Showing posts with label renovating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label renovating. Show all posts

11.14.2011

Porch Progress

Our other big project this summer was the porch. Though that was supposed to be a small one remember? It was supposed to be just a repainting project, instead it turned into a rebuild.

At this point the porch is still far from being done, but at least the major demo is complete and the new floor is in, and painted! I didn't do a good job of taking photos of the progress with the real camera, but I did at least take iphone ones.

Fully Demo'd
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And the resulting pile of debris
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Putting the floor in:
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All the floor boards are in, and the new lattice is up:
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And painted:


Doesn't it look so much better? We do plan to put railings back up, in the spring. We ran out of time and energy. The second floor didn't see any progress however beyond the demo, again a project for next year. I guess we have our work cut out for us.

8.04.2011

House Tour Summer 2011

It seems like every summer I go through and take photos of the current state of the house. I did it the first summer shortly after we moved in and then again last summer. Here we are again in the summer time, and I did it again. Someday I am going to put all these into "Before/During/After" groups for each room. For now you get a full house tour again.

Living Room
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Office
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Entry
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Dining Room
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Kitchen
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Back Hall
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Breakfast Nook
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Half Bath
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Upstairs
Full Bath
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Master Bedroom
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Brown Guest Room
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Upstairs Hallway
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Pink Guest Room (this one still needs a lot of work, it has become a bit of a dumping ground!)
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Purple Guest Room
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It's funny to see that I took these weeks ago and I have already made some changes since then (new bedding in our room, new throw pillows in living room, and new rug in the purple guest room). I guess I can never be caught up.

7.12.2011

Bad Porch!

A couple of weeks back we rented a pressure washer to clean the porch so we could start painting it. Sadly that showed us that we actually had a lot of rotten boards, each step we take seems to show more that needs to be repaired. This weekend we started really pulling up the floor boards and we found what looks like both carpenter ants and termites! YIKES! Not good news! We have someone coming this week to take care of them so we can finish the demo. For now we are left with this:

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Nice right? Wish us luck.

7.06.2010

Current Decorating Status

I realized on Monday that it was time I take a new set of photos of the house, it was clean, there was tons of natural light, I now have a tripod and Mike had gone into work for a few hours. I also realized that the last time I really did this, was shortly after we moved in last year and there were still boxes all over. Now I have shown pictures here and there of major changes but not a real full tour. There is clearly a ton left to do to the house, but we have made some major progress in our first year here.

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The office, you have seen this fairly recently, but not accessorized. There isn't a lot left to do here, I want to make a cushion for under the window, and hang some things on the wall you can see across from the tall cabinets.

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The living room, we need a new ottoman, to hang things on the wall, new chairs by the front window (and a table between them) I want built in book cases and a bench on the back wall, I am still undecided about getting a sofa table for behind the couch.

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Entry, need a console table for in here, maybe a chair, a mirror and big photos to go up the staircase (I know how I am going to do that, I just don't know what to print yet).

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Dining room, I want to move the buffet to the kitchen wall, we need a rug, and I have big plans for a plate display above the buffet, I am still working on collecting plates for it though.

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The kitchen, which needs a ton of work, new backsplash, new light, new countertop (yes it is nice silestone but I hate the colors), painted cabinets, new rug, maybe a new island or paint that too. It's really functional just totally not our style.

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Breakfast nook, I can't decide if I want to replace this light, it is original to the house, the only original one left, we still need to get benches and a table built.

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Half bath, I am thinking of painting stripes in there? Vertical or horizontal is the question. Mike wants vertical, I want horizontal.

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Upstairs hall, this needs a new light and some more stuff on the walls, and the banister refinished.

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The closet room, this one pretty much needs everything, it will probably be last on the list though.

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The pink guest bedroom, this is next on the list for paint, it also needs a new light, furniture etc.

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The brown guest bedroom, this room has been painted (it used to be yellow), now it needs a new light, rug, furniture etc.

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Our bedroom, this room is coming together, we just need furniture and stuff hung up on the walls. This weekend we just put up the new light, which we both love!

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Finally the upstairs full bath, I hate the floor tile in here and I plan to replace it eventually, and it is time for a new shower curtain (I like to replace them fairly often) but otherwise done!

7.16.2009

Bathroom Storage

Our full bath on the second floor was in serious need of storage (apparently we need a lot more bath products in 2009 than 1924). I still wanted to keep it modern and clean though. So we put two glass shelves up over the toilet:

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And hide a cabinet above the radiator behind the door.

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So far that seems to be more than enough for the two of us, if only we could do something about the cords.

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