House Remodel

It has been and continues to be a process to get our main level remodeled, but progress is being made.

We hired our contractors. We have opted for two different contractors--one for the master bathroom (a friend who unexpectedly had some time due to a permit delay on a big project he is committed, too) and someone different to do the rest of the house.  On top of that, Gary Kerr and Gary are doing the library wall in the living room.

The master bathroom has been demoed which required us moving out of the master bath and bedroom into the office which required Gary to move his office out to the empty TV room.

Gary's temporary office

"New" master bedroom with our clothes
in the coat closet, Jena's closet, the office
closet, and in Jena's bathroom.

The old master bedroom is currently holding
our bathroom cabinets which we are going to reuse
as well as the new tub and other supplies for
the bathroom

The master bath--
the floor is now removed as well
Next step is for the plumber to come 
and move some drains and lines
for the new tub and shower

Part of this process is the "picking" of everything. Sean, our main contractor, said that I am pretty quick in making our selections.  That is what happens when you have been planning something for a few months.  I know what I like and what works for us.  Ironically, basically all of our paint colors are similar to the existing colors.  Even though change paint can totally change a space, I guess I am happy with our spaces because there isn't much about paint color that we will change.

One change I made reluctantly is the move to stainless steel appliances.  I am not a fan.  I like white and was hoping to have white again.  However, my options for white are fairly limited with the options we wanted for the fridge.  I either had to take the white glass option which I didn't like at all or pay WAY more for the appliances to get the CAFE white model with gold handles.  It was not worth the money to do that, so we made the choice to go with the stainless steel--the kind that "resists" fingerprints.

Gary Kerr, using my sketch, designed and is building (with Gary's help) the library wall in our living room.  Gary is a very talented woodworker and designer.  He built the cabinets, shelves, and mantel in our downstairs game room.  Although I didn't want to burden him with this project, I was delighted when he asked if he could build it.  It will make this special spot even more important.

The sign of construction--plastic to keep the dust flying through the house while they cut wood for the book shelf.

The work has begun......