Wine Dreams

My wife and I are deep into our remodeling project at our vineyard property.  The easy part was demolition.  No real thought required you take a hammer, sledge hammer, crow bar or what ever you may like and just rip the heck out of everything in sight.  We have owned our property for almost a year now, the demo went fast and relatively easy.  We ripped just about everything, OK everything out of the house except the studs and the sub-floor.  It can be almost cathartic!  Then it is time for the tough decision.  What the heck is this thing supposed to look like when we get started putting it back together and can we afford to pay for our vision.

Fortunately, my wife has this amazing vision.  She can see what a project will look like when it is done.  She can even see the colors and all.  This is great, but poses a little challenge for me.  I cannot picture a darned thing.  So I work on the things that don’t require the details and leave the rest to her.

We are now getting ready to have all new windows and doors installed, completely re-plumbing the house, having all new electricity brought in from a new larger panel out of the way and removed from the house.  All new heating and air conditioning is being installed.  The cabinetry has been ordered, and the plumbing fixtures are ordered as well.

Today we ordered the flooring.  My job now is making sure that all of the audio visual wiring is in place before the dry wall goes up.  Next week we will frame up the area for the fireplace.

The biggest challenge is trying to figure out what we will need into the future.  We have the opportunity to bury new water lines, electrical for outdoor lighting, make sure that we have gas lines where we might need them in the future…

This house is set in the middle of our new little vineyard.  We picture summer nights out on the patio over looking the vines and the valley sipping a chilled glass of Troubadour Sauvignon Blanc.

We have at least 3 more months of remodel project to go…