My first major construction project in the house is finally completed. Yesterday just before 10:00pm I laid the last piece of the floor and finished the crawl space. It only took a month and half to complete but I glad to say it is finally over.

We have chosen to call the crawl space “The Hobbit Hutch”. We actually got the name from Jake Judd who is a good friend of mine.

The kids have already spent quite a bit of time in the hutch playing and having a grand old time. Am I glad I did it? Yes. Am I glad it is over? HECK YEAH!

I had tons of help from friends which was greatly appreciated. Below are a bunch of photos of the process. Originally Emily thought I built the camer into the walls but she found out other wise when they found the camera under the bed.

Since we moved into our house, Emily has wanted to build a play room for the kids in half of the crawl space. Many people in our neighborhood have done this already. I have been against it because of the time and the money it would take. Well, this morning I was thinking about it and was in a good mood. So, when I went down to breakfast this morning I told Emily that I was ready to move ahead with creating the playroom.

First we had the Cook’s over and Keven told me how they did theirs and how they got around some of the obstacles. Then Kevin and I went to Home Depot and bought some wood, light and a few other things to get going.

Once all the wood was inside I called up the Bishop and he came over and helped be get started on framing. It was a lot of work but we were proud of the work we got done today. It is coming along well and I am hoping to start doing the sheet rock next Saturday if everything goes well. The pictures in the post are some before pictures of the crawl space we are transforming. There is also a picture of my and the Bishop after a couple hours of work.