Enfin!

Ah hem.. so we did actually move into the house in late October, but with a job change, the kids hectic schedule, the  holidays, and life in general I guess I just let the blog slide.  Well, you know how that is. Life is busy and best intentions aren't always the most realistic.  BUT, anyway, here you go.. a bunch of pictures of the finished (well 95% finished) product!  We are, overall, thrilled with the way the house turned out.  We weren't without some bumps in the road, and we did have to compromise on a few things, but in general everything looks great and we now have a very comfortable, very livable, family-friendly home.  Now- all we have to do is get through the long, quiet winter and we'll be sitting pretty- happily and lazily enjoying our new life by the sea... well until the next project comes along!  Wait, what??!!! Well.... never say never!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

So much for my grand plan to document every step of our latest renovation project.  I guess life (kids, work, general daily mayhem) got in the way. Plus, lets face it- looking at pictures of demolished walls, unfinished framing and old linoleum flooring is booooooring.   BUT, since I've been gone we have made lots of exciting progress and I'm excited to show you where we are now!   You can definitely say we've come a long way since we started.  Getting there!!

 

New exterior paint color- BM Classic Ivory (brick to be painted too!)

New doors and trim throughout house

Wall and paneling removed, ceiling fixed

Ready for new hardwoods

barn door installed in family room

Family room carpet installed- a DIY using Flor!

I love this product!

 

new French doors, new drywall in kitchen (to cover crazy amount of brick)

drywall over brick wall, old tile removed from floor

White, white, white.. LOVE white!

New tile floor

Ready for cabinet install!

 

New façade for mantle and shelves (bye bye groovy waves!)

So much better

It's the little things...

The Adventure Begins!

Crazy days.  That's all I can say about life right now!  In the course of 8 days we sold two houses and bought one.  The packing, the paperwork, the coordinating of schedules, the physical moving of stuff (how do we have so much stuff???), changing our address, paying off bills, saying good-bye and meeting new neighbors... yeah, nuts.  But it's nothing compared to what the next few months will bring.  When people ask "what are you doing to your new house?" the easiest answer is "what AREN'T we doing?"   Well, we aren't tearing it down.  You can follow along here to see our progress.  I'll start by posting the before pictures.

Future Family Room (currently a porch)

Future Kitchen (currently a den with LOTS of brickwork)

Future Dining Room 

Future Mater Bath (full gut reno)

Future Master Bath 

Future Craft Room (currently weird basement room)

Future Playroom (currently scary basement)

Future guest room (currently another scary basement room)

Another view of the scary basement

Future site of awesome deck (with water views!)

Future site of outdoor shower

We finally have a garage!!!!!!

Master Bedroom

Living Room (lots of changes to come)

Taking down this wall....

Don't be frightened by the state of things (and if you are, don't tell me.. it's even worse in real life!)