Week 15 – Joe We have had a little lull in demo work while finishing up our floor plans and lining up subcontractors. During this time I have kept progress moving forward by continuing with the windows. All the kitchen windows have been stripped, scraped, sanded, repaired, and primed. I have also removed 5 other…
Month: June 2014
Window restoration begins
Week 12 – Joe We are still in a holding pattern on the final floor plans as we work out a few more details. We are also still trying to lock down a sub contractor for the framing. The last guy that came and looked at the house seemed excited about the project and eager…
The demolition continues…
Week 11 – Joe Once we decided that the kitchen was going to be in the back of the house we knew we were going to have to relocate the bathroom. There is a very small room right next to the kitchen that will make for a very nice and well-placed bathroom. That part was…
Things we found in the walls
Week 12 – Amy A few years ago we did some renovation work on our current house. This required tearing down a wall and busting into some floors. Since our house is over 140 years old, I was certain we would find an artifact of some sort. Maybe an old photograph, a bottle or perhaps…
Finally! We get to do something!
Week 12 – Joe’s perspective We mentioned in our previous post that we had not yet finalized the floor plans for our renovation. One thing we did know was that the kitchen was going to be in the back of the house and that we were going to need to remove the bathroom and pantry…
Decisions, Decisions!
Amy and I are well aware of how small projects can become big projects before you even realize it. In our current home, a little dog pee on the carpet in the upstairs hallway resulted in ripping out that carpet and then the subfloor… which meant it was a good time to scrape off our…
So… Now What?
After closing on the house we were anxious to get going! In fact, we were so excited that we immediately started getting our current home ready to sell and prepared to move. We weren’t really that naive about the timeline, we just wanted to make progress of some sort and that was the only thing…
Under New Management: A BEFORE house tour.
One of the first things we noticed about our new house was that at some point someone had left a nice note on the boarded up front door. “No body luvs me. My owner is an asshole.” Now, I want to make clear that the former owner of this house was a really nice guy….
Under New Management 