Week #38

 

 Finally, our kitchen is DONE!! Counter-tops AND working plumbing! WooHoo!! We love love love the island.  Charlie and I pretty much eat every meal there.  

 

A close up of the sink (with dirty dishes).

 The completed laundry room - unfortunately its still got other junk in it since we are still a work in progress.

 Gus in the main bathroom with a view to the hallway.  We prioritized the master bathroom and put off the main bathroom until last - its finally about finished!  Gus was following me around as I took pictures and so he appeared in a couple of them.

 

This bathroom used to be the yellow bathroom.  We moved around the fixtures a bit and changed the color.  It appears light green on my computer but really its a tan/grayish color.  Originally, the toilet was on the opposite side and the bathtub/shower were against the wall with the window.  I don't know why anyone wants a window in their shower?  We had to knock out a wall to make the bathroom a little bigger to accommodate the new layout.  This meant we had to sacrifice a built-in in the guest bedroom, which was okay with me - it was worth it.

The toilet is where the built-in was for the guest bedroom.

 The finished entryway.  Again the color is a little off.  The walls are a darker grayish color but they appear green in my pictures.

 The NextStone, which is what appears to be stacked stone around the garage and basement door is now complete (on this side - a little is left on the front of the house).

 SNOW!!

 The inside of our garage - the gray box on the wall is the floor heat for the garage floor.  Hopefully this will prevent the cement from heaving and cracking. 

Week #36

It's been almost three weeks since my last post but a lot has happened!! The wood floors in the living room and three bedrooms were refinished and the cork flooring in the entry and hallways was also refinished - they are shiny now.  We installed new light fixtures in the kitchen, dining room, laundry room, and master bathroom.  Finally, most of the trim work is almost finished! There are a few major items upstairs that need to be completed - we still need counter tops (they are coming on Monday) and the main bathroom still needs to be finished (this week!) and we are installing something called "nextstone" outside on the exposed parts of the basement - i.e. the garage door area.  I put old pictures right below some of the new pictures - it's a little hard to believe that this house looked like that just 7-8 months ago!!

The living room floor prior to the refinishing.

"After"

Cork floor refinished

New pendant lights over the island

Living room with baseboards and crown moulding

The living room 36 weeks ago . . .

Living room with finished trim on windows

New light fixture in dining room - also trim work is almost finished

Dining room 36 weeks ago . . .

Again, living room/dining room area

New light fixtures in master bathroom - we still need to install the faucet on the right side and the baseboards and crown moulding need to be done.

The same bathroom 36 weeks ago . . .