Weekend plans went a little wonky this past weekend.  We were supposed to go back to NY originally to celebrate Aimee’s birthday.  Then Ryan decided he needed to stay home to make progress on the house so we can still get this kitchen done in time (there’s been more work upstairs than we had hoped before we can finish said kitchen).  So it was going to be Alex and I driving back.

Then Aimee’s back which had been really bad all week wasn’t getting better (worse?) so we considered getting together in CT instead for just a day trip, then PJ couldn’t make the trip and my cold that started thursday actually got worse for the weekend.  So we cancelled the whole thing.

So Saturday Ryan got up and started the dump runs (since the dump is only open till 1 on saturday we usually have a couple of runs to do with last weekend’s demo).  By the second (or third?) trip, Alex had finished her nap and we decided to hit home depot all together and get cement board and 2x4s.  The rest of the day included Ryan taking down the bathroom walls, putting in new sill plates for the new walls and cutting out tons of piping (cast iron drains/vents).  The good thing about only using a single bathroom in our house is that the only plumbing that needs to be on is that single bathroom.

no bathroom walls

a view from the other side

The upstairs is mostly done for now (on hold till the kitchen is done) but we do need to finish the sub floor (patch it and then add cement board).  Ryan also framed in the old pantry door (into a wall) in the kitchen so we can now run the rest of the outlet circuit around that corner and finish it up.

The final project was getting some stain on our new railings, they needed a nice final sanding and then the stain to match the deck:

cedar railings with red semi-transparent stain

the nice side of our house 🙂

Don’t be fooled by little I have to report for the weekend, taking those pipes out took quite a while, as did the floor prep up to this point.  What is left in the upstairs is minor.  One more weekend before thanksgiving and then insulation.  The kitchen is almost ready for insulation (just a bit more electrical) and the upstairs needs very little prep (some nails pulled).  I took the whole week off for thanksgiving so I can work up in the attic to prep that for insulation on monday and tuesday.  That’s where the real work is at this point.

Once insulation is in, we just have to finish the kitchen electrical, then drywall and put in cabinets (that’s all?!) not really, but those are the big ones.