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basically no entry i ll post sometime on how we tried to solve that problem the first big project we embarked on was a bit aggressive but of course at the time it seemed manageable even with steph being 9 months pregnant with penny when you walk in it s pretty open and the entry and the family room both have two story ceilings there s a wall with a landing on top that separates the two areas but it was dated we re not fans of the wall alcoves that are as rampant in florida as the alligators also mustard and chocolate don t go well together in a food dish or in paint color we knew what we wanted to do with this wall from our first showing it was something we wanted to do with a wall in our last home and that s shaker panel so right before penny was born we decided to tackle this project in dec jan of 2015 penny didn t wait for us to finish the first task was to get rid of the alcove and cover up any of the elegance of this wall notice on the outside of the arches there s a little embellishment at the top instead of knocking that out we had to add an addition under it so that the arch remained level on both sides the 2x4 frame to the far left had to be added instead of just knocking out the notch that sits above it removing that notch would have made the arch crooked as you can see the alcoves wrapped around the wall to the other side it all needed to be closed up we patched up those parts with sheetrock to make it a flat wall next was the hardboard we used 3 16 4x8 sheets of hardboard to cover the entire wall i had to move the ac vent as well so that it wouldn t interfere with any trim boards are those gray walls in the background we painted most of the house during the same time what were we thinking i think steph and i were both nesting 9 months pregnant and gettin things done after the hardboard came the trim around the arches 1x6 boards for around the arches and 1x4 boards for the paneling it s important to put the bottom board on a few inches above the ground aligning the bottom of the board a quarter inch or less below the height of the baseboards so that the baseboards can sit on top of that i put a 1x4 behind the baseboard to give it something to nail into baseboard and bottom board overlap about a quarter inch the arches were the most time consuming and difficult part of this project kind of complicated but hopefully this makes sense first since we planned on trimming the inside of the arches i used 1x3 pvc boards for the inside top of the arches you can see them in the picture above pvc boards are more flexible than wood but still not flexible enough for these pretty tight curves i found out the hard way when my first attempt snapped the board into multiple pieces and smashed a couple fingers in the process so the key was to set my sliding miter saw at a depth to cut about 2 3 3 4 through the 1x3 i then scored the board every inch or so along the width it required dozens of little slices but it took the boards to a whole new level of flexibility it s like the different between me and steph doing yoga actually my flexibility is more like the wood but that s beside the point once the board was scored it was easy to position it note don t shoot nails through the score it ll snap the boards i also found that out the hard way shoot nails through the un scored part of the board it was important to get the inside of the arches in place before the doing the tops of the arches because you have to use the inside measurement to cut the top piece i used a rectangular piece of 3 4 mdf roughly the size of the arch i nailed it to the wall using finish nails and traced around the 1x3 that i had just added to get the curve of the arch i jigsawed along that line to get the matching curve around the top i used a combo square and slid it along the first curve with a pencil at 5 5 inches on the ruler then i made the second cut to complete the arch i also used pvc board for the cross pieces on the inside top of the arch and scored those along the length of the board to get some bend from them the thing that makes this whole process work is to diagram it beforehand seriously do all the math to scale before starting if i hadn t i wouldn t have noticed that the arches were different widths that needed some serious calculations to figure out my basic math skills were really put to the ultimate test i used a biscuit joiner for all my joints pocket holes would have been too time consuming if you don t do something for tight joints you ll have boards popping up all over the place you don t want teenage pubescent panels because once they re up no amount of acne wash or growing up is getting rid of those things after adding crown molding it was time to paint everything but that would have to wait the above picture was taken on the night of january 18 penny came the morning of the january 20 2015 so construction was done but painting waited until the end of march we were more than willing to wait after a couple months with that little angel we went with classic white satin straight from the can and semi gloss on the baseboards and it turned out great see the before and after before during our first showing after back of the wall now the question is do we hang something on the wall or just leave it blank thoughts it s summer so that means family we ve had visitors and life is crazy but we love having family visit and we love traveling to see family correction we love seeing family at the end of traveling we ve been reminded recently of how amazing jack was at traveling when he was a baby penny not so much she doesn t stop moving as many of you are aware up and down wiggling jiggling dancing screaming she s full of life and energy and planes aren t her thing sorry to other passengers not so sorry to the passive aggressive lady sitting behind steph penny s getting mentally ready for sabotaging the plan ride our summer started in april when grandma and grandpa deekookoo jack s nickname for steph s parents ask her for details came to visit for jack s birthday and we stayed at the nickelodeon hotel and went to disney of course ninja turtles never looked so good we love disney then in may grandma and grandpa marcum joined us for some great fun one of the highlights was our boating trip on crystal river we swam with manatees and saw some dolphins that were wrangling fish next to our boat near the shore it was pretty incredible jack on the lookout for manatees he loved driving the boat pulling grandma around the neighborhood jack and penny with grandma and grandpa marcum at the beginning of june steph s aunt and uncle nettie and alan sargent came and visited with the whole family there was a bunch of beach going and we had a blast that s the second time the sargents have visited us and we just love having them the whole gang at our neighborhood lake there was also some big news in the ellsworth family steph s baby sister brittney married her sweetheart bret cardall on june 24th it was a great day and beautiful wedding such an amazing couple and we were so happy to be there with them on their special day bret and britt cardall steph went to denver early and wasn t able to be in florida on father s day but she didn t miss the opportunity to make me feel really special even if we weren t together she and jack facetimed with me on sunday morning and sent me on a scavenger hunt that they had set up before they left i had no idea just one of the reasons i love my wife so much