Transformation in Progress

For the last several weeks, we have been finishing drywall, painting, tiling, cleaning, installing lights and alarms, scraping, oiling, and the list goes on.  We have been working right along one room at a time.  It seemed not so long ago that weeks of work produced little in visible results; now that is not so.  When the rooms first started to come together with drywall, it looked like it would be livable.  When we applied paint, it started to feel more like home.  Now, with the lighting in and trim back up, I'm amazed.  It's beautiful.  Aside from more cleaning, flooring, and oiling woodwork,  we are finished upstairs.  Finished.  It's a glorious feeling.

At the end of last week, we moved all of our supplies downstairs to start renovations.  Jack had a picture in mind when it came to our kitchen design and I can't wait to see what the end result will look like.   I have had plenty of input when it comes to where I want cabinets and appliances, but I trust his ability to make it elegant and functional.  We are re-purposing old cabinets, and it will be my job to sand and refinish them. I will get to that as soon as the Potter County Fair showing is done. I love working on the house, but I do have my priorities. :)

I'm having trouble deciding what to do with the old yellow pine flooring that is throughout the upstairs, and I could use your suggestions.  Should we carpet the bedrooms and paint the hall floor  to add more comfort, or should we paint all of the pine floors (which, btw, are already painted a mustard color and they are quite uneven, making them hard to sand) and have area rugs in bedrooms to keep the old house charm?  Either way, we plan on adding a carpet runner up the stairs and down the hall.

Landing

Library

Bathroom

New hallway.   

Laundry room

Cleaned woodwork with new walls

Inner Beauty

It's been a long time since I have written, but for good reason.  We have been working as much as we can, and real progress is being made.  For the past few weeks, we have hung and finished drywall, primed, painted (who knew picking paint colors would be so stressful!), installed a powder room, cleaned woodwork, and worked outside.  It is becoming more beautiful every day and we're more eager to move in all of the time.  However, it's good that we are able to work on it without living there, because the dust is near and far throughout the entire house.

We have had so many people come and help with various projects, and we are grateful for their help.  In fact, we're gearing up for a crew to come and help us tomorrow with some tasks, and I am excited to see what will be accomplished.  As I write this, we are almost finished with the upstairs and will be moving our tools downstairs next week.   In just over three weeks we have finished a laundry room, 2 bedrooms, a hallway, a stairway, a mudroom, and a powder room.  That's pretty amazing.  To everyone who has helped in any way: thank you.  You are a huge blessing to us.

One room down!

New drywall in the hallway. 

It's a family affair.

New balcony floor.  We will install the railing as soon as it's fixed.