Well, it is time to update this blog-it has been nearly a month. Time has flown by-I've taken pictures along the way; but am spending my evenings working hours on my grad class-the course ends next Monday! I have learned a lot, but am looking forward to helping Alan with the house as much as I can. This picture shows the location of the second floor bathroom and our closet.
Alan is standing on the stairway landing and the guest bedroom closet is behind him. There aren't any windows on the second floor/south side as most of the garage will cover that side of the house. We are making a temporary "door" on the back of the wall/corner that you are looking at to move our furniture and appliances in!
View of the basement. Although not seen in this photo, the furnace and the tankless water heater are now installed. I am amazed at how small the water heater is-I'll update with another photo.
This area will (hopefully) be a wine/bar area. We had the concrete contractors score large squares into the floor; I would like to stain the concrete in this area at some point.
The stairs will be located on the right side-where you see the ladder. We have two windows in this area that will eventually be a tv/den room. The large window faces the east-so it is nice and bright in the morning down in the basement!
On the left side of the photo is an additional stairs for access to the basement. This will work well for Alan bringing in any supplies he might need.
We decided on poured concrete steps....we thought it would look more original then wood stairs. We need to add a railing and of course landscaping in spring!
Here is the south side of the house-the open area is now closed in-but will serve as the access point for moving furniture, appliances and blue board for the plastering of the walls upstairs.
Here are the stairs leading down into the basement
Here you can see that Alan has begun to build some walls. This doorway leads into our closet. All of the walls for the bedrooms, closets and laundry room are now finished upstairs!
This view shows the wall between our bedroom and the laundry room.
This picture shows the wall between the guest bedroom closet and the laundry room.
On Saturday, Alan and I spent the day insulating the upstairs. We completed the entire job and saved $800 by completing the work by ourselves.
You can see that most of the guest bedroom is insulated in this picture.
This picture shows our new shower on the left and our closet on the right.
This is a view of the laundry room-the roughed in electricity and the plumbing are completed.
Here is my work table for cutting the insulating into the correct lengths for Alan. We are set up in the guest bedroom.
Another view of the guest bedroom.
Here is the corner of the guest bedroom closet where we will have access to get large items in the house.
Alan has added a new wall/railing for the second story steps going to the landing. You can see remnants of the old house/stenciling on the walls!
So....what else? The electrician needs to work on updating the first floor and the heating needs to be finished on the second floor. Next, the plastering needs to be completed and insulation needs to be blown in on the second floor. Tile needs to be installed in the master bathroom and shower. The floors need to be refinished. We have selected flooring for the kitchen and the laundry room and that needs to be installed. Alan will work on the garage this week and we have a TON of painting to do....cabinets, walls and woodwork. Lots left to do-but the end is in sight! We love visitors-so please feel free to stop in and say "HI"....I'm always happy to take a break if I am working to show you around :-)! When are we moving in? Hmmm.....not quite sure yet......
