Our Home Renovation

It’s been a while since we last posted and a lot has happened. We’re now living in the house – we’ve been here for about a week and a half now and are loving it. There’s still soooo much to do though!

Here’s what has been done in the last few weeks:
Outside:

• Planted flowers and vegetables
• put in two new flower beds
• pulled lots of weeds

Basement:

• Removed over 300 feet of old galvanized plumbing
• Installed over 300 feet of new copper plumbing
• Ran new gas line to kitchen for stove
• Discovered a secret room (more about that another time)

Kitchen:

• Connected the new gas line to the stove
• Painted one set of cabinets to see how they’ll look

Dining Room:

• Took down the ugly light
• Painted ceiling and walls and crown molding
• Removed all the oak trim from around the windows, planed and sanded it down
• Installed a new digital, programmable thermostat

Family/Living Room:

• Painted ceiling, walls, crown molding

Front Entryway:

• Painted ceiling, walls, crown molding
• Bought a new (old) front door (more details later)

Master Bedroom:

• Painted walls, trim
• Installed new electrical for light/fan
• Installed wide wood blinds

Bathroom:
This is where a lot of time has been spent and a lot more will be spent here (working) in the next couple weeks.

• Everything removed
• Recessed lights installed (3 of them)
• Exhaust fan installed and vented outside
• New electrical installed – 4 outlets, 3 switches
• Subfloor screwed to joists to reduce squeaking
• Durock concrete board installed on floor
• Drywall installed on upper half of walls and ceiling
• Plywood installed on lower half of walls
• Beadboard wainscoting put up – the real thing, not the plywood sheets
• Radiant heating installed in the floor
• 3/4 of floor tiling complete
• Toilet installed – temporarily
• Plumbing for sink installed (it’s a wall faucet)

Hallway:

• New light installed (including new electrical)
• Walls painted

Guest Bedroom:

• Walls painted
• Ceiling fan installed
• New electrical installed

That’s all I can think of right now. We’ll try and take some more pictures soon.

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