the demo days of summer...

starting to demo the upstairs future "Master Suite"
(also known as HOT MESS)


repairing the double hungs that had broken glass
(aka: "winterizing")


reglazing the South facing windows
so the winter winds don't blow the glass away (no joke)


trying to pick the right "gray"

Other weekend updates

We made a lot of progress this weekend ... other highlights

1.) HM went to a charity auction and bid on an exterior house painting job and WON! Our house painting bids were in the $12-$15k range (yes, $12k for JUST PAINT)... so she's pretty stoked to get it for $3k. It's for the kids! Although... paying now and not painting until next summer... hmmm...

2.) Mike is back and helping us with our woodwork more

3.) Did we mention the Powder Room just needs accessories now? The sink is in and works

4.) Front door refinishing starts this week!

5.) HM's pet project is scraping the paint off of the banister. It literally flakes off with a razor blade.

6.) Pocket Door opening is framed in and ready to sanding/ stain

It feels like we're hemmoraging money again... it definitely goes in waves. Time to scale back down and keep funding our siding project for next summer.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to introduce JOE THE PLUMBER

Joe makes an excellent plumber... only 5 trips to Lowe's and 3 attempts at the compression fittings and ta-da! We have an almost finished Powder Room. It only took 6 months to get the sink...

Now just imagine Joe laying on the ground socket wrenching the sink in place and me standing over him holding the sink in place and level. I wish someone was there to take a photo, it was quite the scenario.




Behind the scenes... sink arrived and we realized the backerboard behind the painted walls wasn't at the right height (when we threw it in before sheetrock we didn't know what sink we were going to order). so we added the white "trim" behind the sink and made a cabinet to hide the "trim" and get a little storage.

The p-trap drain was at a 45 out of the wall from the previous people... not the best to work with, we should've straightened it out when we had the chance. Then when Joe went to tie in the p-trap it came right out of the wall. It was never glued!

Measurements of this room are roughly 3'6" x 3'-6" with a 9'-0" ceiling!!

Now all we need is a mirror...

doors, gasline, paint, powder room sink

That's the list...
Cabinet doors are being painted in "the shop"
Gasline for the stove is anyday
We're prepping and painting walls/trim this weekend
The Powder Room Sink is on backorder for a few more weeks!






apparently i can only upload 5 photos at a time...

appliances, doors, shelves, hardware, plumbing fixtures

that's all we need to finish the kitchen. interesting enough... it might take awhile since there are 57 cabinet doors/ drawers, glass cabinets, lights, cabinet latches, bin pulls, shelves, and who can forget the kitchen sink? that might help, too.

the final paint coat did go on the cabinets today, electrical trims out on thursday, the appliances are in the living room, kitchen sink is in place, we're so close it's hard to not get antsy and want it finished NOW.

i guess there are other things to still be installed: downdraft hood and ductwork, garbage disposal, powder room sink, powder room toilet.

Update

Here's some pictures of what we've been up to the last few weeks... and just yesterday we got an offer on the condo!! we're getting there!

our classy lights, they came with the place

the after photo

the before photo

the kitchen walls have insulation!

our current "kitchen" situation... while the one downstairs in under reno