Finer Details

Love all that God is doing through the great team at our site!  

The finer details are so great, the house is really coming together beautifully.

 Stairway Railing 

 Front Porch Columns

 Landscaping

 Towel Ring

 Bathroom Sink Faucet (So pretty!)

 Toilet Paper Holder (A must have!)

Counter Tops

More Appreciation!

Thank you to the great groups that came out to help last Saturday and Wednesday. 

The AWESOME group of ladies from the sorority DST were such a blessing!  

Allstate also sent a great group Wednesday, we appreciate you!

 Hannah demonstrating the "Lazy Susan" cabinet!

 Kitchen Cabinets!

 Side Porch Columns

Shout Out!

A Shout Out for all the GREAT VOLUNTEERS 

who have come out to make our house into a home:

Christ Community


Chris's Dad


Church Friends:  Phyllis and Dan, Vesta, Len and Claudia, Randy and Heather and family, Jill, Evan, Sarah Ware, and others...


Concordia


Dan Jensen - Dan the Man, Dan in Charge..YOU ARE THE BEST!
(Our amazing project manager)


ECC


Elmhurst College


Fisher Clinical


Harper College


Hoffer Plastic


My Dad & Mom (For assisting with construction and child care...)


Naselli Brothers


Northwestern University


Omron


The Regulars:  Dan "Not in Charge", Neil, Wayne, Paul, Mitch, Brian, Matt, Ross, Henry, Tom, Don, Ross...
(Please forgive me if I miss someone...)


University of Wisconsin - Stout (You rocked Spring Break!)


Willow Creek (and their lunch crew!)

New Pictures

 Doors have been hung in most of the doorways.

 Flooring has been laid throughout the 1st floor.

 Exterior painting has begun.

The side porch detailing being added.

Making Progress

It has been a busy and productive season at the house, with progress moving forward in leaps and bounds! It has already been transformed from an empty shell of open space, to a house with walls, archway doors, and new windows.

A great team of students came from the University of Wisconsin Stout, they worked on our site as well as the site in Carpentersville. The team on our house hung drywall on the week of their spring break, completing all of the walls on both floors in just one week! We all celebrated with a cookout at the end of their work week. The weather was incredible, and our entire family enjoyed spending time with the students.

Now, the drywall has been finished, the back porch is in progress and the outside is being prepped, sanded, and primed. Here are some pictures of the progress to date:

Volunteer Up! (Reminder)

Volunteer Up!

The Hunt Family Habitat House is Online!

To register to volunteer go to: http://www.volunteerup.com/Login.asp?w=i&o=175

Register to create a user name and password to log into the system

(Be sure to mark the "Family Partners and Friends" box)

Our friends and family can put in up to half of our sweat equity hours!

Log in and look at the calendar for "Sign Up" opportunities at 140 N Channing

Select the Shift on the day you want to volunteer

It will be under the "Family Partners and Friends" choice

Come and join us!

Moving Forward

Today 2/11 and last Saturday 2/4 were both very productive days, and our project is moving forward. We have been really blessed by the great people that have come out each week, including a team from Concordia University and the group today from Christ Community Church. In addition to these teams, there has been a flood of highly skilled individuals coming out on both Wednesdays and Saturdays. The average on Wednesdays has been remarkable, with up to 12 skilled men on any given day.

Two weeks ago we did not even have a 2nd floor, and as of today there is both a brand new 1st and 2nd floor, all of the framing for walls on both stories, two sets of stairs, quite a bit of plumbing, as well as a stand-up tub and shower, and some of the heating ducts! Today, we cleaned the job site after the work on Wednesday and brought in a delivery of dry wall and wood beams. We began the framing around the heating ducts and also removed the false ceiling from the addition that will eventually be removed. A dedicated few shoveled heavy loads of dirt from one place in the basement to another, to fill in an area that will be sealed off.

As we move forward it is truly exciting to see the total scope of this project, and all that we are being offered through this process. It is really hard for me to even say in words how much it means to me personally, how much it means to us as a family. Chris and I truly appreciate each and every person involved in moving this project forward. We are a day closer to completion each day we work together. In doing so you are moving us forward also, as we are that much closer to our dream of owning our own home.