Last weekend I took Friday off of work (kind of, I still came home to work all evening but the intention was there and I had the *DAY off) 🙂 My friend Sarah recently just bought a new house and had a few projects she wanted to do so I went down there to help …
It’s been a few weeks since I posted progress from the house so we have a few updates. On top of that fact, my in-laws came out this weekend and extra progress was made with their help! Let’s start with the Diningroom! Our contractor has finished up the beams/boxes for the cofferred ceiling and they …
Our contractor and neighbor came over Friday and Saturday this week and we have a sheetrocked stairway now! It was not easy sheetrocking that section over the stairs, we left the original ceiling in place (there are only 2 ceilings in the whole house we are leaving, this one and the front livingroom). They sheetrocked …
I can’t really say a fully working bathroom JUST yet because we are waiting on some minor necessary things like a toilet seat (Thurs), Shower curtain rod (Fri) and we need to buy a mirror. However the bathroom is partially useable and Alex even took a bath in her new tub last night which she …
Our contractor and neighbor came on Friday and Saturday again this week so lots of progress was made! Friday our contractor started stripping the archway in the livingroom. Even though there is no lead paint in this (we had everything tested so we know where the lead paint is – upstairs mostly), I wanted the …
The last two evenings after Alex went to bed I painted the trim in the bathroom. This was a LOT of cutting in but it’s done! Now I just have some touchups of wall paint to do from caulking mostly and we’ll install the vanity tonight probably. Jason is going to come out any day …
Friday our contractor finished the upstairs hallway flooring! Our neighbor finished spackling the livingroom over Friday and Saturday and got the linen closet sheetrocked. Our contractor got the closet door installed and Ryan finished installing the bathroom trim. I sanded and primed all the trim on Saturday evening. I’m hoping to get some …
Ryan was able to take a long weekend, taking Thursday and Friday off this week (new year!). This means house progress continued, especially since our contractor and neighbor were also here working! Ryan got a good start on the trim in the bathroom, each piece had to be made except the rosettes which I stripped …
If the rest of the year continues on like New Years Day anyway 🙂 Ryan spent the whole day working on grouting. Most of that was cleaning out the grout lines which was no small feat. After Alex went to bed we grouted the shower and floor. All that is left in that department is …
We hired our contractor and our neighbor to do some work part time for us on the front livingroom and they got started Friday, Saturday and Sunday this weekend so we have some great progress to report. FRIDAY: Our neighbor’s first job was to move a ton of stuff to the basement, clearing out the …