Life In Progress

Well…the remodel is DONE!! Yes I said it DONE!!! 6 moths later it is finished! It did not get to the end product without any hiccups or tears but we got there and in the end it was all worth it. I guess when people say you never know what you are getting yourself into when you start a remodel they are completely 100% right on!

 

List of unforeseen adventures during the remodel:

1.       No real foundation

2.       No cement Floors

3.       Old Rusty pipes

4.       New Windows

5.       New Doors

6.       Ceiling Height

7.       Dishwasher Explosion

8.       Water Pipe Breaking and flooding bedroom

9.       Minor Kitchen Update

 

I know there is more but I think those are the larger ticket items and made us cringe but were all worth it!

 

One of my favorite adventures was when the dishwasher exploded right as we were starting to put up the dry wall. It fortunately missed the dry wall by a few feet and went directly onto the cement floors in the basement which was a miracle. However, this little incident led to us updating the appliances and counters in the kitchen which added another small price tag onto this project that we did not include in the beginning. It was painful but I did get an updated kitchen out of it J.

 

Look for the final photos later this weekend!

We are getting painfully close to finishing the basement! I can see the light it is there…I think. We have floors and walls and lights which is amazing! We have also started the tiling and the painting. Next will be the woodwork, fixtures, and final touches. So hopefully it is within reach. We did however decide to update the kitchen a tad since we had our dishwasher explode on us the other day. I guess when it rains it does pour J

 

 

The house remodel is coming along I am hoping they are pouring the floor today (fingers crossed). But I did want to tell you about a sad story....ok...two sad stories. The first one was that our pipes are 100 years old and have started breaking during the remodel. So every time one gets moved or hit it snaps. So you can imagine last week we spent many hours fanning our bedroom floor because of a major leak that flooded all the way through the top floor the kitchen and then to the basement. So we had all these contraptions that were helping us dry out. Luckily it is ok and we dried out the floors..however new pipes are in our future.

 

So comes the second sad story...We had used some wood to prop open stuff to let air under the carpet and such and now that we were done with them I took the wood to the mail floor fireplace to heat up the house a bit. I opened the door and a small gray fur ball came pillowing out. I thought geez has it really been that long since I opened this door?? Hmm...I peered in only to my surprise to see a poor little squirrel laying lifeless in the fireplace. I SCREAMED and slammed the door shut. The little bugger must have fallen from the top of the chimney and I am thinking died cause it was so cold in our house. Not sure how we missed this chain of events and am just hoping tht he was not their during my buddy's babyshower I had the other day. So besides no heat, flooding, walls cracking, no washing machines, and the dead squirrels things are going great!

Now that the house is stabilized they are starting to dig out the floor so we can add a good 6 inches to the height. They also removed the stairs and took out the washer and dryer. So if you see us at the laundry mat this weekend you know why!

So we are roughly a month into the remodel and the basement looks as if we have found some long lost treasures under our house and they are performing an archeological dig. There are holes everywhere and tons and tons of dirt. Apparently we needed to dig a few inches down so we could get some more ceiling height...which will be nice to have especially since Todd and I are both pretty tall. The other fun thing about remodeling the guts of your house is the period of time when you are changing out the heating! So we are without heat, which probably wouldn't be that bad if we had normal windows but really we might as well be sleeping on the sidewalk. They have made a ton of progress though. All the new support beams are in and it looks like they are getting ready to pour some floor (there has to be a few hundred cement bags). We are almost half way home (hopefully!!!).