Project 2312: March 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

It's the Small Things ....

..... that make me feel a little bit more accomplished.

We had the carpets cleaned at the house on Tuesday, and they did a "test spot" on the 3rd bathroom tile floor. It came pretty clean!

The living room is now completely painted with carpets cleaned!

I started on some demolition as well .... my favorite part! In the kitchen, I took out the desk at the back and the paneling off of the back wall. I will also take down the open shelving that is above the desk. Here is a before picture ....

And, here it is after the demo ....

And, a little more demo.....I took out the door that they had built in on the front room off the entry way and opened it back to the original opening size.

Here is a picture of the door size opening before demo from the entryway looking into the room....

And, here is after demo from inside the room looking out in to entry way (I have not painted this room yet!)...

Sunday, March 27, 2011

A Few Other Things ....

Here is the pool the day we closed on the house ...

Here is a little bit of progress on the pool. We do have a pool company coming to work on it this week!

We had a new refrigerator delivered to replace our old, old one we are not planning to move!

And, here is the bar in the kitchen that I painted to test colors out for the paneling and cabinets.

Just a little bit of other progress I wanted to share!

Before and after pictures of the gameroom. Painting in progress in the bar area ... almost done!

Living Room

Here are some before, during and after pictures of painting the paneling in the living room. More pictures to come soon!

Boys Room

Here is the before and after of the painting in Bedroom #3

Girls Room

Here are some before and after pictures of the painting in Bedroom #2

Office

Here is the office before and after painting ...

Moving Right Along!

We are finally starting to see some progress on the house. The kids rooms are completely painted. The living room paneling is completely painted. The office is completely painted. The gameroom is completely painted. Whew! We are trying to get all of the rooms finished painting that have carpet in them so that we can have the carpets cleaned on Tuesday. Looks like this will work out great! Otherwise, we have been doing things, but not necessarily the fun things that I get to show pictures of. We had the electrical panel box replaced, are getting new a/c systems and will have some work done on the pool this coming week. Not really fun stuff, but things that need to be done! Upcoming, we will have the bigger stuff ... kitchen, bathrooms, etc. It is coming along! Pictures coming soon ... just have to get them downloaded from my phone!!

Monday, March 21, 2011

A Little Bit of Progress

So, the painting has begun! I have been doing all of the painting myself so it is a little slow going, but here is what I have accomplished since Thursday night.

This is progress on Bedroom #4, which will be an office and the hallway and laundry area on that side of the house:

Here is progress on the living room. This is A LOT of paneling to paint! It is very slow going, and I keep taking breaks from it to do something a little easier from time to time, but it is getting there. I have almost completed the first coat since these pictures were taken ....

This is progress on Bedroom #3 (which will be a boys room). The room is completely painted, just needs baseboards done!

Here is progress on Bedroom #2 (will be a girls room). This room is the most completed ... all painting done, baseboards and all. The only thing left is to remove the blinds and paint along the inside of the windows (no, they will not remain HOT pink!)

The Nitty Gritty

Ok, so here we go. Here are the very first BEFORE pictures of the house. These were taken at our final walk through just before closing. This is what we start with ...

Entry Way