MOVING ALONG

We are still without power however we are hoping that the utilities are connected by the end of the week.  We finished painting in the living room, dining room and the hallway and all of the crown moulding has been installed.  We sealed off the doorways into these rooms so we will “live” in the dining room while I finish the kitchen and master bedroom.

We have made major progress in the kitchen and it is ready for drywall.  After framing the built in cabinet wall near the end of the week, my dad came down for the weekend and we finished off the cabinets on Saturday.  Here is a picture of the new wall and a picture of the cabinet before it was installed (also without the adjustable shelves);

 

 

After setting the cabinets yesterday we also insulated the exterior wall and rerouted our plumbing to the eventual sink location.  Hopefully we will have the drywall up and mudded by the weekend so we can hang the cabinets and order the counter tops on Monday.

There is a small mud room inside the back door before you enter the kitchen.  The floor in this area had been eaten away by terminates and it felt like you were stepping onto a diving board every time you entered the house.  I ripped out the flooring, cut out the joists and installed new treated lumber with a new subfloor.  Here are some pictures;

 

 

I also finished the closet in the guest room.  Since we took out the small existing closet to make room for the refrigerator on the other side, I built a new 48” closet in the room.  However the coolest part of the project is the door.  Since we are trying to keep the house as original as possible, I didn’t want to just use a slab door from the store.  Since we are eliminating a doorway into this room, I was able to salvage the original door/trim and reinstalled it as the closet door.  It came out perfectly and we are going to do the same thing when we build the new closet in the master bedroom.  Here are some pictures before paint;

 

 

We had a new roof put on at the beginning of the week- here is a shot;

 

 

 Also, here is a shot of the master bedroom cabinet installed in the old closet- I still need to finish the paneled drawer fronts and doors;

 

 

Lastly, I mentioned in the first post that we “found” a ton of space in the attic that could be eventually used as another bedroom.  It is tough to take pictures up there but I was able to get some shots as the roof was being stripped;

 

 

Like I mentioned, our budget and timeline will likely dictate our second floor plans however I still think it’s cool that the space is up there.

The main goal for the week will obviously be to have the utilities connected.  In addition, we will be building the closet in the master and finishing the walls with paint and crown.  We will move back to the kitchen at the end of the week and will hopefully have the new furnace installed over the weekend.