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Canyon View Drive: 99% Done!
Read More: Canyon View Drive: 99% Done!When the contractor considers himself to be 99% done, we schedule a formal “final walk-through”. Jon, Marisa, the contractor, the interior designer, and myself spent over an hour this morning walking through the entire house to create an official list of remaining work that needs to be done. Marisa found a piece of trim under…
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Canyon View Drive: The Final Stretch!
Read More: Canyon View Drive: The Final Stretch!Today’s on-site meeting was exciting because the paint is done and they’ve removed all the masking! It’s so fun to see how everything is coming together and Jon and Marisa are so anxious to move in! There is still about a month left of finish work to do, but we’re definitely in the final stretch.…
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Canyon View Drive: 6 Month Update!
Read More: Canyon View Drive: 6 Month Update!The cabinet installation is complete and finish trim installation is in progress, including the new stair railing. The cabinets have all been covered in plastic as painting begins. All of the concrete flatwork has been poured and the bluestone is being installed on the front porch. By being disciplined during the design process and selecting…
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Canyon View Drive: Finishes and Porches
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Finishes and PorchesThe cabinet company has been busy installing cabinets and it is very exciting to start seeing some of the finishes that Jon, Marisa, and their interior designer selected many months ago! The cedar tongue and groove ceilings on the front and back porches have now been installed. Prior to their renovation, Jon & Marisa had…
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Canyon View Drive: Great Room and Concrete Work
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Great Room and Concrete WorkThe baseboard and window casings have all been installed except where they’re waiting for cabinetry which is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. I was very excited to see that a couple of the great room beams have been installed and they look great! This is one detail that clients sometimes choose to eliminate that they…
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Canyon View Drive: Finishes and a Fire?!
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Finishes and a Fire?!The finish carpenter is hard at work installing new interior doors and poplar baseboard and casing throughout the house. Cabinetry and paint are next on the list. Jon & Marisa have not been living in their house during the renovation, but are only a few blocks away in a rental house. A week ago on…
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Canyon View Drive: Paint and Stain
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Paint and StainThe brick window sills have been moved up and once the brick has been power washed it will look great! The painters have painted swatches of the selected exterior wall and trim colors just left of the new back porch for Jon & Marisa to review/approve. The hardwood installation is complete. The floors will be…
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Canyon View Drive: Windows and Hardwood
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Windows and HardwoodWe did not meet last week due to the Independence Day holiday, so it’s been two weeks since our last meeting and great progress has been made! As a follow-up to my last post, the great room windows have been moved up and the interior drywall patched. The interior has also been primed. The exterior…
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Canyon View Drive: Unexpected Situations
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Unexpected SituationsThe interior drywall has been hung and on the exterior the brick and fiber cement siding & trim have been installed. It is exciting to see the interior spaces and exterior finishes take shape! Interestingly these two things also made an issue with the window height evident that no one had noticed previously. While we…
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Canyon View Drive: Inspection and Interior Design
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Inspection and Interior DesignThe contractor passed his 4-way inspection this week (framing and rough plumbing, mechanical, and electrical) and the benefits of interior designers and a well developed plan in place. This is post #9 in a series of construction observation for Jon & Marisa.
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Canyon View Drive: Update!
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Update!From the beginning of the project we’ve known that there was something funky going on with the floor but we didn’t know what was causing it. The original house was built in 1949 and the family room addition was constructed in 1989. During demolition they figured out that the family room floor was built an…
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Canyon View Drive: Landscape and Lights
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Landscape and LightsJon & Marisa’s latest blog post on their home renovation in progress
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Canyon View Drive: Great Room and Roof
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Great Room and RoofToday was so exciting because now that the framing is complete they were able to remove the temporary interior walls and we got to see the new great room space – it looks amazing! The roof has been dried in and we confirmed the roofing color. We realized that the pantry pocket door was framed…
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Canyon View Drive: Framing the Roof
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Framing the RoofAs far as construction progress goes, the roof framing should wrap up later this week and it was exciting to see that the Pella windows have been installed. With the framing almost complete, the rough plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and audio/visual subcontractors are all gearing up to start. The superintendent and I had a good discussion…
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Canyon View Drive: Addition and Adjustments
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Addition and AdjustmentsThis week we had our first chance to stand in the new addition! The exterior walls between the old and new spaces have been removed, but there is still a temporary wall supporting the existing roof that prevents us from seeing how the space will look and feel once it’s entirely open. We did admire…
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Canyon View Drive: Concrete and Communication
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Concrete and CommunicationIt’s not often you see a huge concrete pump looming over your house, but it IS pretty exciting! Having poured the footing and foundation walls several days before, the next step is to pour the basement floor slab. The framers have also been hard at work on the interior installing beams where bearing walls were…
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Canyon View Drive: Demolition and Excavation
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Demolition and ExcavationDemolition and excavation are in full swing at Jon & Marisa’s house. The contractors have also formed the footings for the addition. Following the stress of moving out, demolition is often a bit unnerving to clients (and their children) as they see their beloved home in such a state of deconstruction. But, it’s also a dramatic…
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Canyon View Drive: Meet our Clients!
Read More: Canyon View Drive: Meet our Clients!Let’s meet our clients Jon & Marisa. Jon and Marisa came to Renovation Design Group ready to remodel and expand their kitchen. They also wanted to expand their gathering space and find a way to better utilize an existing dining room. They have several children that play musical instruments, so they also wanted to formalize a “music room”…


















