Home Interior: Our 1970's House Makeover: The Real Story Behind a Renovation, Part One

If y'all select ever lived inwards an outdated abode in addition to wanted to renovate it Our 1970's House Makeover: The Real Story Behind a Renovation, Part One

So, it's fourth dimension I allow y'all inwards on a fiddling secret. Remember in conclusion week's bedroom post? Well, we'll hold out living inwards that room for the side past times side month, every bit the ease of our theater is a total disaster. Last week, nosotros began the demolition that volition ultimately lawsuit inwards us having hardwood floors throughout our house. And somehow, the flooring projection sent me forthwith downwards the wormhole of renovations, in addition to at nowadays in that location are 45 projects simultaneously underway inwards my house.

And I'm barely fifty-fifty kidding.

We've been waiting to practice all of this big materials until nosotros could afford to practice it all at once. I thought that that would but miraculously move on months later nosotros moved into this house, but instead it took almost 4 years. Four real long years amongst wall-to-wall-catbarf-carpets. But, ultimately existence broke was a huge approving inwards disguise. It made me figure out how to practice materials on my own. It made me acquire creative in addition to figure out how to improve our theater using materials I could afford, similar paint.

And ultimately, it led to this blog.

So, at nowadays the twenty-four hr menses is finally hither when I acquire to practice some of the materials to this theater that I've been planning all along.

It's thus exciting.

The cats select been quarantined to our chamber during this whole process, every bit they select yet to larn how to safely navigate a structure zone.

Things were all fun in addition to games when nosotros were moving all of the slice of furniture out of the living room in addition to into the basement.

But things inevitably took a plough for the worse, every bit Tootie apace became very discontent over the changes inwards her daily scenery.

It's almost every bit if she knew what was coming, every bit she took to actively boycotting the rug removal.

She has rights, y'all know.

Meanwhile, Cheese has been inwards her park life euphoria, totally oblivious to the devastation of her dearest home.

You gotta love a daughter who volition but become amongst the flow.

So, at nowadays that y'all know how the cats are doing, nosotros tin movement onto less of import issues similar the devastation of our house.

Basically, our theater has been gutted.
And no 1 saw it coming, including me.
In my head, it went something similar this:
POOF. New floors.
But, instead, total chaos.

So, at nowadays all that's left inwards the theater are the walls in addition to windows. All of the existing flooring, trim, in addition to doors select been removed.

We went dorsum in addition to forth amongst the conclusion almost doing all of the function ourselves or hiring mortal to aid us. After analyzing the toll of labor vs. how apace Jesse in addition to I would murder each other, nosotros opted to hire the guy who did my mom's hardwood floors a twosome years ago. We decided to practice some of the demo ourselves, similar removing all of the cut down in addition to doors, in addition to and thus left the flooring removal to our awesome flooring guy, Mike.

So, here's a fiddling glimpse at how our theater currently looks.

Here's the living room later the rug was removed.
Someone had apparently decided it was cool to spray pigment subfloors.

After the rug was removed, in that location were several stains in addition to some pigment ease on the subfloors, thus Jesse in addition to I spent an flush icon the floors amongst Kilz, prepping it for the floors to hold out installed.

We were supposed to but pigment a few areas that needed it, but in 1 lawsuit I got rolling, I couldn't stop.

So, at nowadays nosotros basically select totally unnecessary white subfloors.

I mean, what practice y'all expect?

Currently, our living room looks similar a disaster zone, every bit we're using it to shop all of the materials that's been removed from the other rooms. Eventually, the junk volition acquire hauled off in addition to the flooring volition start to become in.

Although, I'm thus excited almost the halt lawsuit that I've non fifty-fifty minded the fact that our theater is a nightmare.

Jesse is real surprised past times my newfound chaos-tolerance.

The demo has reminded us that this theater is from the 1970's, every bit every fourth dimension nosotros pare dorsum a layer of the onion, nosotros honour a minimum of iii unexpected issues to bargain with. For example, nosotros constitute remnants of tile underneath the rug inwards the office.

Reaffirming my long held belief that it's totally fabulous to tile a random spare bedroom.

And it has to hold out chipped upward slice past times piece.

We lovingly refer to this flooring every bit 'The Great Decision To Hire Someone 2014'.

And in addition to thus inwards the room that is behind those french doors inwards our master copy bedroom (you know, the mysterious 1 I've never blogged about, but that y'all e'er enquire about), in that location was a hardwood flooring that was installed throughout this room in addition to and thus it was carried downwards the hallway. And for some reason, the previous owners glued and nailed this flooring in. Our flooring guy has had to cutting it out chunk past times chunk.

This room was the original master copy chamber inwards this house. They apparently built on the add-on that sits on the other side of those double doors inwards the slow 1980's. That's our electrical current master copy bedroom. I all the same select no thought how to occupation this room, but I'm hoping my hear volition miraculously solve the puzzle in 1 lawsuit all of this is done.

There are no windows in addition to it's kinda a dark hole of a wasted space. Any ideas?

Also, I realize this room looks similar a haunted theater correct now.

Hold me.

The entryway has also been interesting, every bit in that location are several layers of flooring where the parquet sits on the entry landing. They but layered flooring upon flooring to where it at nowadays cuts the bottom step inwards half.

So, obviously, that's going to hold out fun.

Sidenote: Having the rug off of the stairs is thus exciting, every bit I tin finally envision what they volition human face similar when they are done. Also, inwards regards to the aforementioned wormhole of renovations, that step track has to hold out removed to install the hardwood on the stairs. Since it isn't upward to code anyways, we've decided to rebuild 1 that nosotros genuinely like.

I've been on Pinterest nonstop lately looking at pictures of staircases in addition to formulating my eviiiil step plan. I'm super excited almost this fiddling side project, in addition to volition weblog almost it every bit it develops.

So, nosotros select weeks of function ahead of us, my life is kinda messy correct now, in addition to materials is everywhere. I've been doing my best to but become amongst the flow in addition to relish the process.

Jesse's genuinely adept at knowing how to decease along me sane, thus in conclusion weekend he arranged a fiddling weekend trip to Gatlinburg. It's a genuinely touristy place, but it's exclusively almost 20 minutes away from our house, in addition to I believe inwards existence the type of gal who tin select fun anywhere she goes.

So, to acquire away from our dustbowl of a house, nosotros enjoyed a dark at a hotel amongst a fiddling balcony overlooking the mountains.

And in addition to thus nosotros spent the side past times side twenty-four hr menses doing fun tourist stuff, similar going to the aquarium.

There were babe penguins in addition to turtles the size of cows, thus naturally, it was heaven.

And in addition to thus nosotros constitute our agency to Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, which I'm pretty certain is for kids, but who's to say.

I genuinely enjoyed the shadow making machine.

Jesse's worst thought of the twenty-four hr menses was convincing me to become to the 5D Movie Theater correct later our trip through the Ole Smokey Mountain Moonshine gustation testing facility (which is awesome, btw). To amount it up, the 5D motion-picture demonstrate theater is basically a roller coaster. You sit down inwards a giant padded topographic point that gyrates uncontrollably, y'all article of apparel 3D spectacles in addition to a seatbelt, in addition to they blow snowfall inwards your face.

To interpret the uncomfortable smiling on my face: I'm in all likelihood going to barf on you.

So, that was nice.

And piece I planned to weblog almost this when I got dorsum on Monday, I've ended upward spending this calendar week amongst the worst head-cold known to mankind.

And I've lost my vocalization for the start fourth dimension ever.

It's perfect timing if y'all enquire me.

Jesse says I audio similar Emma Stone, but I'm pretty certain he's but existence sweetness in addition to secretly thinks I'm genuinely becoming Gollum. Like for existent this time.

To forestall a surefire meltdown, Jesse has totally made life ameliorate past times bringing the living room jumbo-tron dorsum into the chamber for me to scout Dirty Dancing, etc. So, this volition probable hold out my persuasion for the side past times side few days every bit I recuperate from my mutual frigidity in addition to occasionally wander into the ease of the theater to snap pictures of what's going on.

Sidenote: I moved my entire occupation into the side room thus that I could select a identify to weblog peacefully. Just human face at misfortunate Vern, all smashed upward inwards there. I decease along telling him he's gotta but human being upward in addition to bargain amongst the situation, but thus far all he's done is whine.

Sigh.

VERN.

Also, how many people desire to brand a joke almost putting Baby inwards the corner?

Raise your hand.

Also, pardon my mismatched Duo Dry socks.

I'm sick in addition to can't hold out held responsible for fashion.

Anyways, let's utter almost what comes next.
We've decided to practice the renovation inwards 2 phases. The 2nd stage volition hold out the basement score (The basement score has a living room, chamber in addition to bathroom. It's where the cats live. I've never blogged almost it. Hopefully the renovation volition alter that.) For the start phase, we'll hold out doing the entire chief score start (minus our master copy bedroom, since I clearly quest a identify to wallow). That includes the living room, dining room, kitchen, entryway, both sets of stairs, hallway, invitee bedroom, office, in addition to master copy chamber side room. We've also decided to supervene upon the cut down in addition to doors, build a novel step rail, pigment the entire living/dining area, practice something crazy to the stone wall (which I've been systematically karate chopping for the past times 4 years, hoping it would magically disappear), in addition to and thus practice 1 to a greater extent than genuinely crazy affair that has me thus excited I tin barely stand upward it.
This delightful video of Jesse should shed some low-cal on that, in addition to fully explicate why he completes me.