Day 37 of the Remodel

The upper cabinets have been installed and a lot of painting has been done.  Much of the finishing touches have also been completed.

Long side, still missing crown molding, countertops, and backsplash.

Sink side, with temporary countertop and sink.

Cabinet above fridge.

Day 29 of the Remodel

Not really much to update on since the last update.  The holes in the drywall have begun to get patched back up, the laundry room has been tiled (waiting on grout, probably today), and we are still waiting on the granite counter tops to come in.

There is still a lot that needs to get done.

1. Laundry room
1. grout the tile
2. put appliances back
2. Bathroom
1.  Countertop installed
1. Install sink/faucets...
2. Finish off the cabinets
1. Hardware
2. Trim
3. Kitchen
1. Countertops installed
1. install sink/faucets/garbage disposal
2. Upper cabinets installed
1. Hardware
2. Under cabinet lighting installed
3. Crown molding
3. Finish off the lower cabinets
1. Hardware
2. Trim
3. Decorative Back panel to peninsula
4. Dishwasher hooked back up
5. Back Splash
1. Mudded
2. Grouted
6. Pantry
1. Custom wood shelving
2. Wine Chiller
4. Flooring
1. Thresholds from wood to tile
2. baseboards re-installed
5. Painting
1. Bathroom
2. Kitchen
3. Living Room

Whew, I really hope all this can get done in 2.5 weeks.  Its going to be tight.

Day 22 of the remodel

The Granite countertop was templated today as well as all the lower cabinets moved into place.

Davey was a HUGE butt again today by running out again.  Charlie and Steve (the contractors), were able to get him back.  But it took them about an hour.  It let me test out the new Tagg gps system.  I could tell where he was at all times to withing about 10 yards.  It is pretty cool.

Here is the back of the cabinets.  We will be adding trim to the back.

temporary microwave location.  Also, you can see the old countertop acting as a temporary countertop.

Oven is in place, but you can see that the vent for the hood will need to be moved about a foot to the left.

Here is the cabinet in the bathroom.

Here is the new toilet!!! YAY, we have a toilet on the ground floor again!!!

Here is what the GPS of Davey's escape looks like on my new Tagg system...  Being able to know he is at home at all times, or at least know exactly where he is, is a huge relief for me.

Ellie made a crown at Tristin's house

Day 21 of the Remodel

Our tile floor has been grouted and we have a few of the floor cabinets installed!  Not all the grout has been scrubbed off the tile yet, so they don't look nearly as good as they will.  Tomorrow, they plan to install more cabinets to prepare for templating. as well as some electrical work in the walls.

picture of some of the new cabinets.  They aren't quite this dark in person.

Here are the cabinets showing some of the cool features.

Ellie, Sophie, and Aunt Tristin

I've been getting some great updates from Tristin about the time her and Ellie have been spending together this week.  She also sent me a cute little video of Sophie and Ellie on a swingset.

Day 17 of the Remodel

Today the contractors finished demolishing the bathroom and setting the tile in the kitchen.  Tomorrow they plan to grout and put the bottom cabinets in.  On Tuesday the granite company should be coming by template out the countertops.

Here is the kitchen facing the "Dining Room"

Here is the kitchen facing the sink area.  Note the terrible terrible realization that the previous owners painted over wallpaper.

Here is the toilet side of the small bathroom.

Here is the sink side of the small bathroom.  They put just enough tile in so that they can put the cabinets in tomorrow.

New Design w/ soffit

We had to redesign the area under the soffit...  Since we already purchased all the cabinets, w had to fit the new design within the constraints.

Day 15 of Remodel

A lot happened today.  They removed all the cabinets (except for the microwave and cabinet above it), all the tile in the kitchen, all the appliances, the 2nd layer subfloor, and delivered all the tile.

Unfortunately we can't remove the soffet because it is actually a load bearing beam.  This caused us to have to order 3 new cabinets and now we have 2 extra 36inch wide cabinets that we need to find a use for...

Ugh., I guess this couldn't go too smoothly.

You can see the holes they punched into the soffet to see what was inside.

Here is where the left the microwave on the wall.

Day 11 of the Remodel

Not too much to report today.  They finished the flooring inside the pantry and coat closet.  They also put a baseboard on one of the walls in the Dining room to show me what they will look like.

Apparently why they were here, Davey got out of the back yard.  Luckily they saw this and grabbed him.  I guess there were some gaps that he made under the fence that I covered up this evening.  Davey really is a butt.    

Tomorrow morning, Sarah and I are going to an ultrasound for Locke.  Due to her having gestational diabetes she has had more ultrasounds than we had with Ellie.  I think this is her 4th one.  Sarah also has to go to a TON of doctors appointments every week.