The Big Reveal
Reno: Before & After
Hello there, friends. The renovation has been complete for about a month now and we have been busy setting things back up, ferreting out all the dust from the corners, and dealing with some puppy medical issues (more on that later but sneak preview: he is ok!).
So now it’s time for the BIG REVEAL! For maximum drama and viewing pleasure, I’ve pulled together the before and after pics in single post. You’re welcome.
Note: white balance. It’s my arch nemesis right now. So let’s just pretend all of this is perfectly white balanced, ok?
The staircase
You may remember the staircase of death. Nary a soul could traverse these steps without shudders of fear. The abyss to the first floor was a mere misstep away with no balustrade to save you.
Before:
Reno Week 9
Nearly complete
We have only 1 week of reno left! As promised, some pics of the progress.
To check out the before state of the house, go here: Scope of work
Note: the white balance in these pics is not consistent. I tried to fix it but I’m not a pro and I’m too lazy to spend a ton of time on it. If you want to see the true colors, you’ll have to come visit!
Guest bath
The main point of this whole project was to split a single bathroom into two. The new guest bath is basically in the same spot, a teensy bit narrower, but with a different layout. Still much to finish up this week.
Our lawn
A brief history & update
When we first moved into the house, we didn’t have a lawn. Instead we had a bunch of rocks. A pic from roughly a year ago:
Demolition
Horrors behind the wall
We have survived the first 3 weeks of the reno! Like any entertaining renovation, there were some um… interesting finds once the walls came down.
First a few pics of the demo in progress:
Reno Time!
Scope of work
When we first decided to renovate the bathroom, I somehow convinced myself that this was a small renovation: just renovating a bathroom and creating another small one in the process. Even when we were told that we would have to move out for 2 months, still seemed small. Then the budget kept getting bigger, seemed small but just expensive. But now that the entire second floor is turned inside out, I realized that we basically are remodeling half of the house!
We’re about 3 weeks into the reno now but for today, I’ll walk all you lovely readers through what we are doing along with a few before pics!
Goodbye Ye Ol’ Bathroom
Our only bathroom in the entire house is spacious and functional, although not exactly pretty. Still, it was good enough and had it not been for the bathroom leaks we have had over the past few months, we probably wouldn’t have renovated so soon after buying the place (we moved in just over a year ago in Feb 2015).
Our bathroom had both a tub and a shower! So luxurious! Except we never used the tub. It turned into a luxurious laundry hamper for towels instead.
