That is some really nice work. Mine will be built out of #2 cypress. Is that a good choice for cabinets?

# 2 is a good choice if you like the look of knots. If you don't want a bunch of knots you need to go selects and better.

Yeah we do like the look of knots. That's why we are going with stained and not painted. Actually my wife likes the look that you see in some houses like painted island and stained cabinets and 2 differant granite colors.

I personally like the knots...That will look nice... Just don't go with a dark stain on cypress.

Thanks for the advice. I am excited!

Moving on! Seems like it is taking forever and all the rooms look so small!
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sorry i missed your call, text me your number so i can plug it in my phone and ill set u up with some goo subs on the finish sides ( cabinet, floors, paint ect)

I remember building my house... the slab looked small... then the walls went up and the rooms looked tiny... and then the sheetrock went on and it started to look right... then when the floors and paint went on it really started looking great...

Pricing for cabinets is pretty expensive... 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, and a mantel/media center is alot of material and alot of work depending on what you have designed...

Mine were done out of Maple... I had a kitchen with enclosed refrig, island, and 2 bathrooms... I did all the staining myself to save money

That would be great. I have 2 quotes on the cabinets and they were only $100 differance but a third wouldn't help. I have 1 quote on the floors and none on painting and trim. I have basically just going by advice from other people.

Man I thought my wife was going to cry yesterday when she walked in it for the first time since the walls are standing. She said this is not big enough! We moved out of a house 1400 sf and this one is 2000 living 3000 under roof. Should not have brought her over there! Lol

I told my wife she was not allowed at the house while I was building it. She could go shopping for decorations while I worked on the house. It took me forever to draw the plans(over a year) the way I wanted them and I'll be damned if I was going to have some fu-fu BS she saw on one of those goofy shows screw up my plans. Then I realized that once we started building it, little things got changed the whole time!

My house is small, only 1,200sq ft, but I was only 20 and broke when I built it. My ceilings are 11ft and vault up to 14ft so that helps make it appear bigger than it really is. I couldn't imagine a 2,000 sq ft house..... That's a whole lot of cleaning :eek:!

rooms always seem small till you finish the inside.

She has to clean it! My wife likes things pretty plain for the most part. She is not big on that fu-fu stuff. She did manage to pick out a high $ door after she told me there was no reason she couldn't get one for under a grand. I am still thinking about choking her for that! And that front door will never be used

This looks very similar to my kitchen. Same Wall Color, same floors, my cabs are a little lighter color and so is my countertops

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Damn weather is killing me!

Yeah.....late winter & early springs weather sucks for building.
Looking good J!

Thanks man. How you like my crawfish pond? They are tick!

If you need any help hollar!

Got some plywood up there! My roof is chopped up like a mofo! We are going with shingles now.
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Looking very good

Anybody know anything about ac units? Not sure what brand to go with cause I know nothing about them. I do know that we are going with a 5 ton but not sure what SEER to go with either.

I have a 5 ton and a 4 ton goodman both 18 seer. Middle of the summer the most the bill was was 180 for a 3200s/f house. I also have a 90% furnace. Most bill was in the winter was 75

Depends on insulation too.. Foam or cellulose... Don't get a builders model. Spend the extra money on a good unit. I'm not up to speed on the specs but if you go with the foam you need to talk to someone that knows A/C work.

What about a lynx ac unit? Anybody have one? Never heard of that brand but the quote I got today is hard to pass up. This is the brand they sell.

you meen Lennox? if so thatys what i have... good stuff!

Lol yeah that's it.

Look into American standard, get a 20 seer, most reliable and energy efficient unit I have seen, can't even hear them running. My bill runs about $150 during the hottest part of the summer, that's with two 4 ton units

Anybody know where I can find a 5' shower in stock anywhere within driving distance of Baton Rouge? I had no clue that everybody only keeps 4' showers in stock and now that I am at that stage I found out that a 5' has to be ordered and it will be a minimum of 3 weeks before I get it.

just do a job built shower with tiled walls ...or wait for the 5' and make your plumber come back ...get a walll tie insopection and put the bricks and roof on in the meantime

lowes in houma keeps 5' in store

I don't know crap about AC units.....but I do know to get the best you can afford and don't skimp on original purchase. Rheem or Lennox are top notch and I purchased my hom ein 2004 which was built in 2001. Had a contractor model that lasted all of 8 years!

