I’ve added pages in the side bar to show progress on the home renovation projects we are doing. We bought our house in Feb, 2009 and started work almost immediately with lots of help from our families!

The goal is to slowly renovate the whole house, mostly because we need to insulate. We’ll be trying to keep most of the original details (windows and trim) but all the plaster has to come down so we can insulate. No major structural changes in the downstairs although upstairs we plan to add a hallway and a master bathroom someday.

The first project we tackled was what we call the “Blue Room” which will be made into a home gym. It’s a small room in the back of the downstairs. The demo is done, some new supports were added and the wiring. The next project is continuing the demo through to the “red room” which will become our tv room, the bathroom and the front hall. Once these rooms are all demo’d and new wiring put in we’ll insulate and start putting back together.

Our plan is to half of the downstairs, then do the other half of the downstairs, then do the entire upstairs at once? It’s going to be a few years of living in a state of renovation but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end!