Monday 7/17 Day 11 (I counted)

Fun progress!

I was very excited to see the house this evening. The stairs are looking amazing. Obviously we don't have our new flooring or railing in yet but, we can finally see what the space is going to look like!

One of the main reasons we decided we wanted to bring down that wall was to help with the front entry, once you are in the door you are right there at the stairs. I was starting to stress about the cost, but I'm really happy with how it's looking and we are achieving what we wanted. Which is good, because the first bill came in the mail today...sad face.

New stairs flush with the outer wall.

Second bathroom lost it's vanity, flooring and shower tiles!

Let's take a moment to appreciate these curtains. I almost took them down today... cause the're obviously horrible, but I realized that they were actually doing a pretty decent job keeping the heat out of the room. So I let them stay for a while, but I am being passive aggressive with them and may have been unnecessarily rough with them when I shut them.

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Day 13

Closets are getting their update. Out with the old sliding mirror doors. We knew that the master closets needed some updating, but the solution wasn't straightforward. So our contractor suggested we make the entry smaller and add two normal doors to pull the closets into this century. The his and hers closets are across the hall from each other and huge doors would hit, if we wanted to be in our closets at the same time. Solution: Smaller doors and offset entrances. The funny thing the opening is actually bigger now, even though they are framing it for doors to fit. Why does my closet already have more stuff in it? Former shower space, now has the framing for cabinets. Master Shower plumbing, is coming along. Squee! Master vanity! 2nd Bath has plumbing exposed and new hardware ready to be installed. Good thing our drywall is getting replaced, that looks a little water damaged! 2nd Bath has cabinets too!

Stairs and Flooring

Well, it's been a long time since I've posted anything because it seems like a long time since any real progress has been made on the house. I think that in the wake of Hurricane Harvey all of the subcontractors took on extra work and our house was neglected :( But we are back on track and the stairs are done! They still need to be stained, but it's exciting to see the the carpentry done because this was the impetus for the whole renovation project. We knew we needed to redo the stairs and everything else just snowballed from there. 'Before' The stairs look great!!! They have started on the flooring this week and have already made great progress. There is a lot of floating required to level the floor, so that is slowing things down, but I love the way the laminate looks. Leveling the floor outside the master bathroom The living room floor was pretty torn up from removing the tile and they ...

Seeing the Finish Line

We are close... So close! There are still a few things left for the contractors to do, and even more things for us to take care of, but we are getting so close to moving. In fact we have even started moving! Stairs are done and looking awesome! Before After Master Bath Before After Before After Pianos getting moved in! Yep, its getting real! On a side note... if you need piano movers, these guys are awesome. I wouldn't trust moving the delicate 800 pound beast to just anyone. Without internet, Ian discovered this little thing called 'the outdoors...' We have a decent climbing tree in the backyard. 3rd Floor got some carpet. Mantle Prep. Matt and Greg made the mantle, they did an amazing job! Before After Boys Bathroom Before After Before After Half Bath Makeover! Yikes, I can't believe it used to look like that! Before ...

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