Beadboard!!!

Today's big project was working on the basement bathroom. First of all, we replaced the door frame on the inside of the bathroom (I took a "before" picture but forgot to take an after picture...so I'll post that tomorrow). Then, we started working on cutting the new baseboards, beadboard, and top trim for the top of the beadboard. It was an all day project. We got all of the beadboard cut and ready to install, but we want to put one more layer of paint on the walls (I think we're on layer #6....the walls were REALLY damaged).

After seeing the pretty new beadboard with the new baseboards and tile, we started considering the idea of buying new cabinet and vanity top. The cabinet we pulled out of the room had some water damage on one side. We're still trying to figure out what we can budget...but once again....it looks like a small project has turned into a little bit bigger project...which is turning into a big project. lol

We also got the master bathroom rolled for it's second layer of paint. The master bathroom is now finished in terms of paint :)

Tomorrow we're going back and re-painting some of the walls in the dining room and master bedroom where some of the paint left funny marks where we touched up the paint. Thankfully Behr paint is reimbursing us for the new paint since it messed up the first time (I would hope they would since we bought 40 gallons of Behr paint!). Tom finished all the cuts for the floor tile in the upstairs guest bath, so we're hoping to get most of those laid tomorrow night as well.

Here are some pictures from today!

My dad cutting the baseboards

Basement bath before

...and after! (This isn't the finished pic...but its a preview of what it'll look like)

Tom got the backboard down in the upstairs guest bath

A Look Back at Some Before and Afters

I thought today might be a good day to go back and show some of our before and afters from the renovation. Lately, I've been showing what all we've done...but I've been leaving out the before's. Enjoy :)

Kitchen Before

Kitchen in Progress

Guest Bedroom Before

and After!

Basement Bathroom Before (but after the wallpaper)

After (still more work we will do)

Basement Before

After (just needs carpet)

Master Bath Before

Master Bath After

It's Been a While....

It's been almost a week since I posted my last blog. We've accomplished quite a bit since then. The tub is completely nailed into place....all we have left to do is tile the surround. We have painted all three bathrooms :) We still need another layer of paint in the master and upstairs guest, but we're getting close to being done with paint (except for the exterior). We got ceiling fans installed in the guest bedroom and office. We've painted the woodwork in the stairwell and put the rail back up. My dad has also gone through and switched out just about every light switch and plug outlet. They were all painted over and yellowed. Lastly, we have started the process of switching out all of the brass door knobs with brushed nickel ones :)

Here are some pictures from the past several days!

The upstairs guest bath

The downstairs guest bath-- it definitely came out brighter than I anticipated...but I think it will look good with the white beadboard and chocolate accents.

The master bathroom!

New ceiling fan in the office

New ceiling fan in the guest bedroom

Backerboard all measured out and ready to have mortar!

New brushed nickel door knobs :)

Preview of the tile that will be going around the upstairs guest bath tub!

We Have a New Tub!

The tub in our guest bathroom is finally installed (thanks to my dad)!!! Now, we are ready to get things going to tile the bathroom! We also got the first layer of paint on in the stairwell (and this was not an easy task). It looks like it will take a second layer....which should be fun.

All of my "before" pics are on at a friends house....so I'll have to post true "before" and "after" pics later. For the time being...here are some "after" pics.

Our new tub in the upstairs guest bath!!

Preview of the color for the upstairs guest bath (the blue...not green)

Tom getting ready to paint the stairwell

It was not easy!

Almost done!

I'm Back!!!

It's been over a week since I've posted a blog.....so I think a new blog is well over due. I've been out of town for the past week, but a lot got accomplished at the house :) Both the downstairs bathroom as well as the laundry room are completely done in terms of tiling (pictures are below). We also got the plumbing re-worked in the upstairs guest bath and got working on the plumbing on our garden tub in the master bath (ended up having to tear out tile to get to the pipes). My mom also finished painting the fireplace, the doors, trim around the front door, and window sills. Lastly, we picked up our new (to us) refrigerator today. It took forever to figure out how to get it out of our friends house...but we got it done!

This week should produce a lot of progress as well. If we stay on track, we might be able to get our carpet installed next Monday (August 3rd)!

Also...Happy Birthday to my friend Shaina today!!! Hope it's a happy one!

Here are some pics of this weeks progress!!

Tiling in the laundry room!

Almost Done

Completely Finished!!!

New plumbing in the upstairs guest bath

Newly painted fireplace

The master bath tub all torn up (not in the original plans). We had to tear out some tile to get to the pipes to replace the faucet. We're still trying to figure out what to put in its place when we rip out the rest of the tile in the front. Any suggestions???

Trying to figure out how to take the doors off to get it out of the house!

Tom putting it back together at our house!

We're Almost Done Painting (We Hope)...

I am making a vow now that as long as we live in this house, we will not be painting a single door again. My mom and I have painted almost all of the door frames and doors. Each one had to be primed and painted on each side. All we have left now is the front door, back door, door coming in from the garage, and the master bath door. My mom has been a life saver in getting these doors done (THANK YOU!!!).

Other than painting, my dad and I tried to get the new bathtub in today, but it looks like we're going to have to re-work some of the pipes and cut some more wall out to get it into place. Hopefully we can get this done soon so that we can get the tiling going in this room.

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days!

The fireplace with a layer or primer...ready for a top coat.

We found more wallpaper :( At least its not as bad as the basement bathroom.

The tub waiting to be installed :)

I had to spray paint all of the door hinges....we chose to do this rather than buying new ones.

One of the new lights installed in the basement!

The new hallway light installed (the one I spray painted in an earlier blog)

Look at all of the patching I'm having to do (upstairs guest bathroom)

My squash is growing :)

Next year I think I'll stick to just a few squash plants :)

Pictures From This Weekend!

So I realized that it probably looks like I don't do anything...but I do...I promise :) I just take the pictures...hence the reason you never see me in any.

Here are the pictures I tried to upload early today....

Cabinets I found at a garage sale on Saturday. We got them for $15 (and the guy delivered them)! They're in great condition (just old) and will be great for a work area in the garage. We're going to put our old kitchen counter tops on top of them.

Doors all laid out to be painted. For some reason this creeps me out...feels like its bodies laid out in a morgue or something....

The walls in the basement bathroom....we're having to patch TONS of places from where the drywall ripped off when we pulled off the old painted over wallpaper. The big white area is where the mirror used to be (we ended up having to get a new one-not in the original budget...lol)

Tom and my dad working on getting down the mirror. The one upstairs broke...but this one remained intact.

Tom nailing down the backerboard in the laundry room. We'll get to start tiling in there on Monday :)