DIY Our 1970's House Makeover Part 3: Progress Report

Hey ya'll!

Our renovation is near to become into calendar week five, but y'all won't live hearing whatever complaints from this girl. I've been waiting for this all to rate off for iv years at nowadays too I'll survive 5 tiny picayune weeks of dust.
But but betwixt y'all too me (we're whispering correct now), I could truly role a encephalon massage, a ballpark hotdog, a fully put-back-together house, too a weeklong nap inwards Jamaica.
End whisper.

Okay, thence today's post.

I receive got lots of updates since lastly week.

Buckle up.

Really quick, earlier nosotros acquire started, give thanks y'all for the emails too comments y'all sent me lastly week. Never receive got I ever. You arrive experience agency less scary to give away my disaster solid to the world.

Okay, thence when nosotros lastly spoke...

this is where nosotros were with the dining room. I intend at that topographic point were near 5 pieces of flooring installed, but scroll with me.

And here's where nosotros are today with this space.

The bulk of the woods is installed throughout the entire house, too all that's left is sanding, staining, too sealing.

And edifice the step rail, finishing the stairs, too trimming out all of the walls nosotros knocked down.

No biggie.

After that's done, Jesse too I volition pass a twain weeks ikon the entire solid (I'm redoing most of the rooms...thank you, Cheese too Tootie for having behave paws too shark teeth.) too installing all novel trim. I should live able to business office somewhat commonly inwards my solid at that point, thence you'll hopefully start to come across some fun projects worked into the blog, with renovation updates.

At to the lowest degree that's what we're going to say ourselves.

Anyways, here's what the kitchen looked similar lastly week after nosotros knocked downwardly the wall.

And here's where nosotros are today.

Extending the hardwood into the kitchen made it seem near three times every bit large every bit it was before.

Which is awesome because it felt thence tiny before.

Many of y'all receive got asked near my plans for the kitchen.

Short term: Painting over the chalkboard, installing a even mountain fixture, beefing upwards the bring down on move past times of the cabinets.

Long term: Possibly tearing downwardly the wall behind the fridge, extending the kitchen dorsum near three feet into the existing cupboard inwards the invitee bedroom, too edifice a modest isle inwards the kitchen.

Obviously, this volition opened upwards up some other wormhole of renovations similar cabinetry too countertops.

Yay.

Speaking of the invitee bedroom, hither is where nosotros are today with this room. You tin come across the cupboard I was referring to, which would acquire pushed forward. And too then the sleeping room door would acquire moved to opened upwards where the framed photos are hung.

That's Jesse's grandpa, dad, too and then Jesse's senior picture.

His mom gave that to me.

Favorite.

Going dorsum into the living room, here's where nosotros were lastly week....halfway nether the limbo stick.

And here's where nosotros are today.

The mess is piece of cake starting to decrease, too there's a faint aroma of normalcy inwards the distance.

I'm going to proceed the pigment color low-cal too airy, but perchance select something less yellow...to live decided afterwards the flooring is done.

If I receive got ane to a greater extent than pigment chip, Sherwin Williams mightiness telephone telephone the cops.

Moving on...here's where nosotros were with the hallway lastly week, afterwards knocking downwardly the hallway wall.

And here's where nosotros are this week.

A tiny tear* falls downwardly my cheek every fourth dimension I walk into this hallway.

*of joy

Here's what the office looked similar lastly week.

We ended upwards having to install novel subfloors inwards this room. Removing that weird tile did a publish on the existing ones.

And the business office today. I'm getting thence excited near this room.

I've got some ideas I can't hold back to play roughly with.

And call back the ~~haunted house~~ principal sleeping room side room?

Of course of report y'all do.

Well, that room was the absolute worst.

And non but because it's scary.

The master copy floors had been glued and nailed down. It's a large argue that we're currently inwards calendar week 4 of renovations, heading towards calendar week 5.

Today, the floors are finally installed. It's a joyous occasion.

And here's that same room lastly week, from the opposite angle.

It's normal to desire to cry.

And the thought this week...

It's a total breath of fresh air.

I'm thinking near installing a window inwards this room on that wall straightaway ahead. At some point.

A picayune natural low-cal would entice me to truly role this room for something other than storage too Risky Business reenactments.

As for the entryway, nix to update y'all near but yet.

It's even thence but a gaping hole of despair.

I've learned that inwards existent life, this surface area is non frightening to the normal person.

Just me, the daughter who has an unreasonable fright of heights.

This is my Mount Everest.

4 weeks without a railing = Fear Factor.

And thence that's where nosotros are today.
All of the flooring is installed too sanded.
We're almost there.
I know I said inwards my lastly post that I would live sharing my thoughts near the flooring color today, but honestly, I thought nosotros would live much further along than nosotros currently are.
So, deciding on a flooring stain....that procedure is but at nowadays beginning.
And thence is my calendar week long panic laid on that volition hopefully culminate inwards a celebration.

I'm but going to follow my see on this one, too come across what happens. I'll update y'all when I know.

I would likewise similar to follow my see too install the mailbox I saw Jesse eyeballing lastly weekend patch nosotros were aimlessly wandering roughly Bass Pro Shop.

Jesse has been such a trooper during all of this, too at times, the exclusively affair keeping me sane.
And a giant fish mailbox would brand his life.
You intend I'm kidding, but I'm not.