The paint is up!

Here are a few pictures of the progress that happened today.  It looks like a kitchen, and we have WATER!!!!

The top picture is from the dining room looking through the front room to the entry.  Love the color with the floors!

The bottom picture is of the granite.  Shows what the colors look like together.

From the front room looking into the dining room.

A picture of the dining room.  I love how the floors and color turned out!  The front window is not done and there is a bit more painting to be done. 

Here is a view of the front window that has been put in.  It is still needing trim and final paint.

The faucet is in!  You can see a sample of our tile to the right.

Water is running!

A lovely picture of the eating area.

Windows are going in

It is quite busy around here these days as we have the floors being finished up, texture and paint has started, and the windows are being installed.  I have to say that I have been very impressed by the people working this week and how flexible they have been for each other.  It has been great to see!

I wanted to show a few pictures of the windows even though they are not finished installing them.  We are expecting rain these next few days so they are focusing on getting us closed in and will work on the finishing details after that.   We were surprised when we looked at the windows that they have a slightly greenish finish and I had to give Dan a hard time about having green worked into the colors of the house! 

The windows were built into the house which is making them have to break most of the windows to get them out.  It is pretty interesting!

A side shot of the house with the windows partly done.  You can see the new windows have a slight green finish.

The guest room window looks so big and bright!  The room is completely different now that we have new windows.  Gets me excited to paint and decorate!

The old front windows from the guest bedroom.  You can see it is a completely different look now with the giant picture window.

This is the side window looking into the kitchen.  I am so excited to see everything coming together.  We are going to have to host an open house so everyone can come see it in person!

Flooring!

The cabinets were finished last night and only need the final touches that will come after painting and flooring is done.  Flooring installation has also started and I needed to share pictures!

My amazing General Contractor!

The room is looking like a kitchen, and a gorgeous kitchen at that!!!

The side cabinet that bumps into the dining room.  I love the contrast of the white with the flooring.  All of our moulding will match that white.

Love the picture and the person in it...  Dan has worked tirelessly to make up time in our schedule and even get us breathing room.  This picture also shows the moulding that the great team at Under Budget Kitchens made when they installed the cabinets.  Their team is amazing!

A picture of the new flooring.  I love it!

I love my new pantry space.  Look how big it is around the fridge!

The roll out drawers get me so excited!

Wild week

This week has definitely been a week filled with the unexpected, but that is part of the joys of the project!  The floors are now prepped for the wood which will be installed starting Monday.  The cabinets are currently being installed and will be done tomorrow, and the counter is being measured on Monday.  Here are a few pictures from this week!

A view of the kitchen sink side looking into the dining room.  I love how open it feels!

The front room has been leveled and is drying.  The wood is currently waiting in the entry way to be installed.  You can see our wall color samples!

This is where our range will go.

Love the corner cabinet!  Excited to have usable space now.

This is our granite slab.  I had the fun project of going to the yard and picking which slab I preferred.  If I ever pick granite again, I should definitely not go after work on a Friday.  It was way too many questions for me :)  Thankfully the sales lady was very helpful and made sure that I picked a good slab for our project.

Flooring prep and wall prep

It has been a busy week getting the floors prepped and starting on the walls. The electrician has also finished installing the new lights and it is fun to see the space in a different light.  As of today the floors are all cement and the wallpaper is gone from all of the walls.  Pretty amazing!

This coming week is full of inspections and behind the scenes work, but cabinet installation should start on Friday.  I will post pictures when that starts.  Here are a few pictures from this past week:

The tile is gone from the entry!

Linoleum is gone from the dining area.  We were quite sad about that....

A picture of some of the new lighting.  The walls are getting repaired this week and cabinets are going in on Friday.

The wallpaper is gone!!!!

Looking at colors now that we have our wood in the house.

Another shot of the great wood we found.  I am so excited to see it installed!

Demo is Done!

I have to start off by saying I have the best husband ever!  He worked from home today and monitored the demolition, which was pretty crazy.  He even kept me informed on all the little adventures that happened throughout the day.  Here are a few pictures!

The brick is coming down!

 

I love how the new wall opens up the space.  The progress of the remodel will not be as visible during the next few weeks but we will do our best to show what is happening!

1982 Original

The official "before" pictures