Home Interior: Our 1970's House Makeover Part 3: Progress Report

Our renovation is virtually to become into calendar week 5 Our 1970's House Makeover Part 3: Progress Report

Hey ya'll!

Our renovation is virtually to become into calendar week five, but you lot won't live hearing whatever complaints from this girl. I've been waiting for this all to occur for iv years at nowadays in addition to I'll survive 5 tiny petty weeks of dust.
But but betwixt you lot in addition to me (we're whispering correct now), I could truly travel a encephalon massage, a ballpark hotdog, a fully put-back-together house, in addition to a weeklong nap inward Jamaica.
End whisper.

Okay, thus today's post.

I direct hold lots of updates since finally week.

Buckle up.

Really quick, earlier nosotros acquire started, give thanks you lot for the emails in addition to comments you lot sent me finally week. Never direct hold I ever. You acquire inward experience means less scary to let on my disaster trouble solid to the world.

Okay, thus when nosotros finally spoke...

this is where nosotros were with the dining room. I intend at that topographic point were virtually 5 pieces of flooring installed, but scroll with me.

And here's where nosotros are today with this space.

The bulk of the woods is installed throughout the entire house, in addition to all that's left is sanding, staining, in addition to sealing.

And edifice the step rail, finishing the stairs, in addition to trimming out all of the walls nosotros knocked down.

No biggie.

After that's done, Jesse in addition to I volition pass a pair weeks ikon the entire trouble solid (I'm redoing most of the rooms...thank you, Cheese in addition to Tootie for having deport paws in addition to shark teeth.) in addition to installing all novel trim. I should live able to portion somewhat commonly inward my trouble solid at that point, thus you'll hopefully start to encounter some fun projects worked into the blog, with renovation updates.

At to the lowest degree that's what we're going to nation ourselves.

Anyways, here's what the kitchen looked similar finally week after nosotros knocked downward the wall.

And here's where nosotros are today.

Extending the hardwood into the kitchen made it seem virtually iii times every bit large every bit it was before.

Which is awesome because it felt thus tiny before.

Many of you lot direct hold asked virtually my plans for the kitchen.

Short term: Painting over the chalkboard, installing a level mountain fixture, beefing upward the trim down on exceed of the cabinets.

Long term: Possibly tearing downward the wall behind the fridge, extending the kitchen dorsum virtually iii feet into the existing cupboard inward the invitee bedroom, in addition to edifice a small-scale isle inward the kitchen.

Obviously, this volition opened upward up some other wormhole of renovations similar cabinetry in addition to countertops.

Yay.

Speaking of the invitee bedroom, hither is where nosotros are today with this room. You tin ship away encounter the cupboard I was referring to, which would acquire pushed forward. And in addition to then the sleeping room door would acquire moved to opened upward where the framed photos are hung.

That's Jesse's grandpa, dad, in addition to and then Jesse's senior picture.

His mom gave that to me.

Favorite.

Going dorsum into the living room, here's where nosotros were finally week....halfway nether the limbo stick.

And here's where nosotros are today.

The mess is like shooting fish in a barrel starting to decrease, in addition to there's a faint aroma of normalcy inward the distance.

I'm going to expire on the pigment color low-cal in addition to airy, but perhaps select something less yellow...to live decided afterwards the flooring is done.

If I accept ane to a greater extent than pigment chip, Sherwin Williams mightiness telephone phone the cops.

Moving on...here's where nosotros were with the hallway finally week, afterwards knocking downward the hallway wall.

And here's where nosotros are this week.

A tiny tear* falls downward my cheek every fourth dimension I walk into this hallway.

*of joy

Here's what the office looked similar finally week.

We ended upward having to install novel subfloors inward this room. Removing that weird tile did a release on the existing ones.

And the business office today. I'm getting thus excited virtually this room.

I've got some ideas I can't hold off to play roughly with.

And call upward the ~~haunted house~~ primary sleeping room side room?

Of course of written report you lot do.

Well, that room was the absolute worst.

And non but because it's scary.

The master floors had been glued and nailed down. It's a large argue that we're currently inward calendar week 4 of renovations, heading towards calendar week 5.

Today, the floors are finally installed. It's a joyous occasion.

And here's that same room finally week, from the opposite angle.

It's normal to desire to cry.

And the stance this week...

It's a total breath of fresh air.

I'm thinking virtually installing a window inward this room on that wall similar a shot ahead. At some point.

A petty natural low-cal would entice me to truly travel this room for something other than storage in addition to Risky Business reenactments.

As for the entryway, nil to update you lot virtually but yet.

It's nevertheless but a gaping hole of despair.

I've learned that inward existent life, this expanse is non frightening to the normal person.

Just me, the daughter who has an unreasonable fright of heights.

This is my Mount Everest.

4 weeks without a railing = Fear Factor.

And thus that's where nosotros are today.
All of the flooring is installed in addition to sanded.
We're almost there.
I know I said inward my finally post that I would live sharing my thoughts virtually the flooring color today, but honestly, I thought nosotros would live much further along than nosotros currently are.
So, deciding on a flooring stain....that procedure is but at nowadays beginning.
And thus is my calendar week long panic laid on that volition hopefully culminate inward a celebration.

I'm but going to follow my pump on this one, in addition to encounter what happens. I'll update you lot when I know.

I would likewise similar to follow my pump in addition to install the mailbox I saw Jesse eyeballing finally weekend piece nosotros were aimlessly wandering roughly Bass Pro Shop.

Jesse has been such a trooper during all of this, in addition to at times, the alone matter keeping me sane.
And a giant fish mailbox would brand his life.
You intend I'm kidding, but I'm not.