Calm before the storm

Here's what's going on in the house right now: sanding the hardwood floors. Not what you'd call exciting, but if you knew the condition of our floors, and saw how it's going, you'd be amazed. At least we are.

Anyway, that goes until Tuesday of next week. Then on Wednesday starts a wave of activity including:

• tearing up the existing floor and installing the tile in the kitchen
  
• cabinet installation in the kitchen and bathrooms
• bathrooms vinyl installation
• soffit in kitchen
• all trim work including stairs banister and hand rails
  
• appliances delivered
• garage door installed

That should be enough to last us a while. Hopefully we'll get some other stuff done as well. We're really getting down to some of the finer things of the project. It won't be too much longer.

What we did over the weekend

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Siding Completed

Well almost complete. Take a look.

We have siding

Most of the siding on the house is up. Pay no mind to the red brick. It is going away soon. Just focus on the upper level.



This weekend, we're finally going to start doing some little things on our own. Little painting, little cleaning up. Might be some other surprises along the way.

New pics!!

For the first time in what seems like ages, we have a few new pics to post. Wednesday is shaping up to be a big day, but here's a little teaser.

Lull in the action

So I know there haven't been any new pics in a while. Well, to be honest, there's not much to show. The siding is currently going on, so that will be cool. But I didn't have a chance to take any pics this weekend. We were out selecting kitchen/bath fixtures and finalizing our flooring. Last Thursday we had meetings with: HUD consultant, trim carpenter, painters, flooring installers, door/closet supplier, and probably others I cannot remember at this point.

This week, I hope to have pics of:

• siding completed
• new garage door
• exterior door hardware
• interior walls primed and ready for paint

Hopefully some other surprises, but since I have no idea what they are (hence the surprise) we'll just have to see how the week goes. Supposed to be nice weather-wise!

6 New Videos

Sidewalk, living room

Got a little surprise when we got home yesterday. Our old ugly front walk was completely ripped up and replaced with something simple, boring, and much much nicer.

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I think we can all agree that this is ugly, right?

Now...

Boring, but much better!

Some other looks...



Another before and after set...

You've seen this one a thousand times it seems

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Getting better everyday!

Siding going up as I type this, so hopefully we'll have some of those pics up tonight.

26 new pics!

Front entry porch

Living room
Living room/kitchen view
Corner plumbing framed off
Living room
Kitchen (refrigerator)
Kitchen (stove)
Kitchen/living room view
AWG's old room (plumbing/HVAC)
Old master (plumbing/HVAC/electrical)
Where the old closet was
Plant ledge
From upstairs
AWG's new room

Kids' bathroom
View from master bedroom back into the hallway
Master bedroom
Front wall/master bedroom
Double vanity

Shower
View from landing



Went away for the weekend and a LOT was done. Wow is this different!!