Kitchen Demo (3/30/14)

Today I took out all the old sheetrock and insulation on the wall behind the kitchen sink.  Mike added in some 2x4's to fur out the wall to a 2x6 wall.

Cabinet removed

All that was left of the back splash

Upper cabinets down

 Wall furred

Mike put in adjustable shelves in the downstairs bathroom closet.

Downstairs Bathroom Painted (3/29/14)

Today I put the second coat of paint on the downstairs bathroom and also painted 2 coats in the closet.

First Coat of Paint on Downstairs Bathroom (3/25/14)

We had a "momentous occasion" today!!  The very first room to get a real coat of color paint happened!!  I put a second coat of paint on the ceiling and then got the first coat on the walls!!  So exciting!!  

Priming & Sheetrock (3/24/14)

Today I got the downstairs bathroom primed and one coat of paint on the ceiling.

Mike got the outside walls of the new upstairs bathroom sheetrocked.

Downstairs Bathroom Priming Started (3/23/14)

Today I did the corner edging paint to get the walls primed in the downstairs bathroom.

Mike put in a patch in the ceiling above the steps where an old wall was taken out.

Bathroom Sanding & Framing (3/22/14)

All the mudding is complete in the downstairs bathroom so I sanded it today.

Mike removed what was left of the old upstairs bathroom wall got the framing done on the upstairs bathroom.

Old wall gone

New wall in

Linen Closet

Walk-in shower

Upstairs Bathroom Framing (3/20/14)

Mike framed up the wall for the upstairs bathroom with the doorway in it tonight.

Upstairs Ceiling Hall Repair(3/20/14)

Mike is about ready to frame the new bathroom/hallway and patch the ceiling.  There was a weird board up in the old ceiling that was making it not level so he took it out to make things level.

Upstairs Bathroom Ceiling (3/19/14)

Tonight Mike took out the boards on the ceiling that were framing the old rooms which will now be the bathroom and hallway.

Downstairs Bathroom Door (3/18/14)

Today Mike put in the door in the downstairs bathroom.

Bathroom Fun (3/16/14)

Today Mike put some strips on the studs on one of the kitchen walls so the thickness of the wall matches the beam thickness.  He also did some wiring on the same wall.

Our plan was always to get the downstairs bathroom done before tearing out the upstairs bathroom, but now that we have a date for our cabinets (which is now moved to April 21st) we are a little antsy to get upstairs done.  So Mike tore out more of the bathroom upstairs today.  I took out the old wood flooring in the new bathroom section.  This opened up the bathroom more exposing our ONE toilet we have in the house even more!  I have been mudding the downstairs bathroom but of course it is not done yet and I didn't want to have to work around the toilet.  But in a little desperation of needing/wanting/preferring walls around my toilet I was able to sand out the wall around the toilet and get it primed and Mike put the toilet in!  Yippee!!!  I sure have learned an appreciation for the "finer" things in life with this renovation!!

Wall is gone

Door is gone

Wall is primed

Toilet is in!!

The Tub is Out (3/15/14)

Today Mike took out more of the upstairs bathroom including the bath tub.  

Pink wall is gone

A view of the bathroom from the dining room

Looks like a movie set bathroom :)

Upstairs Bathroom Demo (3/14/14)

Tonight Mike pulled out the wall in the upstairs bathroom surrounding the bath tub.  We now have an open bathroom.......wait that's not a good thing!!  We officially cannot have company over until we get normal working bathrooms :)  

Taking out the wall on the back side of the tub

"Pass-through" bathroom

The last of Kate's old bedroom wall is going!

Tub Water (3/12/14)

Tonight Mike got some more water lines run and hooked up so the water works in the new tub in the downstairs bathroom.  

Downstairs Bathroom Rock is Hung (3/11/14)

Mike finished hanging all the sheetrock in the downstairs bathroom tonight.  I got most of the seams taped.

Looking into vanity area from tub area

Linen closet

Door

Downstairs Bathroom Sheetrock (3/10/14)

We had our framing inspection for the bathroom downstairs today and all went well!  The only thing we needed to do was insulate the tube for the vent fan that vents outside.  Mike was able to wrap it with insulation and poly and we're good.

Mike hung a bunch of sheetrock in the bathroom, it feels like an actual room now!!  So exciting!!

We also got a date for our cabinets, they should be ready April 14th!!!  This includes all cabinetry they are doing for us which is the fire place and book shelves, kitchen cabinets, mudroom cubbies, wine bar, "media center" cabinets, and up and down bath vanities.  WOW can't wait!!  We have a lot to get ready in the next month, but now that the bathroom downstairs is almost sheetrocked we can tear apart the rest of upstairs!  

Vanity wall insulated

Jonah driving his "chuga-chuga-choo-choo" in the sheetrock dust

Vanity wall

Doorway into tub part 

Toilet will go here in tub area

Doorway back into vanity part