she s extremely thoughtful and takes any opportunity she can to make others feel loved we were also able to spend brynn s first birthday with the family brynn is mike and lindsey s steph s older sister youngest she s the sweetest little thing and we were so happy we could be there for her first brynn loved her cake and yes that s another br name in the family brandon brian bryce brynn bret and brittney well that s a quick update on what s happened lately with us we can t wait to see even more family members in the fall bryant and bonnie are bringing their kids to disney and chris and julia are joining us for thanksgiving along with jordan can t wait to see you guys so it s been a year steph jack and i moved to tampa last january and we re loving our experience part of that experience has been spent making changes to our house yes it s brand new but it was bear bones stock nothing fancy added we bought it during construction so adding options wasn t actually an option we probably wouldn t if we could though man that stuff s expensive we started with four relatively small jobs to help make our house a home and we began with the facade the exterior when we moved in as you can see our house didn t look bad in fact it actually looked fairly nice good structure just not a lot of character but with just a few tweaks we really made it stand out in a neighborhood with strict hoa rules first we got rid of the generic numbers who decided that a these look good and b they should absolutely be the default numbers of every house in florida possibly the country i m fairly certain it s just a big prank and you can feel the care that they took on aligning these babies we replaced them with numbers that are from a more geometric typeface i m sure you ve seen these home depot numbers before but they re quite nice and it s one of those little easy to change details that can really have an impact i used a clear silicone to attach them so that we can change them later without any hole filling old numbers new numbers our house didn t come with exterior sconces it didn t come with most lights in fact it didn t come with lights in any of the bedrooms but did come with lights in the closets cost effective maybe logical not really fortunately it was prewired for exterior lights we found a light that we loved at www lightingdesign com it s based in utah but our neighbor from spanish fork works there and took care of us we also added a couple of spotlights that shine on our two palm trees yes we now have palm trees matte black sconce use a clear globular bulb for more stark light and shadows at night with sconces and spotlights on the third project was the largest of the four and made the biggest impact new shutters say you re a home builder you decide you need to cut cost how would you do it paint the shutters directly on the house check it s like a forest printed on wall paper seemingly such a great idea but when you get it up you realize it s not actually a real forest thanks for the design tip floridian grandma we needed to cover them up with real fake shutters like normal people i did some measuring and found the painted shutters to be quite wide 25 inches actually and if you ve ever shopped for shutters you ll know that 25 x62 is a very custom size anything over 15 inches wide is hard to find anywhere at least affordably i did find some but the cost for each pair was over 200 we needed three pairs our diy sensibilities kicked in and that monster called cost once again demanded that we do it ourselves and it just so happens that i love building stuff win win we opted for a board and batten style because they look great and are very simple to build it s quite easy to see how to put these together lay the vertical boards on a flat surface use construction adhesive between each clamp it all together and screw the two horizontal slats in place from the back use screws that will hold but not go completely through the front now of course it ends up being harder than this description because laying the horizontal slats under the vertical boards and getting them straight isn t a cake walk but with a little attention to detail and precise measurements markings it isn t rocket science either after assembling a couple shutters steph and i both realized that from a distance they looked like a sheet of plywood with a couple boards attached trailer park shutters not ideal so i used my table saw at 45º to cut the edges of each board to make a nice clean groove between each this can also be done with a router and appropriate bit or even a circular saw with a guide no grooves not ideal cutting grooves halfway through the boards post groove making much better after a few coats of black i fastened them to the house using cinderblock anchors and filling the holes in the stucco with silicone sealant before attaching the shutters that s a must do step lastly we painted our door it went from a dark forest green to the most lively color we could choose a mustard yellow in fact it s called cut the mustard from sherwin williams it s a fun color and goes great with the florida weather but we have some new plans for our front door coming in a future post so stay tuned well there you have it four pretty simple things that really transformed the look of our exterior new landscaping is its own beast but that will come with time and will help transform the exterior even more numbers sconces shutters and a fresh new color on the front door that s it and the results are pretty remarkable see the before and after before after taken january 8th i love florida watch for our next project as we move indoors last post march 8th that s disappointing we apologize to the two people that have noticed here we go again though if you haven t read we ve moved to florida and we re loving it we have some great plans for our new house here in tampa but before we get started there let s have a quick update on our lives first jack what a kid i m sure we share our feelings with all you parents the amazement you feel everyday to watch your child grow and learn jack is talking more saying new words just about daily it s amazing the things he soaks up and remembers we really have to be careful what we say and do he repeats it all playing at the park he s such a happy child usually jack has been in swim lessons for a couple of months and loves being in the water which makes us very happy parents since we love it too he s great at holding his breath and getting better at paddling under water he s fearless around the pool which can be scary at times we have to watch him like a hawk because he ll throw himself in the deep end or shallow end at a moment s notice he insists he wear his goggles he s also a human flashlight his hair is so blonde it almost glows and people will ask steph where he gets his blonde hair and if i was blonde as a child what really considering steph is the only other blonde in our family of three chances are it s from her we love swimming together rolling around disney next steph zumba and a two year old among a thousand other tasks keep her occupied 25 8 but she takes every day as it comes she is so caring about our little family and making sure that we are taken care of she has an interesting relationship with zumba sometimes it s frustrating it s always difficult and can be very taxing on her time and energy she loves it anyway kind of like me she s so good at it and gets amazing compliments that 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