Putting A House Back Together

For nearly the whole two weeks we were in Nashville, I worked in a single home. When our group got to the home, Samaritan's Purse (SP) had only spent about 4 days in the house. The drywall was done as was the priming.

The first thing we did when we got there was paint the entire house. Priming was done already, so we just had the ceilings to do (once) and the walls (twice)

Next, we had to prepare the floors for the flooring, so we scrapped all the drywall, mud, and paint off the floors. It was a very dusty process

Once that was done, the flooring was going in. We laid a floating laminate floor throughout all the bedrooms, the living room, and the hallways.

We even got to use the saw...I avoided it though

Once the laminate was laid, we moved onto the ceramic tile in both bathrooms, the kitchen, the hearth, and the foyer. We learned how to make the thin set (mud under the tile), laid the tile, cut the tile, and put down the grout (I even helped pick out the colour)

After painting, and finishing all the floors, the last thing we got to do was put up cabinets.

So in two weeks we painted, completed all the flooring, and put up cabinets. By the time we were done the house was really coming together.

The Bedrooms:

The Bathroom:

The Living Room:

And the Kitchen/Dining Room:

We accomplished a lot in the house and we were told soon the homeowner would be able to return!