Here is my dad and my son scraping away at the carpet pad:
This is my kitchen - or what is left of it anyway! We had to remove the drywall so we could access the plumbing for the bathroom and rewire the kitchen and install a new window in the kitchen (more light = fantastic!)
We also completely gutted the main bathroom. I managed to remove the wall tiles while listening to a lecture on my ipod. Gotta love modern technology :) I also have to give credit to my mom and dad for helping to remove the mirror/light from the wall. This seemed like an easy talk. However, the wiring was hidden behind the top mirror panel - which happened to be glued down. Call me crazy, but I didn't want to risk breaking the mirror. Even though I am not a superstitious person, I honestly don't need seven years of bad luck! Either way, we managed to get it down. Hooray and thank you Mom and Dad!
Here are a few of the "during" photos of the bathroom (we are working on this room next, so watch for a post with some "after" shots soon!)
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| Vanity removed and flooring coming out... |
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| Tile coming off the wall. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be! |
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| New bathtub in place :) |
Okay, so it's not all chaos and destruction around here. We have managed to make some progress in terms of that dark wood paneling in the great room as well as painting the ceiling in the great room. Not exactly earth shattering but at least we are starting to see it get a bit brighter. For the paneled walls, we removed the trim that covered the wood panels and filled the gaps with filler. We also caulked the gaps between the faux wood beams and the drywall on the ceiling so that when the white paint is applied, you won't see any dark spots or gaps. Oh, and we primed the paneled walls in the great room and hallway. Check it out (sorry about the terrible photo quality - the only thing I had handy was my cell phone and it was dark with all of the windows taped and covered with plastic!)
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| Progress! |
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| Walls are primed! |
