We have Shiplap!! (11/15/16)

Now that the structural things are done in the house, my creative decorating juices are finally flowing!  I've been really into the rustic farmhouse style decor lately and have been getting lots of ideas of things I want to do.  

The latest thing is our entryway.  I wanted it to feel more like an entryway than just coming into the livingroom in the house.  So we added a Shiplap wall!  Things kind of seem to come together all at once, I find the perfect picture/sign and the perfect vision of how it will all tie together and then I beg Mike to do it for me :)  With a little help from my sis on how to do the shiplap and Pinterest, we now have a fun new space...and all in about a day!  We shopped for the supplies last night and Mike put it up, then today I painted it and Mike hung the hooks.  It was a pretty easy and inexpensive project and I love how it looks!

Wrapping Up the List (10/30/16)

We've gotten most things checked off our to-do list with the exception of painting the doors!  Mike finished caulking all the trim that wasn't just right in the joints.  He put up a trim piece on the wall going down the steps.  He also hung the door on the laundry chute in our bedroom, this is also on the list of doors that will need to be painted.  

Trim piece right under flooring to cover raw sheetrock edge

So now Mike is going to do some major cleaning in the garage so he has space to paint the doors.  That will be our last thing to get done and then we can finally say this reno is finished!  Can't wait!

Final Inspection PASSED!!!! (10/21/16)

We had our final inspection today and we passed with flying colors!!!!  YAY!!!  Feels so good to have that behind us!  

Permit Rcvd & Permit Signed Off!  Same location in the house :)

Final Inspection Prep (10/20/16)

Tomorrow we have our final inspection!!  We had a few things left on our list to get done before the inspection, including attaching the ladders in the egress windows to the retaining wall.  Mike did this last weekend.  The city advised us when we made the appointment that we needed to have sink areas caulked where water could potentially get in, so Mike caulked around the upstairs bathroom sink and shower this week.  He also caulked all the windows.  As far as we know we are ready for the inspection, fingers crossed it goes well and we pass inspection the first time!  This is going to be a big step in this reno process to get past!

Kate's Closet Door (10/1/16)

Mike got a door for Kate's closet.  Her closet opening is short from the duct work we had to work around so he had to cut the door down.  It needs to be painted, he's going to prime it for now and then paint it when we paint the rest of the doors.

Garage Door Makeover (9/30/16)

We got a kit for the garage door to make it look like a carriage style door.  

Before

After

Laundry Room Cabinets (9/18/16)

Today Mike put in cabinets above the washer and dryer.  It took 2 trips to IKEA to figure out the right size we need, luckily you don't have to take them apart once you've put them together to return them!  We ended up doing 24" deep cabinets on the left side and a shallower/regular upper size one on the right to clear the dryer vent behind it.  We still need to get knobs.

We finished all the base trim.  Two closets were left, the small office closet and the closet by the side door.  They are done!  This completes all the trim!

Office Closet

Side entry closet

Mike also put on the corner-round on both bathroom vanities and nailed on all the other corner-round through-out the house.  When the cabinet installers put it in they only put a few nails in so we could finish the trim around it....well 2 years later its done!