Hopefully everything is up to par and we can get rolling on sheet rock, insulation, plaster, and carpet and put everything but the front door to bed by the weekend!

This is what things looked like inside this morning.

Here is the outside. Notice the dog ears on the corners of the garage? I got in touch with my inner cave man and beat the bricks out to square the framing out. I don’t have an updated picture of that, it was too dark.

Here we have the temporary door and new rough opening for the French doors all completed. Notice the nice square corners. I have to do a little brick work outside to close in the new opening, but I am so happy I took the time to do it right.

I filled in a 1/2″ depression in the cement where the garage door used to sit. I pulled out a ton of old framing for the door and was able to add back some 2×4′s and a 2×6 header to finish the rough opening for the new door.

The black 1×2 on the floor is there to keep the weight of the temporary plywood I tacked up off the cement for the night until it cures.

The door is on order and should be here by next Wednesday.

Looking back toward the house you can see the new tile we put down Saturday. All that is left is the edges which we will finish off when the drywall is in.

I also replaced the side door today.

Here is the new closet and some of the electrical. Most of this work was done last week.

We decided to go with a mini-split ductless HVAC system for this room which will go on the wall above the breaker box. It will end up blowing the budget a bit but will be well worth it in labor and energy efficiency.

After much prayer and council we have decided to invest a little money and a lot of time into converting our garage. The best thing is we will be doing this completely debt free thanks in large part to listening to and following Dave Ramsey and getting on a strict budget.

I highly recommend it.

The new space will be primarily used for Julianne’s Piano business which is growing by leaps and bounds.

I am so proud of her.

We will also use the space for our worship team rehearsals, I will start offering voice lessons, and Alex will utilize it for audio recording as he learns the trade.

I will be taking pictures of the progress and updating the blog as we go along.

After this project is over we start on the rest of the baby steps to becoming debt free.

We have big plans and can hardly wait till the next building phase where we will be replacing our garage with a new one complete with studio space above for me. Rohr Fine Art is my motivation to live like no one else so later we can live like no one else.