A dear friend who currently lives in America ’s
heartland (waving atcha Linda H!) gently reminded me that I had NEVER posted
the finished pictures of our carriage house construction project!
For those of you new to this blog, last summer my husband and I donned our General Contractor hats and oversaw the completion of a 484-square-foot carriage house over our 2-car detached garage. It was a learning lesson on ooohhhhh, so many levels, but we completed it in time for the Holiday Season. So far we have been honored to have guests stay there and enjoy the beach lifestyle. Upon our son's return home from his southeast Asia walkabout, he'll hunker down for a bit. Then the big plan is to turn it over to renters to generate a little income to pad our retirement pay.
But the important thing is, it is DONE and turned out very nice, if I do say so myself. So upon the urging of my aforementioned friend I snapped a few pictures while it is still in its relative newness (bound to change after son takes up residence...) and am posting them for those of you curious as to how the project turned out.
So, this is where we started, with steps....
leading up to this....
And now, after a huge investment of time, energy, sweat, and money, (<<Drumroll please.....>>we have this:
