Take my hand, we'll make it I swear, Woah, livin' on a prayer".
Yes, we actually are half way through the remodel (and I really hope we actually stay on schedule). Last week Ben and I decided that we are very much over the remodel. It was probably one of the most difficult weeks thus far as the mud/tape guy was at our house every evening until 10pm, and our house was a complete disaster. I don't think there was one part of our floor that was not covered in dust. This remodel is really testing my ability to ignore the mess.
This remodel is so different from anything we have ever done before because we have hired out a good portion of the work. We did this for 2 reasons, first we work all the time, and we do not have the energy to come home every night and work on the house. Secondly, if we did this remodel on our own it would take us 6 months and while I love my husband dearly I don't know if our marriage would survive a 6 month renovation. This one is already wearing on us both, we are sick of the mess, sick of doing dishes in a bath tub, sick of not having anywhere to hang out in our house except our bedroom and our "den" (a bedroom next to ours with 2 chairs and a TV) and sick of spending most weekends working on the house. All very first world problems, I do recognize this :).
The best news is we have finally made a major milestone in the renovation....we are putting the kitchen back together. It finally feels like the end is in sight.
Enough words already, lets cut to the good part. The pictures!!!
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| The sliding door to the backyard is gone! |
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| Drywall starting to go up! |
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| The fireplace before |
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| The fireplace after 2 coats of primer. We still need to update the stone on the front, change the doors and finish painting but it is a start! |
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| The great paint color debate. I will never buy a sample color of paint again. I am just going to pick a color, trust my gut and go for it. This confused me more than it helped! |
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| My dad and Ben painting the ceiling this past weekend |
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| We picked a color and I love it. Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams |
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| The Kitchen. I didn't paint where the cabinets are going. |
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| The latest development, the wood floors finished being installed today! I forgot how nice it is to have actual floors in the house! |
This past weekend my dad was an amazing force of energy and helped us paint the kitchen, dining room, living room and hallway. Thank goodness for him, or we would not be nearly as far. A huge thanks also to my Mom who came over on Sunday did all kinds of random tasks for us including folding laundry which allowed us to finish the painting project. Parents are awesome!
The floors now are getting sanded and stained over the next week and a half. Then the next challenge begins, actually assembling our cabinets from Ikea and beginning install. YAY! I am hopeful that we will have the cabinets installed by the end of April and will be able to order the countertops. We have made a ton of progress but we still have a lot to do!
Cheers,
Ali
