has a swamp cooler.













He has two oscillating fans.

 Cut out the window, covered it with wood to stop the heat from the west sun from coming in and any rain we might get.

Then thinking outside the box. Added two window units. Instant cool!

We look pretty red neck on the outside but it's the inside that counts/


 It is twenty degrees cooler in the office area from the rest of the West Wing.

Grooming the Yard

The previous owners had unusual living arrangements. They were divorced; he lived in the Residence in a one bedroom apartment and she lived down the hill in a trailer house. They  shared a drive, mailbox and water well. We did not buy the trailer so they had to move it out. Unfortunately, we did this part of the sale with a handshake and they took advantage of us. Meaning they did not take any of the junk and left ruts in the meadow.


Took advantage of having the Wheel Loader home, took out the huge slabs of concrete that were under the trailer. Smoothed out the area and put a layer of top soil over it all.

Mow we have more usable yard.

Redesigning Space

The office is being built in a space we are redesigning. Walls are being torn down and put back up 6 inches farther back, ceiling is being raised 2 feet, electrical wiring is being pulled and rerun 10 inches away. The space will be incredible when we are finished. These little changes are taking two dark work rooms and making them into a bright office for us.

This is one of the walls we are moving back. The existing wall is already down ready for the studs to go back up just back against the exterior wall.

Bill is raising the ceiling two feet. From 7 feet to 9 feet. He is adding studs above the metal beam that runs around the building. This would be why the previous owner used 7 foot ceilings. The beam is at 7 feet. Bill figured out how to build around it.

This wall used to go all the way across and made this space into two rooms. We opened the sides and our desks will be on either side of the wall. In the same room but not right next to each other.

Yellow is a Good Color

Bill is using his organizational shelving.  The top shelf is where he is putting all his cordless power tools. He must like the color yellow. Different brands but all the same color.

Look at how easy everything is  to  find. No waiting around while someone finds the tools you need. Everything is with like tools. I am so happy!