It has been one week since we last updated the blog. As you can see, the weeds, cement slabs, tree stump and nasty red manger have been removed. Now we have a blank canvas to build our backyard oasis... perfect for outdoor grilling.
Lots of work still to do in the backyard... but you can see the dark gray stucco covering/repairing the former doorway from the old laundry room to the backyard. The new doorway is covered in plywood to the far left of the house. The all glass french style door should be installed this week. The old kitchen cabinets and stove/oven won't be enjoying the sun much longer... time for the trash dump.
Guest bath... Waterproof drywall is hanging near the shower... will be tiled shortly.
We have started to lay out the tile work for the guest bath. The floor will use these field tiles in a 12"x12" size. The shower wall will display the same tile in a 6"x6" size. All oil rubbed bronze fixtures for faucets and shower knobs... complimented by a white classic Pedestal sink. For those of you familiar with our guest bath in our leased home, it will look similar.
The master bedroom. If you scroll down to the original posts, you can see what this room looked liked when we bought it. The door into the kitchen has been covered and the new door you see leads into the master bath suite.
Homes built in 1926 don't have large closets. We doubled the size of this one in the master and will add the french double doors leaning against the wall tomorrow. By the way, the white powder you see covering the closet floor is construction dust... its ALL over the place and makes us sneeze. Poor Boston walked the site with us tonight and he came out looking like he had snorted more cocaine than a 1970's Go Go Dancer
workin' the dance pole at the famous Studio 54.
Not a very exciting photo... but you can see the beginning of a shower floor with drain... soon to be complete with dual shower heads and floor tiles, made from tumbled river pebbles.
This is the kitchen. The old doorways to the master bedroom and old laundry are gone. They have now been "sheet-rocked" and "skimmed" (that's right, I'm dropping construction lingo). The doorway on the right leads to the new laundry room, complete with utility sink and new French Door leading to the backyard.
Here is the same old view of the kitchen we have been showing you in prior posts... but its changed quite a bit. As you can see, the kitchen walls are being textured and new electrical, including outlets/recessed lighting has been completed. The gas lines and plumbing has been completed. New cabinets and appliances arrive this week! Kitchen tile floor to be installed on Wednesday.
It has been one week since we last updated the blog. As you can see, the weeds, cement slabs, tree stump and nasty red manger have been removed. Now we have a blank canvas to build our backyard oasis... perfect for outdoor grilling.
Lots of work still to do in the backyard... but you can see the dark gray stucco covering/repairing the former doorway from the old laundry room to the backyard. The new doorway is covered in plywood to the far left of the house. The all glass french style door should be installed this week. The old kitchen cabinets and stove/oven won't be enjoying the sun much longer... time for the trash dump.
Guest bath... Waterproof drywall is hanging near the shower... will be tiled shortly. 
We have started to lay out the tile work for the guest bath. The floor will use these field tiles in a 12"x12" size. The shower wall will display the same tile in a 6"x6" size. All oil rubbed bronze fixtures for faucets and shower knobs... complimented by a white classic Pedestal sink. For those of you familiar with our guest bath in our leased home, it will look similar. 
The master bedroom. If you scroll down to the original posts, you can see what this room looked liked when we bought it. The door into the kitchen has been covered and the new door you see leads into the master bath suite. 
Homes built in 1926 don't have large closets. We doubled the size of this one in the master and will add the french double doors leaning against the wall tomorrow. By the way, the white powder you see covering the closet floor is construction dust... its ALL over the place and makes us sneeze. Poor Boston walked the site with us tonight and he came out looking like he had snorted more cocaine than a 1970's Go Go Dancer workin' the dance pole at the famous Studio 54.
Not a very exciting photo... but you can see the beginning of a shower floor with drain... soon to be complete with dual shower heads and floor tiles, made from tumbled river pebbles.
This is the kitchen. The old doorways to the master bedroom and old laundry are gone. They have now been "sheet-rocked" and "skimmed" (that's right, I'm dropping construction lingo). The doorway on the right leads to the new laundry room, complete with utility sink and new French Door leading to the backyard.
Here is the same old view of the kitchen we have been showing you in prior posts... but its changed quite a bit. As you can see, the kitchen walls are being textured and new electrical, including outlets/recessed lighting has been completed. The gas lines and plumbing has been completed. New cabinets and appliances arrive this week! Kitchen tile floor to be installed on Wednesday.
"Poor Boston walked the site with us tonight and he came out looking like he had snorted more cocaine than a 1970's Go Go Dancer workin' the dance pole at the famous Studio 54."
ReplyDeleteI personally would have gone with a Tony Montana Scarface reference but Studio 54 will suffice.