Check with LCR Supply in Houma and possibly Coburns

I can't find that online. I have off work tomorrow so I will call and if they have it I will be going get it. Buying appliances tomorrow too!

I went with the 5 ton 14.5 seer Lennox unit.

Neither LCR in Baton Rouge or coburn in denham stocks them.

Man I am so scared of custom showers! Everybody I know that has custom showers in houses that they purchased has had problems with mold. Some of our best friends had to rip their whole bathroom out because of black mold one year after they purchased it. I did get a quote on a custom though. To be honest with you I would rather spend more money on something I plan on spending more then 10 minutes a day in. Just my opinion.

Nothing to be scared of if you do it right ! Let me know if u decide to go job built route n I can set you up with someone good

Pox, do you use the epoxy grout with the mold and mildew resistance, and self sealing. I used the epoxy grout on mine, it cost a lot more than the regular grout and my guy charged me more to use it, but its been 3 years and still no mildew with minimal cleaning with a little vinegar and water.

Got the AC, electrical, and plumbing roughed in and the roof on. Got insulation and sheetrock this week. Floors and brick next week. Front door is being built in Alabama and was supposed to be in last week.
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I wanna see a picture of the "car porch"!

LOL! I just talked to her!

We have to pick out our stain for our cabinets. Cabinet guy sent us to Sherman Williams and they were really not much help. They had samples of all colors on all woods except cypress. All they told us was if we picked one of those colors there is a chance the finished product could turn out different. Any suggestions on other brands?

You would have the same problem with other brands.

I suggest you go to the Cabinet maker [or find a lumber yard that has your type cypress] and get a small piece [or several pieces] of the wood used for your cabinets. Take this wood to the paint dealer and tell them you would like to test some of the stains to see which one you like. Dip a cloth into the stain to get a small part "wet". Rub the cloth on the wood to smooth out the stain on a small area. Repeat with different stains...leaving a small space between the "test" spots.

Mark the wood with numbers like 1, 2, 3, 4. and write down [on some paper] which stain you used for #1, # 2 etc. After the stain dries, it will look a little different.

OR......

Buy 2 small cans of the stains that you are considering to use. Take the stains to the cabinet maker and do the "testing" at his shop.

If the cabinet maker is planning to put some type of "finish" after the stain is applied.......you need to also put the "finish" on your samples because the "finish" will make it look different than just the stain. You may want to try different "finishes" on your sample stains to see which you like best.

Also......the final outcome [how it looks when finished] depends on how much stain is applied to the wood. Usually the heavier you apply the stain.....the darker the wood will look.

If you put a light amount of stain on the wood.....and like it that way, the cabinet maker might put more on the wood and it could be much darker. Or vise versa. It might be a good idea to talk with the cabinet maker about this and give him your test sample of wood and tell him to "try" and make it look like this.

Minn-Wax products are hard to beat. Like Gerald said...you gotta do samples of your own with the actual wood. Not all cypress is the same. Even on softer woods.....the tighter the grain, the lighter the stain because it gets less penetration. DO NOT use the store samples as guidance. You are sure to be disappointed.

I have used this brand to finish several different kinds of wood and really like it. There are lots of different "colors" to choose from.

When I had limited amount of stains left in a can, and what I had just did not come out looking right on my test wood.....I often mixed my stains to make it look a little different.

I like using just Tongue oil as a finish on something that will not be used all the time. Or something like Deft (sp) is a easy finish to apply.

I would get cabinet shop to give you a pc of the same wood and have your painter do the samples the same way he is gonna stain your cabinets . Unless its old cypress , new cypress is very soft and absorbent so they generally turn out much darker than say oak . I'd use a conditioner as well

^^This is the way it should be done. Make sure your cabinet guy sands the sample piece of wood down to his final sand grit he is gonna use on your cabinets because it will affect the final color also. Definitely let your finisher make the samples because a lot of different techniques are used by different finishers.

Good point. :rolleyes::cool:;)

We rececently remodeled our kitchen and the 2 different colored granites are probably my favorite part. My wife really wanted to do the painted island also but I was afraid with it already having a different granite it would be to much contrast.

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