Day 10 of the Remodel

Long day for the contractors today.  They were still working when I got home, so Sarah and I took Ellie for dinner and picked up Davey from my parents.  They pretty much finished all the wood flooring.  Only work that remains is to finish the pantry, inside the closet, as well as replacing the base boards.  We also picked our grout colors for the back splash and kitchen tile floor.

Ellie slipped on the new floor.

She wanted to prove she could walk across it.

Davey checking out the new floor

Finished hallway towards door.

Finished hallway towards family room.

"Dining Room" still getting used for storage of tools.

Day 9 of the Remodel

After Day 9 the remaining tile has been removed from the hardwood floor area.  Some interesting things this uncovered.

1. There was linoleum under the tile.
2. There was different linoleum under the wooden rail.
3. The plywood subfloor in the kitchen/breakfast area is about 1/2 an inch taller than the subfloor in the hallway/dining room... 

Not sure how the contractors are going to handle that last item...

The contractors laid carpet pad everywhere so that we don't step on the unfinished floor and cut our feet or anything else.

as you can sorta see, the rail is no longer here.

you can almost sorta make out that under where the rail was, is a different linoleum.

picture of the doors removed from the pantry and downstairs.

Here is a nice picture of the front door close to being finished.

Days 5-8 of the Remodel

No work was done Fri-Sun, but the contractors came to our house on Monday again.  They didn't do too much on Monday.  They removed some more base boards and the wooden rail that segregated our Family room from the Kitchen.

We did get the news that demolition on the kitchen cabinets will begin next Monday with installation beginning next Wednesday.  That is when things will get a little crazy due to not having a kitchen for cooking at all.

Day at the Magic House!

We all went to the Magic House with Grandma today.  It was my first time going, and it was really neat.  Ellie had a blast!

Ellie playing in the water room.

There was a cool restaurant play room as well.

She liked to climb on everything possible.

Ellie in the static room, her pigtails went crazy!

Day 4 of Remodel

Not much of an update.  Most of the "Dining Room" is now finished.  They left a small gap to help them demo the kitchen tile.

I think the wood looks a lot more red in the pictures.

Day 3 of Remodel

I'll make this quick since I am sick and feeling really crummy.  Here are some pics of today's progress.

Hallway is pretty much completed.

"Dining room" is about 1/3 complete and should be finished tomorrow.

Day 2 - More Demo and the Wood Begins!

So after day 2, all the tile has been removed from the dining room and half of the hallway.  We also have some wood floors!  I love looking at it.  My house smells like concrete due to the dust in the air from the concrete board that was under the tile.

Here is some of our new Hardwood floor!

Here is Roxas checking out the construction.

Here is the fully demolished "dining room" and the wood floor covered for its protection.

(Not sure why there are spots on the wall... I think that was my camera)

Day 1 of the remodel - DEMO

After day 1 about 1/3 of the demo (for the wood floor) is complete.  We are now living in a construction site.  They were nice enough to plastic seal shut some entries to keep dust down.  They also put down some padding so we can walk around easier and put some plastic on the stairs so we don't track dirt upstairs.

"Dining Room" emptied for construction.

"Dining Room" 3/4 of tile removed.

Hallway about 1/3 of demo complete.

Hallway, showing more of the dust "shields"

Presidents Day at the Science Center

While construction was going on today Ellie and I went to the Science Center!  We saw that Star Trek exhibit as well as spending an hour at the new Discovery Room.

Ellie loved the dinosaurs

Playing dinosaurs with some other kids

Teepee in the Discovery Room

Fun water exhibit in the Discovery Room

Tile Demolition Starts Tomorrow!

YAY, the contractors will be here tomorrow morning to start ripping out all the old tile flooring and replacing it with wood!  I'll post some pictures of what the area looks like midway through and after they are done.

*Note:  Even though they start tomorrow, we have already paid for ~70% of the remodel.  This is mostly due to having to pay for almost all the materials already.  I mention this so others don't have the misconception that I did that the payments would be spread out more over the course of the job.

Hardwood floor arrvied

The hardwood flooring arrived at our house today.  The contractors will begin demo of the tile floors on Monday and probably be finished by Wednesday.  The flooring is acclimating to our house, which takes roughly 3 days for this product.  Other woods can take up to 10 days.  I'm super excited about the new floors!  I might be more excited about the wood floors than I am for the entire kitchen :)

In an unrelated note, I'm taking next Friday off from work and having a Lord of the Rings (Extended Edition) marathon at my house with Zach and Ryan.  If we took no breaks that would be 11.5 hours of Lord of the Rings goodness.  I expect us to be watching the movies till about 11pm at night, if we get a good 9am start time.

Updated Kitchen Design

After sitting down with our designer we changed some things and updated our design.  I also paid for my cabinets and 50% of the counter tops tonight.  Ouch, that was a large check.  The costs of the remodel are starting to become more real.  I can't wait till the work begins next Monday.  Next week the new wood flooring is getting installed.  After that there may be a week or two before the rest happens, I won't know that until we find out when the cabinets will be delivered.

Kitchen Remodel update

So, its official.  We wrote our first checks for the remodel.  We have ordered all the hardwood and tile for the floors.  Soon I should know what the timeline is for people to be in my house tearing out my floor and kitchen.

Some partial designs for my kitchen and bath.

I got some designs from my contractor for my kitchen and bath.  These don't represent the final design, but it should be relatively close.   We are planning on removing the soffit above the sink, and probably moving the dishwasher into the peninsula.