Originally, we thought we’d just replace or refinish the tub in their bathroom. The surface had worn and become very stained and the tile grout was icky making it hard to keep clean (or at least it never looked clean even when it had been cleaned!). Continue reading What’s wrong with the kids’ bathroom?→
Not entirely that, but a flyer from a realtor who sells a lot in our neighborhood mentioned that homes that had been updated – i.e. de-oaked – sold well. The house was built in 1993 with plans developed in the 1980s and it’s showing its age in all sorts of ways. Continue reading What’s wrong with the kitchen?→
Monday: drywall in the non-wet room parts of the bathroom. As we couldn’t have a medicine cabinet once we flipped the room back to its original orientation, I asked for a second niche, using lumber left over from the previous remodel (I’m a pack rat, but this time it did come in handy!) Continue reading Week 2 – drywall, drains & ducts→
From January through most of February, I spent time cleaning out anything that could be tossed out and putting into the POD (storage unit in our driveway) things from the rooms we were planning to remodel. It’s about as much fun as moving (i.e. not much fun at all), but I’d had a dry run (which I didn’t realize was one at the time) in using a POD to empty out the garages so we could have the new storage racks installed last autumn. Continue reading Week 0 – preparation→
In addition to slideshows of pictures of work in progress, I thought I’d summarize work week by week, and this seemed like a way to do it.
It’ll take me a bit to catch up with the work to date (we started March 16th by demolishing the kids’ bathroom), but after that, I’ll try and keep this updated at least weekly with how things are going.
