May 11-May 15
Monday: A very noisy day as they work on taking the kitchen apart. Continue reading Week 9: demolish kitchen, master bath & half bath
Category Archives: Remodeling
Week 8: Glass, mini-demo, kitchen migration – did I mention glass?
May 4 – May 8
Monday: No workers today (scheduling issues). I’m not happy but was able to move things out of family room & kitchen, preparing for next week’s “demo day”. Continue reading Week 8: Glass, mini-demo, kitchen migration – did I mention glass?
Improving the world’s worst closet
The master bedroom’s closet probably isn’t the world’s worst, but for a house this size with many nice features, it’s a pitiful excuse for a walk-in closet. It’s the sort of thing that lets the builder say there is a walk-in closet, but punt on making something really usable. Builders are so cheap! Continue reading Improving the world’s worst closet
Week 7: Trim, subcontractors, bonus room, family room
April 27 – May 1
Monday: Measuring and details for master bathroom closet and windows, plus kitchen windows & bonus room. Continue reading Week 7: Trim, subcontractors, bonus room, family room
What’s wrong with the bonus room?
Lots of space, but hard to use because of ceiling height or stair landing or two doorways. An upper floor room above the garage with one window and two fixed skylights can get pretty stuffy in the warmer months. Continue reading What’s wrong with the bonus room?
Week 6 – plumbing, garage drywall, glass?
April 20 – 24
Monday: Bathtub, faucets for vanity sinks and toilet installed. No water for the morning. Continue reading Week 6 – plumbing, garage drywall, glass?
What’s wrong with the kids’ bathroom?
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?
Week 5 – finishing tile, electrical trim, stair inspection
April 13 – 17
Monday: A quiet day – just the tile setter starting on the floor tile so that the glass company could come and template the frosted glass wall/door in the afternoon. Continue reading Week 5 – finishing tile, electrical trim, stair inspection
What’s wrong with the kitchen?
Oak!
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?
Week 4 – Noise, noise, beams, tiling & noise
April 6 – 10
Monday: Opening up the garage wall (mindful of the whole house water shutoff pipe right there) and mud room closet wall preparing for building the supports for the new beam. First tiles installed. Continue reading Week 4 – Noise, noise, beams, tiling & noise